Easy to read as multimode accessibility service

Media accessibility is becoming mainstream. While it cannot compete for popularity with the two original fields -architecture and design accessibility- it is slowly gaining acknowledgment. Subtitling was and still is the most popular media access service. In recent years, more services have been joi...

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Autores: Bernabé, Rocío|||0000-0003-0711-8653, Orero, Pilar|||0000-0003-0269-1936
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:223582
Acesso em linha:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/223582
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.24197/her.21.2019.53-74
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Lectura fácil
Accesibilidad audiovisual
Audiodescripción
Interpretación en lenguaje de signos
Subtitulado
Modalidades de accesibilidad audiovisual
Descrição
Resumo:Media accessibility is becoming mainstream. While it cannot compete for popularity with the two original fields -architecture and design accessibility- it is slowly gaining acknowledgment. Subtitling was and still is the most popular media access service. In recent years, more services have been joining the alternative possibilities to access information. New technologies have also increased the number of services, and Easy to Read is proposed in this article as a new candidate to join the list of services. This article will start by describing Easy to Read, and understand its approach as: A translation modality, a linguistic variation or as a service. The second part of the article presents many accessibility services and Easy to Read features. In the third part, new hybrid services are proposed. These are the result of adding to existing access services a layer of Easy to Read creating a higher degree of accessibility. Any accessibility service aiming to facilitate comprehension will improve and optimize its function by leaning on Easy to Read. The article finishes offering many examples to secure a rapid uptake of the service across the different accessibility fields, from design to web accessibility or transport.