Researching Audio Description

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. Audio Description and Accessibility Studies: A Work in Progress

   • Anna Matamala, Pilar Orero

   Pages 1-8

3. Re-thinking Accessibility

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. On Accessibility as a Human Right, with an Application to Media Accessibility

      • Gian Maria Greco

      Pages 11-33

   3. Impairment and Disability: Challenging Concepts of ‘Normality’

      • Gerry Ellis

      Pages 35-45

4. From Theory to Practice: Researching Audio Description

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47

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   2. A Cognitive Approach to Audio Description

      • Jana Holsanova

      Pages 49-73

   3. Game Accessibility for the Blind: Current Overview and the Potential Application of Audio Description as the Way Forward

      • Carme Mangiron, Xiaochun Zhang

      Pages 75-95

   4. Should Audio Description Reflect the Way Sighted Viewers Look at Films? Combining Eye-Tracking and Reception Study Data

      • Iwona Mazur, Agnieszka Chmiel

      Pages 97-121

   5. Audio Description Washes Brighter? A Study in Brand Names and Advertising

      • José Dávila-Montes, Pilar Orero

      Pages 123-142

   6. ‘What Should I Say?’ Tentative Criteria to Prioritize Information in the Audio Description of Film Characters

      • Nazaret Fresno, Judit Castellà, Olga Soler-Vilageliu

      Pages 143-167

   7. How Co-Speech Gestures are Rendered in Audio Description: A Case Study

      • Anna Jankowska, Monika Zabrocka

      Pages 169-186

   8. Foreign Language Class with Audio Description: A Case Study

      • Agnieszka Walczak

      Pages 187-204

   9. An Overview of Audio Description on Thai Television

      • Kulnaree Sueroj, Phatteera Sarakornborrirak

      Pages 205-224

5. Audio Description Projects

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225

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   2. The ADLAB Project: Audio Description for the Blind

      • Chris Taylor

      Pages 227-248

   3. From DTV4ALL to HBB4ALL: Accessibility in European Broadcasting

      • Pilar Orero

      Pages 249-267

   4. The ALST Project: Technologies for Audio Description

      • Anna Matamala

      Pages 269-284

   5. Audio Description of Press Illustrations for Young Readers by Young Volunteers

      • Anna Sadowska

      Pages 285-300

   6. Open Art: Designing Accessible Content in a Multimedia Guide App for Visitors with and without Sensory Impairments

      • Agnieszka Szarkowska, Anna Jankowska, Krzysztof Krejtz, Jarosław Kowalski

      Pages 301-320

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 Approachesgathers 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.

• Audiovisual translation
• media accessibility
• audio description
• reception studies
• applied linguistics
• translation

"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

• Edifici B, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain

  Anna Matamala

• Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, UNIVERSITAT AUTÓNOMA DE BARCELONA, Spain

  Pilar Orero

Anna Matamala is a lecturer at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Her research interests are audiovisual translation and media accessibility, and she has published extensively in these topics and has participated in many funded projects such as DTV4ALL or HBB4ALL. She is a member of TransMedia research group.




Pilar Orero is a lecturer at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Her research interests are audiovisual translation and media accessibility, and she has published extensively in these topics and has participated in many funded projects such as DTV4ALL and ADLAB. She leads HBB4ALL. She is a member of TransMedia research group. 

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