Audio-description: a path and a proposal for a classificatory model

Abstract

Audio-description is a complementary narration to the audio of the audiovisual work that serves to describe the content, appearance, and plot of a scene for visually impaired people. It is a translation tool whose function is limited to the accessibility of blind people in visual environments such as television, cinema, series, theater, or certain live events such as conferences and performances. The aim of this paper is to understand in depth the context of audio-description from the hypothesis that, beyond an accessibility model, audio-description is a cultural tool. Furthermore, this study has the specific objective of establishing a classification of the types of audio-description according to access, understanding “access” as the relationship between the tool and its user.