This year has seen major technology releases with Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 and Mozilla Firefox 4 and updates to screen readers NVDA and JAWS.
Most updates are linked to developments in the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the organisation responsible for making web standards such as HTML, the code that makes web pages possible.
The tablet, called GraVVITAS uses a standard touch screen tablet PC combined with sound, vibration and voice prompts to help guide the user to read the diagram.
PhD candidate Cagatay Goncu who, along with Professor Kim Marriott is working on GraVVITAS said, “The basic idea is to guide the user to find the object by using sound. Touching the object causes the sound to stop and a voice explains what that object is and any other information associated with it.”
The Young Described Film Critic Contest is divided into three age categories: 7 to 10, 11 to 14 and 15 to 18.
Audio description is normally restricted to prerecorded programs due to the inevitable time delay associated with describing something live. However, the pair of describers have the assistance of a production team who will be able to provide research notes and details in real time, working off cues from the broadcast director. The AMI team has already researched areas such as the couple’s route to and from Westminster Abbey and potential guests.
