Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2020 Nominee

GalaPro App For Accessibility and translation


Description

The users use an app downloaded from app store. The system includes a Nuc computer installed in the venue together with a wifi network
Please meet GalaPro, a ground-breaking startup for the entertainment industry. Using advanced sound and speech recognition, GalaPro breaks down language and accessibility limitation for any show, movie, or lecture, immediately and conveniently. GalaPro does this by providing fully-synchronized in-show services including subtitles, dubbing, closed-captioning, audio description and amplification, all directly to the viewer's mobile device via a free app designed specifically to provide a seamless experience in a live environment. GalaPro has now completed its first objective, proving its technological capabilities and business case in the most difficult of markets, New York’s Broadway theater district.

Project website

http://www.galapro.com


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C9. Media 2020
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
  • Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions

Coverage
  • Western Europe and North America

Status

Ongoing

Start date

2000

End date

Not set


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Youth
  • People with disabilities

WSIS values promotion

We reaffirm our commitment to the principles of freedom of the press and freedom of information, as well as those of the independence, pluralism and diversity of media, which are essential to the Information Society. Freedom to seek, receive, impart and use information for the creation, accumulation and dissemination of knowledge are important to the Information Society. We call for the responsible use and treatment of information by the media in accordance with the highest ethical and professional standards. Traditional media in all their forms have an important role in the Information Society and ICTs should play a supportive role in this regard. Diversity of media ownership should be encouraged, in conformity with national law, and taking into account relevant international conventions. We reaffirm the necessity of reducing international imbalances affecting the media, particularly as regards infrastructure, technical resources and the development of human skills.


Entity name

GalaPro

Entity country—type

Israel Private Sector

Entity website

http://www.galapro.com