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This is an ADLAB PRO video.

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ADLAB PRO is a project funded
by the European Union.

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This video is made available
to you

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on a Creative Commons licence.

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-Hello. I’m Aline Remael,
from the University of Antwerp,

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and in this ADLAB PRO video

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I will explain which services
can be used to complement AD.

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This is Unit 4,
"Additional Services",

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in Module 1,
"AD: General Introduction".

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AD can go a long way towards

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making audiovisual texts
of any kind accessible

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but some productions
present additional challenges

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that then require
additional services.

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Some additional services
are used mostly with dynamic AD

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for the screen or live events.

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Some services are used
with static AD

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such as AD for museums
and exhibitions.

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The additional services
that will be introduced here are:

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Audio Introductions,
Audio Subtitling,

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Touch tours
and Tactile Explorations.

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An Audio Introduction or AI
is a continuous piece of prose

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that contains information
that cannot be included in the AD.

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It complements the AD
when time limitations

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restrict the information
that can be added.

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It is mostly used for live events,
sometimes for screen AD.

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An Audio Introduction
is made available

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before the production
or event starts.

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It can be offered live, or
as a written text or a recording,

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for instance, on a website
but also on a DVD or USB

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that can be sent
to the patrons beforehand.

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Audio introductions often contain
a synopsis of the production

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and describe
specific visual details,

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for instance,
the setting or the characters.

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They can also offer technical
information about the production.

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Audio introductions
can also provide

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artistic or historical background
information.

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In the case of live events,
a description of the venue

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and its general ambience
can be included.

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Films and other cultural products

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are becoming increasingly
multilingual today

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and/or they travel
to other countries.

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Not all audiences everywhere
are polyglots

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and understand all languages.

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Audio subtitling or AST
can help AD

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overcome
such linguistic barriers.

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Two common types of film translation
are dubbing and subtitling.

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In a dubbed production the original
dialogues are replaced

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by spoken dialogues
in the target language,

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which people with sight loss
can hear.

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So there is no problem.

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Subtitling is a form
of text on screen,

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which people with sight loss
cannot access.

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That is a problem.
So AST is used.

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Audio subtitling is
a spoken rendering

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of the written subtitles
already provided with a film.

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AST ensures
that people with sight loss

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can listen to the subtitles,
thereby giving access

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to the foreign language
dialogues.

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Combined with AD,
AST thus ensures full accessibility.

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In the case of live performances
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surtitles projected
above the stage

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are often used for the
translation of dialogues or arias.

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Sometimes surtitling can also
be rendered aurally as AST.

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However, very often relevant
information from the surtitles

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will be paraphrased
and integrated

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in the audio introduction
or in the AD itself.

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Audio introductions
and audio subtitling

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provide information aurally.

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Other additional services provide
information through touch,

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also in combination with AD.

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At live events,
Audio Introductions

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can be combined
with a touch tour.

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Patrons can then explore
the stage and the set,

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handling selected props.

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At the same time
an audio describer describes

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the objects that can be touched.

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Tactile exploration refers to the
manual exploration of objects

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at a museum or exhibition.

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Tactile exploration
is also combined with AD,

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which can be recorded or live.

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Some of the objects are items
that have been selected especially

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for tactile exploration,
some are models of larger pieces.

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And here ends
our brief survey.

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More information can be found
in Louise Fryer’s book,

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"An Introduction
to Audio Description".

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and in "Pictures Painted
in Words",

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the ADLAB Audio Description
Guidelines online.

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-The preparation
of this presentation

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was supported by ADLAB PRO.
Audio Description:

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A Laboratory for the Development
of a New Professional Profile

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financed by the European Union

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under the Erasmus+ Programme,

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Key Action 2,

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Strategic Partnerships.

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Project number:

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2016-1-IT02

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KA203-024311.

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The information and views
set out in this presentation

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are those of the authors
and do not necessarily reflect

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the official opinion
of the European Union.

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Neither the European Union
institutions and bodies

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nor any persona acting
on their behalf

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may be held responsible
for the use

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which may be made of
the information contained therein.

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This was an ADLAB PRO video.

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ADLAB PRO partners are:
University of Trieste,

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Universitat Autònoma
de Barcelona,

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University of Antwerp,
Adam Mickiewicz University,

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RTV Slovenia,
Utopian Voices,

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Soundfocus and Royal National
Institute of Blind People.

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ADLAB PRO was funded
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