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EASIT. Easy Access
for Social Inclusion Training.

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Unit 3B. Easy to understand
and audio description.

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Element 1: Processes.

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Video sample:
easy-to-understand art audio description.

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This is Elisa Perego,
from Università degli Studi di Trieste.

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In this video sample,

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I will focus
on easy-to-understand audio description

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in tactile exploration.

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I'll rely on the words of Luca Grasso,

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in charge of the Polo
Tattile Multimediale

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in Catania,
a Multimodal Centre,

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to show you the relationship

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between touch,
art and understanding.

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Many museums offer the possibility

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to touch their original items,
or reproductions,

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to enable blind
or visually impaired people

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to come across the visual

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through a tactile experience.

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Touch is crucial
for experiencing the world,

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and a source of information

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for experiencing
the beauty of objects,

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when sight is missing.

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Gaining information
through touch is difficult,

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especially
if it is not trained.

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As pointed out by Luca Grasso,

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dealing with touch is difficult

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for sighted people.

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Sighted viewers prefer to see.

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We make them visit our blind bar

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so they can touch
relief paintings,

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which can put them off

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because they are not used to that. 

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Sighted viewers prefer
to use their sight.

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If touch and sight go together,
this is fine.

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If touch

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is not accompanied by sight,

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it is difficut for sighted visitors
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the details of an item.

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A human guide instructing the visitor

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in the tactile exploration is decisive.

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He/she grants the enjoyability

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of the aptic experience.

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Any tactile exploration
or museum experience

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must be adapted to the end-user.

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Referring to the museum

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he runs in Sicily,

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Luca Grasso maintains that:

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Based on the type of visitor,

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we use a specific way 
of guiding them.

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We adapt to their needs.

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We cannot treat adults
and children in the same way.

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If the visitor has special needs, 

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we must meet them

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and communicate adequately.

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We need to adapt
to the visitor.

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We cannot talk to everyone

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in the same way.

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Simplifying the instructions
to the tactile experience,

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can be a step in the direction

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of user-centeredness.

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I will display an E2U version

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of the core instructions,
that can be included

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in a recorded guide
or in the script of a human guide

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helping visitors enjoy
a tactile experience.

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I will use the bas-relief

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of Atalanta and Hyppomenes,

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the reproduction of the painting

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by Guido Reni,

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produced by the Tactile Museum Anteros.

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The following is an E2U introduction

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to a tactile experience of the painting.

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This is a copy
of Atalanta and Hyppomenes.

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This copy is made of plaster.

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Plaster is a smooth white material.

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If you touch it,

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you feel it is silky and not too cold.

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Plaster is used for internal decorations.

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You can touch
the plaster copy of the painting.

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If you touch the relief,

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try and sit or stand comfortably.

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Stretch your arms in front of you.

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Check if you can touch the surface.

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You can touch the copy on your own.

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You can touch it
while I guide you.

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If I guide you,
I have to touch your hands.

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These were E2U instructions,

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that can be offered to visitors,

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irrespective of the item they explore.

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Now we move to the real exploration.

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The following are E2U instructions:

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The copy is smaller than the original.

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You can start touching.

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First touch the perimeter,

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the outer part of the painting.

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Now move your hands
towards the centre.

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Make soft and light movements.

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Use both hands.

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Use your fingertips.

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Now we see
how to verbally guide the explorer

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in recognizing details.

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Use your left hand

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to discover the body of Atalanta.

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She is picking up a golden apple.

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She uses her right arm to pick it up.

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Use your right hand

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to discover the body of Hippomenes.

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He is running.

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He is making an effort.

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You can feel his tense muscles

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touching his leg.

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Directing the visitor

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through a tactile
experience in E2U language

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can require time, patience

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and experience
on the part of the guide.

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It is not easy to make
this complex experience usable,

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if the visitor’s sense of touch
is not trained.

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It can be rewarding
and enriching in the end

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irrespective of the ability or disability
of the visitor.

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The photographs and the videos
used in this presentation

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were taken by Elisa Perego.
Their use is authorised.

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Special thanks to Luca Grasso
(Multimedia Centre in Catania)

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and Chris Taylor
(University of Trieste)

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for their participation
in the making of this video.

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This video sample was prepared
by Elisa Perego

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and produced by Angelika De Marchis,
Laura Marini

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and Annalisa Navetta
from the University of Trieste, Italy.

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You can reach me at
eperego@units.it