Advancing game accessibility with audio description : User perspectives and recommendations
Larreina-Morales, María Eugenia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Mangiron i Hevia, Carme (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Date:	2025
Description:	23 pàg.
Abstract:	Since 2020, game accessibility has gained significant attention from both industry and academia. For players with visual disabilities, features such as screen readers, sound cues, contrast settings and, more recently, audio description (AD) have been a game changer. In fact, research on game AD is still in its early stages, and more studies are needed to explore user needs and preferences. This paper examines AD as a crucial accessibility feature in games, beginning with a review of its current implementation, which primarily focuses on non-interactive game content. It then outlines findings from the Researching Audio Description: Translation, Delivery and New Scenarios (RAD) Project, specifically focusing on insights gathered from fifteen interviews with blind and low-vision adults in Spain. The interviews cover three topics: lack of game accessibility, potential features for AD in games, and next steps for improving game accessibility. Key interview results highlight the potential of incorporating AD into game design to improve access to non-interactive content. The paper concludes with ten guidelines addressed at developers, researchers, and other stakeholders to enhance game accessibility, stressing the importance of integrating accessibility at all stages of development in collaboration with players with disabilities.
Grants:	Agencia Estatal de Investigación PGC2018-096566-B-I00 Generalitat de Catalunya 2021/SGR-00077
Note:	Altres ajuts: María Eugenia Larreina-Morales was awarded a PhD grant from the Catalan Government (2021FI_B1 00049) to carry out this research.
Rights:	Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Audio description ; Blind and low vision players ; Game accessibility ; Interviews ; Visual disability
Published in:	Journal of audiovisual translation, Vol. 8, Num. 2 Special Issue (2025) , ISSN 2617-9148

DOI: 10.47476/jat.v8i8.2025.355

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