Maria Andreea Deleanu
About
My research project
Accessible Cues (AC) to aid the understanding of audiovisual narrative for cognitively diverse audiencesThe fine-tuning of Accessible Cues is an innovative Media Accessibility project revolving around the repurposing of Audio Description (AD) and Audio Narrative (AN) to overcome cognitive barriers in multimodal communication faced by cognitively diverse individuals. To reduce the cognitive load stemming from the presence of an additional verbal input – the AC themselves – an Easy-to-Understand language variety are used to reduce linguistic complexity while ensuring immersion when accessing audio-visual narrative.
Supervisors
The fine-tuning of Accessible Cues is an innovative Media Accessibility project revolving around the repurposing of Audio Description (AD) and Audio Narrative (AN) to overcome cognitive barriers in multimodal communication faced by cognitively diverse individuals. To reduce the cognitive load stemming from the presence of an additional verbal input – the AC themselves – an Easy-to-Understand language variety are used to reduce linguistic complexity while ensuring immersion when accessing audio-visual narrative.
ResearchResearch interests
AVT; Media Accessibility; Audio Description; Audio Introductions; Creative Media Accessibility; Easy Language; Conference Interpreting; Community Interpreting.
Under the supervision of Professor Elisa Perego (University of Trieste) and Professor Anna Matamala (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona) she has collaborated with stakeholders in the realm of Media Accessibility and Social Inclusion to create content for the EU project EASIT (Easy Access for Social Inclusion Training). Andreea has focused on Unit 3, regarding the application of Easy to Understand (E2U) language in Audio Description to improve access for users with visual impairment.
EASIT (Easy Access for Social Inclusion Training)
Research interests
AVT; Media Accessibility; Audio Description; Audio Introductions; Creative Media Accessibility; Easy Language; Conference Interpreting; Community Interpreting.
Under the supervision of Professor Elisa Perego (University of Trieste) and Professor Anna Matamala (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona) she has collaborated with stakeholders in the realm of Media Accessibility and Social Inclusion to create content for the EU project EASIT (Easy Access for Social Inclusion Training). Andreea has focused on Unit 3, regarding the application of Easy to Understand (E2U) language in Audio Description to improve access for users with visual impairment.