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2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Audio Description of Videos for People with Visual Disabilities

Authors : Agebson Rocha Façanha, Adonias Caetano de Oliveira, Marcos Vinicius de Andrade Lima, Windson Viana, Jaime Sánchez

Published in: Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Users and Context Diversity

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Audio description can be defined as an activity of linguistic mediation that transforms visual to verbal, allowing for a better comprehension of scenes when there is no dialog between personages. In this paper, we present the conception, development, and an initial usability evaluation of a software suite for audio description. The proposal pursues to facilitate and widen a comprehension of videos for people with visual disabilities by using synthesized voice. We developed a video player– ADVPlayer – that synchronizes the original video with a second audio containing a TTS version of an audio description script. We evaluated the usability of ADVPlayer with students with visual impairment in two South American countries. This evaluation revealed a high comprehension and acceptance in terms of satisfaction and confidence.

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Metadata
Title
Audio Description of Videos for People with Visual Disabilities
Authors
Agebson Rocha Façanha
Adonias Caetano de Oliveira
Marcos Vinicius de Andrade Lima
Windson Viana
Jaime Sánchez
Copyright Year
2016
Book
Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Users and Context Diversity

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-40237-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-40238-3

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40238-3_48