Live Text Access

LTA is a strategic partnership addressing inclusion and innovation in higher education with focus on three European priorities:

– development of curricula to meet labour market and societal needs,
– open education in the digital era and
– social inclusion.

Real time subtitles enable live access to audiovisual content and in situations where support for communication is required. The need for real time subtitles has risen since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by the European Accessibility Act and the Audiovisual Media Service Directive. They urge service providers to ensure access to people with a visual or hearing disability.

At present subtitlers lack specific training, and the profession has no clear or recognized status. Real time subtitlers trained by LTA will have suitable skills to provide high-quality subtitles in different contexts:

– cultural events,
– parliamentary assemblies,
– broadcasts,
– workplace and
– education.

The training will prepare for three different working settings:

– face-to-face,
– online and
– by relay.