Towards Cultural Inclusion: Using Mobile Technologies to Increase Access to Audio Description
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Keywords
accessibility, assistive technology, blind and visually impaired
Abstract
Abstract: This paper describes a National Park Service (NPS) and University of Hawaii research project that is developing a mobile application for audio describing NPS print brochures for blind and visually impaired park users. The project has the potential to expand access to cultural and aesthetic material for blind and visually impaired people.
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Thomas Conway, University of Hawaii
Thomas Conway, MBA is the Media Coordinator for the Center on Disability Studies (CDS), College of Education, at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
Brett Oppegaard, University of Hawaii
Brett Oppegaard, PhD is the Principal Investigator of the NPS Audio Description project and Assistant Professor in the School of Communications at the University of Hawaii at ManoaMegan Conway, University of Hawaii
Megan Conway, PhD is an Assistant Professor and the Director of Instruction and Training at the Center on Disability Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.