User needs analysis - Audio description
The Flagship initiative is a national project promoted by Innosuisse, the Swiss innovation agency. Innosuisse webpage
The project aims to improve access to information for people with disabilities. The project is divided into 5 sub-projects:
Text simplification (in FALC)
Translation into sign language
Evaluation of sign language learned by a hearing person
Audio description of video content
Vocalized subtitling
For more informations about the global project, please see this page (available in English and German only)
Here we are interested in project 4: Audio description
We want to create a program that can visualise a scene and describe it for people with a visual impairment.
The programme would be used by SWISSTXT, which is a subsidiary of SRG SSR and provides, among other things, AD content on Swiss channels.
Information: The only questions that require an answer are those about personal information. The others are not mandatory. If you cannot answer a question you can leave it blank.