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Author:   Christopher Taylor ,  Elisa Perego
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367434199

ISBN 10:   0367434199
Pages:   644
Publication Date:   07 April 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"List of Illustrations List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction The question of accessibility Access services for the blind and partially sighted: a social and legal framework for the promotion of audio description A profile of audio description end-users: linguistic needs and inclusivity A cognitive approach to audio description: production and reception processes Narratology and/in audio description Linguistic and textual aspects of audio description Audio description and culture specific elements ""Ut pictura poesis"": the rendering of an aesthetic artistic image in form and content Audio description for the theatre: a research-based practice Opera and dance audio description Audio description for the screen Museum audio description: the role of ADLAB PRO Audio description in museums: a service provider perspective Visitor studies: the impact of inclusive museum audio description experiences Audio describing churches: in search of a template The audio description professional: a sociological overview and new training perspectives Audio description: a public broadcaster’s core business and headache Profiling audio description service providers: a questionnaire-based snapshot Research in audio description Audio Description Software Receptor Tools Artificial Voices Video games and audio description Automating audio description Audio description personalisation Audio introductions Audio subtitling Audio description translation: a retrospective Audio description translation: a pilot study Chinese/Spanish Audio description for the non-blind University training In-house training: the course at Bayerischer Rundfunk Audio description in the United States Audio description in Canada Audio description in Australia Audio description in Russia Audio description in Brazil Audio description in Slovenia Index"

Reviews

Spanning the breadth of audio-descriptive applications, this rich compendium shows that AD has finally come of age and is no longer the Cinderella of AVT. This book will be invaluable to anyone interested in accessibility, particularly researchers in AVT. Dr Louise Fryer, audio describer and independent researcher

"""Spanning the breadth of audio-descriptive applications, this rich compendium shows that AD has finally come of age and is no longer the Cinderella of AVT. This book will be invaluable to anyone interested in accessibility, particularly researchers in AVT."" Dr Louise Fryer, audio describer and independent researcher"

Spanning the breadth of audio descriptive applications, this rich compendium shows that AD has finally come of age and is no longer the Cinderella of AVT. This book will be invaluable to anyone interested in accessibility, particularly researchers in AVT. Dr. Louise Fryer, audio describer and independent researcher

Author Information

Christopher Taylor is Full Professor (retired) of English Language and Translation at the University of Trieste, Italy. He is author of Language to Language (CUP, 2000) and more than eighty articles on general translation, audiovisual translation and audio description. Elisa Perego is Associate Professor of English Language and Translation at the University of Trieste, Italy. She is author of Accessible communication: A cross-country journey, and numerous articles on audiovisual translation, audio description, and language simplification.

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