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Museums for all: evaluation of an audio descriptive guide for visually impaired visitors at the science museum

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Gallego, Silvia Soler Núñez, Antonio Javier Chica
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	espanolLa traduccion y la interpretacion son una valiosa herramienta de accesibilidad museistica, al facilitar la comunicacion entre el museo y visitantes con diversas capacidades. En este articulo se exponen los resultados de un estudio llevado a cabo en el marco del proyecto TACTO, en el que se ha creado y evaluado una guia audiodescriptiva para visitantes con discapacidad visual para el Parque de las Ciencias de Granada. El proyecto se centro en los aspectos linguisticos de los contenidos de la guia y su evaluacion, que auno tecnicas de observacion participante, de encuesta y de entrevista. Los resultados indican que el diseno propuesto mejora el acceso de las personas con discapacidad visual al museo. Sin embargo, las expectativas y necesidades de cada visitante varian considerablemente en funcion de sus caracteristicas individuales, relacionadas con el nivel de discapacidad y los habitos de visita a museos. EnglishTranslation and interpreting are valuable tools to improve accessibility at museums. Theese tools permit the museum communicate with visitors with different capabilities. The aim of this article is to show the results of a study carried out within the TACTO project, aimed at creating and evaluating an audio descriptive guide for visually impaired visitors at the Science Museum of Granada. The project focused on the linguistic aspects of the guide’s contents and its evaluation, which combined the participatory observation with a survey and interview. The results from this study allow us to conclude that the proposed design improves visually impaired visitors’ access to the museum. However, the expectations and specific needs of each visitor change considerably depending on individual factors such as their level of disability and museum visiting habits.
Starting Page	145
Ending Page	167
Page Count	23
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
Volume Number	2
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Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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