Audio description is a relatively new discipline, particularly in certain European countries, including Italy. Consequently, shared universal criteria that enable describers to rely on a reference point when preparing audio descriptions have long been lacking both within single countries and at a European level. Although the ADLAB project recently filled this gap providing EU guidelines, some virtuous and productive service providers had already managed to distill their best practice into important working documents. This paper focuses on the norms of the nonprofit social cooperative Senza Barriere ONLUS, aiming at a process of inclusion of the Italian blind population in the multimedia world. After defining audio description and offering a short overview on its status in Europe and in Italy, the paper will illustrate the history, scope and focus of the cooperative, its employees, its services, and its committed work in the production of professional audio films. The focus will then move on the audio description tutorial produced by Senza Barriere (Busarello & Sordo, 2011). This will offer a picture of SB’s work and will contribute to placing Italy on the audio description map.

Audio description norms in Italy: state of the art and the case of “Senza Barriere”

Elisa Perego
2017-01-01

Abstract

Audio description is a relatively new discipline, particularly in certain European countries, including Italy. Consequently, shared universal criteria that enable describers to rely on a reference point when preparing audio descriptions have long been lacking both within single countries and at a European level. Although the ADLAB project recently filled this gap providing EU guidelines, some virtuous and productive service providers had already managed to distill their best practice into important working documents. This paper focuses on the norms of the nonprofit social cooperative Senza Barriere ONLUS, aiming at a process of inclusion of the Italian blind population in the multimedia world. After defining audio description and offering a short overview on its status in Europe and in Italy, the paper will illustrate the history, scope and focus of the cooperative, its employees, its services, and its committed work in the production of professional audio films. The focus will then move on the audio description tutorial produced by Senza Barriere (Busarello & Sordo, 2011). This will offer a picture of SB’s work and will contribute to placing Italy on the audio description map.
2017
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