Opera accessibility in the 21st century: new services, new possibilities
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https://doi.org/10.24310/TRANS.2019.v0i23.4832Keywords:
media accessibility, audiovisual translation, audio description, audio subtitling, operaAbstract
This article describes the challenges faced by a team of audio describers to take existing access services at Liceu Opera House in Barcelona to a new level by offering more access services, more features to personalise, and in various languages. The first part of the article will describe Liceu existing access services. The second part will analyse, on the basis of tests with end users performed in 2014 and 2015 by UAB and RNIB, the possibilities offered by wireless connections and the many challenges of the new mobile opportunities.
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