Researching Audio Description

Matamala, Anna; Orero, Pilar

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-56917-2

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“…In legislation at national and international levels, accessibility is increasingly acknowledged as a human right. However, overall, the process of design for museum accessibility and its quality implementation remain slow (Greco, 2016).…”

Section: Quality Of Accessibilitymentioning

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Evaluating Audio Description and BPS Visitor Experience in Titanic Belfast

Wang

Crookes

Harding

et al. 2020

JAT

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This paper presents the results of a study that evaluates audio description (AD) and visitor experience with a group of blind and partially sighted (BPS) visitors to a real-world visitor attraction—Titanic Belfast. We apply the 10-facet model of visitor experience of Packer and Ballantyne (2016) for the first time in the context of accessibility, and through this we highlight accessibility issues which arose during the study. We identify two categories in our qualitative analysis that the model (Packer & Ballantyne, 2016) cannot cover. We also model the factors that influence visitor experience and apply them to the later approach of Packer, Ballantyne, & Bond’s (2018) Dimensions of Visitor Experience (DoVE) Adjective Checklist. The checklist is based on their previous 10-facet model, and translated and refined into 15 dimensions. Although the DoVE checklist is not specifically designed for the context of accessibility, we found that it is sufficiently comprehensive to model accessibility aspects of the museum AD and visitor experience for BPS visitors.

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Evaluating Audio Description and BPS Visitor Experience in Titanic Belfast

Wang

Crookes

Harding

et al. 2020

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Novel software for producing audio description based on speech synthesis enables cost reduction without sacrificing quality

Nakajima

Mitobe

2022

Univ Access Inf Soc

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Translating gardens into accessible multisensory tours for blind and partially sighted visitors: an exploratory case study

Wang

2024

Univ Access Inf Soc

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This paper presents an exploratory case study which illustrates the first stage of our multi-stage methodology for translating gardens into a multisensory and accessible tour for blind and partially sighted (BPS) visitors and gathering feedback to be used in a future project on producing a smart audio descriptive guide to assist BPS visitors to appreciate gardens in a multisensory way. The key research questions are: how can the multisensory potential of gardens be translated into an accessible experience for BPS visitors? and to what extent can a smart audio descriptive guide enable access to gardens and provide multisensory visitor experiences primarily for BPS visitors? Our multi-stage methodology begins with an exploratory case study in which a group of BPS visitors were led by a human guide on a tour of the historic Hillsborough Castle and Gardens. The first stage involved the tour guide and accessibility expert working closely together to plan the multisensory garden tour. Then the actual tour of the gardens was carried out with a small group of BPS visitors. In-tour questions for the BPS visitors stimulated reflection and feedback, and interviews were carried out at the end of the tour. The paper presents some of the more significant observations which emerged from the tour, and draws conclusions about the extent to which a smart audio descriptive guide could provide many of the benefits of a human guide, and its advantages and inherent limitations. Some of these findings are relevant to those planning similar visits in other garden venues, including for broadening the application for universal access.

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Researching Audio Description

Cited by 23 publications

References 81 publications

Evaluating Audio Description and BPS Visitor Experience in Titanic Belfast

Evaluating Audio Description and BPS Visitor Experience in Titanic Belfast

Novel software for producing audio description based on speech synthesis enables cost reduction without sacrificing quality

Translating gardens into accessible multisensory tours for blind and partially sighted visitors: an exploratory case study

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