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Hutchinson, Rachel S.; Eardley, Alison F. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2020
Introduction: Audio description (AD) in museums is crucial for making them accessible for people with visual impairments. Nevertheless, there are limited museum-specific AD guidelines currently available. This research examines current varied international practitioner perspectives on museum AD, focusing on imagery, meaning, emotion and degrees of…
Descriptors: Museums, Accessibility (for Disabled), Audio Equipment, Foreign Countries
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Walczak, Agnieszka – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2017
Audio description is a service aimed at widening accessibility to visual media such as film and television for all individuals, especially for people with sensory disabilities. It offers people who are blind or have low vision "a verbal screen onto the world" (DiĀ“az Cintas, Orero, & Remael, 2007, p. 13). The standard rule when…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Films, Assistive Technology, Nonprint Media
Szarkowska, Agnieszka – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2013
In this report, the author follows the suggestion that a film director's creative vision should be incorporated into Audio description (AD), a major technique for making films, theater performances, operas, and other events accessible to people who are blind or have low vision. The author presents a new type of AD for auteur and artistic films:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blindness, Visual Impairments, Films