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Arts For All
Films and videos
Online media
Films and videos can be artworks. They can also provide extra explanation or insight into artists, particular artworks or exhibits; communicate information about an arts event; or tell a related story.
Online media includes the whole variety of sight, sound and interaction available from the internet. However, accessibility must be included in the web-based platform as well as in the multimedia content.
Their value can be enhanced by:
Websites must be:
• adding captions for people who are Deaf or hearing impaired, or those for whom English is not their first language
• Perceivable – people know the information is there
• providing audio description and making it available on smartphones and tablets as well as the more traditional audio guide. It will not interfere with the enjoyment of other patrons • providing Sign Language interpretation to include people who are Deaf • adding music, interviews and visual elements to the traditional pre-recorded audio guide.
• Operable – people can find it easily and navigate around the site • Understandable – people can understand the content • Robust – the site can be accessed using a range of current and future technologies. Chapter three (pages 37 to 43) has more information about accessible websites.
Audio describer Virginia Philp prepares audio description for the TV One programme Coronation Street, one of the services provided by Able to New Zealand television