Audio description in 360º videos. Results from focus groups in Barcelona and Kraków

This article discusses how audio description could be integrated into 360º videos by reporting the results from two focus groups conducted in the initial stages of the ImAc project. To involve participants in the research process, the project adopted a user-centered methodology, and a series of focu...

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Autores: Fidyka, Anita|||0000-0003-4135-2654, Matamala, Anna|||0000-0002-1607-9011
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:199899
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/199899
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1075/ts.18018.fid
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:360º videos
Audio description
Audiovisual translation
Immersive media
Media accessibility
User-centered methodology and virtual reality
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Sumario:This article discusses how audio description could be integrated into 360º videos by reporting the results from two focus groups conducted in the initial stages of the ImAc project. To involve participants in the research process, the project adopted a user-centered methodology, and a series of focus groups was conducted with professional audio describers and end users to gather feedback about their needs and expectations regarding the implementation of audio description and, secondarily, audio subtitling. Results indicate that content selection in this medium raises concerns for audio describers, and needs to be further researched. The results obtained from the end users not only highlight the need to audio describe the main action, but also their interest in having different parts of the visual scene audio described. Results also indicate that auditory cues would allow end users to orient themselves in the scene, and feel more immersed in the content presented