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December 10, 2009
Accessibility Knowledge Series IV – Audio Description
Filed under: Accessibility Knowledge Series, Visual — Mamta Tandel @ 5:29 pmAudio Description – Have you heard of it?
Often people get scared to ask a blind or low vision person to see a movie. It’s a simple myth that how he/she would enjoy a movie. Yes they can listen to the dialogues and the sounds and the music, but isn’t there more to a movie than just that.
So how can we give a person who is visually impaired the experience and enjoyment of the movie/television show?
We can add audio descriptions which is basically a narration of what is happening in a movie / television show. Audio Descriptions are delivered where there is a gap between the dialogues.
The Royal National Institute of Blind People, UK, conducted a research report – “Bollywood for all: an RNIB project on demand for audio described Bollywood films in cinema and on DVD”
http://www.rnib.org.uk/livingwithsightloss/tvradiofilm/film/Pages/bollywood.aspx
Watch a great audio-visual which simulates the need for audio description http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu0GYkuCrRg
When will we be able to have this experience for the visually impaired people of India?
Reference:
http://www.rnib.org.uk/livingwithsightloss/tvradiofilm/film/Pages/bollywood.aspx
http://ncam.wgbh.org/richmedia/strategies/AD.php
http://www.skillsforaccess.org.uk/howto.php?id=104
This Accessibility Knowledge Series has been provided by Mamta Tandel, Accessibility Project Lead, BarrierBreak Technologies
Disclaimer: The views expressed herein are solely those of the author as an individual with interest in accessibility and assistive technology and do not claim to represent those of Techshare India, BarrierBreak Technologies or Net Systems Informatics.
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