Description
Helen Keller National Center (HKNC) collaborated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Unidescription Project to conduct 5 focus groups with a total of 15 participants to explore the preferences of blind, low vision and DeafBlind people about how to describe (i.e. “Audio Description”) portraits and people. Participants were asked to discuss description across a variety of contexts such as artwork, social media posts, live performances, film and social events. Some interesting trends emerged about the preferences of DeafBlind participants that are distinct from the preferences of blind and low vision participants.
Publications, Presentations and Reports
Presentation
“Research on Description of People and Portraits: Implications for the DeafBlind Community,” Deafblind International Conference, Ottawa, July, 2023, M. Conway
Audio Description Practice Report
“Describing People and Portraits Through Audio Description: Preferences of People who are Blind, Low Vision, and DeafBlind,” Spring, 2023, Conway, M., Oppegaard, B., Bullen., M., Miguel., A. & Brown-Ogilvie, T.
Research in Brief – Audio Description Tip Sheet
“Describing People and Portraits Through Audio Description: Preferences of People who are Blind, Low Vision, and DeafBlind,” Spring, 2023, Conway, M., Oppegaard, B., Bullen., M., Miguel., A. & Brown-Ogilvie, T.
Considerations for Providing Audio Description to People who are DeafBlind Tip Sheet
“Considerations for Providing Audio Description to People who are DeafBlind,” Fall, 2023, Conway, M., Oppegaard, B., Bullen., M., Miguel., A. & Brown-Ogilvie, T.
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