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Giving Voice to Images: Audio Description and Visual Impairment: Technological Solutions and Methodological Choices

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Ambient Assisted Living

Part of the book series: Biosystems & Biorobotics ((BIOSYSROB,volume 11))

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This paper proposes a reflection on issues related to Audio Description: an additional narration track intended primarily for blind and visually impaired people of visual. Starting from the analysis about the users’ needs, the paper proposes a comparison between three types of technology solutions, taking into account and evaluating, in a perspective of social inclusion and Ambient Assisted Living, their strengths and weakness.

Stefania Pinnelli wrote the Sects. 1, 4, 5.

Andrea Fiorucci wrote the Sects. 2, 3.

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  1. DIEEI, Università degli Studi di Catania, Catania, Italy

    Bruno Andò

  2. Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems IMM-CNR c/o Campus Ecotekne, Lecce, Italy

    Pietro Siciliano

  3. DIEEI, Università degli Studi di Catania, Catania, Italy

    Vincenzo Marletta

  4. Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

    Andrea Monteriù

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Pinnelli, S., Fiorucci, A. (2015). Giving Voice to Images: Audio Description and Visual Impairment: Technological Solutions and Methodological Choices. In: Andò, B., Siciliano, P., Marletta, V., Monteriù, A. (eds) Ambient Assisted Living. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 11. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18374-9_32

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