GUIDE Project Consortium
The GUIDE consortium brought together research organisations, universities and industry partners to study accessible television. Fraunhofer coordinated the project, with its Institute for Computer Graphics Research (Fraunhofer IGD) identified on the historical website. The partnership combined user research, software development and work on TV platforms. Archived Consortium page (external site)
Which organisations were listed?
The March 2012 consortium page listed the following seven organisations. The European Commission’s final fact sheet (external site) also records participants whose involvement ended and organisations omitted from that archived roster. Use the fact sheet for the grant’s full administrative record.
| Organisation in the archived roster | Country |
|---|---|
| Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, via Fraunhofer IGD | Germany |
| Vsonix GmbH | Germany |
| Technicolor, Rennes | France |
| University of Cambridge | United Kingdom |
| Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa | Portugal |
| Associação CCG/ZGDV – Centro de Computação Gráfica | Portugal |
| Fundación Instituto Gerontológico Matia – INGEMA | Spain |
How was the GUIDE project funded?
The GUIDE project received funding under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme. CORDIS lists €3,340,944 in EU funding against a total project cost of €4,779,203 and records the project as closed. Its grant agreement was 248893. CORDIS funding and participation details (external site)
The project publications identify the authors of individual studies. The news and events timeline records selected presentations and demonstrations.