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http://dx.doi.org/10.5909/JBE.2017.22.2.214

Survey and Analysis of the Audio Description Acceptance for Improving the Media Accessibility of the Visually Impaired  

Jang, Inseon (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute Broadcasting & Media Research Laboratory Media Research Division)
Ahn, ChungHyun (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute Broadcasting & Media Research Laboratory Media Research Division)
Seo, Jeongil (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute Broadcasting & Media Research Laboratory Media Research Division)
Lee, Eun Ha (Korea Blind Union)
Kang, Wan Sic (Korea Blind Union)
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Journal of Broadcast Engineering / v.22, no.2, 2017 , pp. 214-233 More about this Journal
Abstract
For people with physical or sensory limitations, broadcasting is the main means of information acquisition and leisure. Recently, changes in the media environment, such as convergence of broadcasting and communication, digital mobile conversion of broadcasting, and active media usage behavior of users, make broadcasting accessibility of the disabled difficult, and as a result, the information gap between the disabled and the non-disabled is increasing. A notice on broadcasting rights for the disabled was enacted in consequence of the amendment of the Broadcasting Law in July 2011 and the web accessibility guideline became more effective with the amendment of the National Informatization Act in 2013 so that legal basis for the right of media access for the disabled was established. However, media services for them are still lacking quantitatively and qualitatively. In this study, we describe the present status of the audio description service for the visually impaired, and analyze the results of the questionnaire survey on the usage status, satisfaction and improvement requirements of the audio description service for 100 visually impaired people.
Keywords
Audio Description; Descriptive Video Service; Broadcasting for the disabled;
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