Application of accessibility guidelines in a virtual museum

Rojas, Hesmeralda; Renteria, Ronald; Acosta, Ely J.; Arevalo, Humberto; Pilares, Marisol

doi:10.1109/contie51334.2020.00022

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“…However, today meaning covers the spectrum of human integration, because at some point in life all people can have limitations. In this context, discussing ICONARP -Volume 11, Issue 2 / Published: 28.12.2023 the accessibility of a virtual space is also included in this inclusive spectrum (Rojas et. Al., 2020).…”

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Accessibility of Virtual Museum Spaces in the 21st Century in Turkey

Kılınç,

Tutal

2023

ICONARP

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Museums, which are the embodiment of art, exhibition, culture, and science, have started to offer virtual space experiences as well as traditional physical space experiences in recent years. In addition to the development of technology, the pandemic, which started in 2019 and affected the whole world, has also been effective in accelerating the transformation of museums from physical space to virtual space. The increasing use of virtual museums directly concerns different user groups in terms of accessibility. In a physical museum experience, solutions that appeal to different types of users are generally produced. Thanks to these solutions, an individual with any disability can be included in the space with all senses such as sight, touch, smell, and hearing during a museum visit, while the lack of inclusion of all senses in the virtual space experience causes the experience to be more limited. This study discusses this limitation in terms of accessibility. How can the virtual space experience be more accessible for different types of users? Can different solutions be offered to all user groups for a better understanding of the space and the art product? These questions constitute the research questions of this study. In this context, this study aims to examine how accessible virtual museums are. The study has conducted this inquiry through 59 virtual museums in Turkey. As a method, virtual museums were classified and tabulated in terms of their accessibility levels in line with their characteristics. It was concluded that there are deficiencies in the experience of different types of users and various suggestions were made in terms of virtual accessibility.

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Accessibility of Virtual Museum Spaces in the 21st Century in Turkey

Kılınç,

Tutal

2023

ICONARP

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“…At the same time, especially in the domains of exhibiting and educating, modern methods based on interaction design, interactive storytelling, and artificial intelligence have been employed and paradigms for museum experience design have been proposed [60][61][62]. A survey on virtual museums has depicted the following technologytypes of the virtual museum [63,64] (a) enhanced imaging [65], (b) virtual reality exhibitions [66][67][68][69][70], (c) augmented reality (AR) and web-based AR exhibitions (e.g., [71][72][73][74]), (d) Web3D exhibitions (e.g., [75][76][77][78][79]), (e) mixed reality (MR) exhibitions [80][81][82][83][84][85], (f) haptics (e.g., [86][87][88][89][90] and (g) mobile devices in museums (e.g., [91][92][93][94][95][96]) and (h) accessible virtual museums (e.g., [97][98][99][100]). Among these, interactive museum artifacts are blending bits and pieces from the aforementioned technologies to provide unique interaction and storytelling experiences (e.g., [101][...…”

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Digital Interaction with Physical Museum Artifacts

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In the digital information world, visualizing information in public spaces has been implemented in various formats and for application contexts such as advertisement, useful information provision, and provision of critical information in the cases of accidents, natural disasters, etc. Among the different types of information displays, in this research work, the focus is given to the ones that extend the experience of people visiting cultural heritage institutions. To this end, the design and implementation of an interactive display case that aims to overcome the “non-touch policy” of museums are presented. This novel display allows visitors to get engaged with artifacts and information through touch-based interaction with the ambition to extend the target audience and impact of museum content. The conducted study demonstrates that the interactive display case is an effective solution for providing relevant information to visitors, enhancing their engagement with exhibits, and improving their overall experience. The proposed solution is user-friendly, engaging, and informative, making it ideal for museums and other public exhibit spaces.

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“…Dubois, Gall and Martin (2014) and Vigo, Brown and Conway (2013) emphasize that evaluating web accessibility using only automated tools that consider the WCAG success criteria may be limiting and lead to errors, not only due to the lack of topics that require human assessment but also due to the different approaches and scopes of each tool. Investigations on the accessibility of museums' online activities indicate that a multidisciplinary, multiprofessional effort is needed to face barriers and challenges fronted in the online world (Flor et al, 2009;Leporini & Norscia, 2008;Rojas et al, 2020).…”

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El desarrollo de indicadores de accesibilidad para el análisis de exposiciones online: un camino para la inclusión social en las actividades de los museos

Marinho

Rocha

2022

CIMED22 - II Congreso Internacional De Museos Y Estrategias Digitales

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Las desigualdades sociales provocadas por el bienestar, las opresiones raciales y geográficas a menudo determinan si una persona tiene la posibilidad y la motivación de visitar museos. Las barreras de accesibilidad también añaden otra capa de distancia entre los museos y las personas con discapacidad. Aunque muchos museos han mostrado un esfuerzo por proporcionar un espacio físico accesible, los aspectos comunicacionales y actitudinales del acceso están menos presentes, un tema preocupante, especialmente cuando se consideran las actividades online. Ante la inseguridad sanitaria provocada por la pandemia del Covid-19, los museos y exposiciones online se suman a las posibilidades de crear y mantener diferentes públicos. Por lo tanto, debemos establecer métodos y herramientas para proporcionar un espacio museístico online accesible para que las personas de diferentes orígenes, incluidas las personas con discapacidades, puedan experimentar una visita remota sin barreras. En este contexto, nuestro objetivo principal en esta presentación es introducir el proceso de desarrollo de la herramienta analítica "Indicadores de accesibilidad para las exposiciones y museos online", con un enfoque específico en las particularidades de los museos online y discutir su usabilidad como marco teórico y práctico. El instrumento fue adaptado de las directrices internacionales, las Directrices de Accesibilidad de Contenido Web (WCAG 2.1) y la información recopilada en la literatura sobre accesibilidad en entornos online y en museos. El trabajo de Inacio (2017), con mayor desarrollo de Norberto Rocha et al. (2020, 2021), llevó a la publicación de indicadores de accesibilidad y su aplicación para investigar los museos físicos y la experiencia de los visitantes con discapacidad. Aunque identificamos aspectos comunes de la accesibilidad en los museos físicos y online, entendemos que las especificidades de las exposiciones online deben cubrirse. La estructura de los indicadores de accesibilidad para las exposiciones online se compone de tres indicadores, cada uno con dos atributos. El primero, "Diseño y navegabilidad", con los atributos "Comodidad, seguridad y flexibilidad de navegación" y "Flexibilidad de acceso, manipulación y presentación", se refiere a la estructura de la plataforma de la exposición online y la acción de desplazarse. El segundo, "Actitudinal", con los atributos "Prácticas inclusivas, recepción y acogida" y "Política institucional", se refiere a los esfuerzos realizados por la institución para incluir tanto a los visitantes como a los profesionales con discapacidad. El tercero, "Comunicacional", con los atributos "Comunicación y difusión a un público amplio" y "Medios de comunicación y recursos diversos para una comunicación plural", se refiere a aspectos informativos e instructivos tanto internos como externos a la exposición en línea. Juntos, creemos que estos indicadores, como herramienta, pueden proporcionar una referencia a la creación, actualización y análisis de exposiciones online, con el objetivo de mejorar el acceso a los museos y la educación para un público variado.

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Application of accessibility guidelines in a virtual museum

Cited by 5 publications

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Accessibility of Virtual Museum Spaces in the 21st Century in Turkey

Accessibility of Virtual Museum Spaces in the 21st Century in Turkey

Digital Interaction with Physical Museum Artifacts

El desarrollo de indicadores de accesibilidad para el análisis de exposiciones online: un camino para la inclusión social en las actividades de los museos

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