Researching audio description : new approaches / Anna Matamala, Pilar Orero, editors.
Matamala, Anna, 1973- editor.; Orero, Pilar, editor.
2016
P306.2
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Title Researching audio description : new approaches / Anna Matamala, Pilar Orero, editors.
ISBN 9781137569172 (electronic book)
1137569174 (electronic book)
9781137569165
DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56917-2
Published London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Item Number 10.1057/978-1-137-56917-2 doi
Call Number P306.2
Dewey Decimal Classification 302.2301/4
Summary 'Researching Audio Description: New Approaches is an introduction to state of the art research in Audio Description that is a must read for anyone doing research in or embarking on research in AD and media accessibility. It offers a panoramic picture of a multi-faceted field, its concepts, research methods and current applications as well as a solid basis for further research.' - Aline Remael, University of Antwerp, Belgium Audio description is one of the many services available to guarantee accessibility to audiovisual media. It describes and narrates images and sounds and resulting audio is then mixed with the original soundtrack. Audio description is a complex process that touches production, distribution and reception. Researching Audio Description: New Approaches gathers academic information and data from the many existing research projects, practices, and training across the world. The book has a telescopic approach, from two introductory chapters where accessibility in general is contextualised as a human right, and the basic concepts of disability and impairment are explored. Research on specific features for audio description script drafting are focused in the second part of the book, with a view to revising existing funded projects and their outcomes. The book offers a wealth of information on both the practical and philosophical, from different approaches in perception and cognition, and different research methodologies. Project information contained in the contributions identifies trends in current research-funded studies which will be valuable as a pointer towards future proposals. The book shows the dynamic state of audio description practice, training and research, while contributing towards the growing critical mass needed in building the field of accessibility studies. Anna Matamala is a lecturer at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Her research interests are audiovisual tran.
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Added Author Matamala, Anna, 1973- editor.
Orero, Pilar, editor.
Series Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting.
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1. Audio Description and Accessibility Studies: Work in Progress
PART I: RE-THINKING ACCESSIBILITY
2. On Accessibility as a Human Right, with an Application to Media Accessibility
3. Impairment and Disability
Challenging Concepts of 'Normality'
PART II: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE: RESEARCHING AUDIO DESCRIPTION
4. Cognitive Approach to Audio Description
5. Game Accessibility for the Blind: Current Overview and the Potential Application of Audio Description as the Way Forward
6. Should Audio Description Reflect the Way Sighted Viewers Look at Films? Combining Eye-Tracking and Reception Study Data
7. Audio Description Washes Brighter? A Study in Brand Names and Advertising
8. What Should I Say? Tentative Criteria to Prioritize Information in the Audio Description of Film Characters
9. How Co-Speech Gestures are Rendered in Audio Description: A Case Study
10. Foreign Language Class with Audio Description: A Case Study
11. An Overview of Audio Description in Thai Television
PART III: AUDIO DESCRIPTION PROJECTS
12. The ADLAB project
13. From DTV4LL to HBB4ALL: Accessibility in European Broadcasting
14. The ALST Project: Technologies for Audio Description
15. Audio Description of Press Illustrations for Young Readers by Young Volunteers
16. Open Art
Designing Accessible Content in a Multimedia Guide App for Visitors With and Without Sensory Impairments.

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