Accessible radio for deaf people is now possible

He Royal Board on Disability in collaboration with the Spanish Center for Subtitling and Audio Description (CESyA) has presented a pioneering experience that allows live radio subtitling through voice recognition and natural language processing.

Coinciding with the celebration of World Radio Day This February 13, Radio Nacional de España, in collaboration with the Spanish Center for Subtitling and Audio Description (CESyA), began broadcasting subtitled National Radio for deaf people through DTT.

This initiative comes to comply with the mandates of current regulations regarding universal accessibility and places us at the international forefront to protect the constitutional right of access to information.

The project Radio for everyone aims to provide accessible radio service for deaf people through different broadcast channels: TDT, WEB, RTVE Play and Social Networks. Technologically, it is used with a tool developed at CESyA, known as Mercurio, and supported by a system of live transcription (on this occasion the Google transcriber will be used). Last Monday's broadcast was carried out through RTVE's Radio Nacional channel through DTT.

This system, developed by the CESyA, allows live radio subtitling thanks to speech recognition tools y natural language processing. The sound, which is collected during broadcast, is processed and sent to the DTT signal synchronized along with the generated subtitle, so that everyone can access the radio programming broadcast by RTVE National Radio on equal terms.

This collaboration between RNE and CESyA arises from the need to respond to the needs of deaf people, ensuring their rights and in compliance with the public service entrusted to both entities.

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