Who is currently audio describing in China? A study of Chinese audio describer profiles

Access to culture and information is recognized by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ratified by China in 2008. Access services like audio description facilitate the consumption of audio visual products such as films by those who suffer from sight loss. This p...

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Autores: Tor Carroggio, Irene|||0000-0003-2924-014X, Casas-Tost, Helena|||0000-0002-4023-9070
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.6035/MonTI.2020.12.03
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Media accessibility
Access services
Audio description
Chinese audio describers
Volunteers
Accesibilidad a los medios
Servicios de accesibilidad
Audiodescripción
Audiodescriptores chinos
Voluntarios
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spelling Who is currently audio describing in China? A study of Chinese audio describer profilesTor Carroggio, Irene|||0000-0003-2924-014XCasas-Tost, Helena|||0000-0002-4023-9070Media accessibilityAccess servicesAudio descriptionChinese audio describersVolunteersAccesibilidad a los mediosServicios de accesibilidadAudiodescripciónAudiodescriptores chinosVoluntariosAccess to culture and information is recognized by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ratified by China in 2008. Access services like audio description facilitate the consumption of audio visual products such as films by those who suffer from sight loss. This paper attempts to contextualize this access service in China and focuses on those in charge of preparing it - audio describers. In order to provide a profile of these audio describers, a questionnaire was distributed in Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou. The results show that an overwhelming majority of those audio describing are volunteers aged 20-50, and most have a university education background which is not related to Audiovisual Translation. They come from a varied professional background, most have only been audio describing for a few years, they lack formal training in audio description and mainly audio describe films in Standard ChineseEl acceso a la cultura y la información está reconocido por la Convención sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad de las Naciones Unidas, ratificada por China en 2008. Los servicios de accesibilidad sensorial, tales como la audiodescripción, facilitan el consumo de productos audiovisuales a las personas con pérdida de visión. Este artículo contextualiza dicho servicio en China y se centra en aquellas personas a cargo de su preparación: los audiodescriptores. Para conocer su perfil, se distribuyó un cuestionario en Shanghái, Beijing y Guangzhou. Los resultados muestran que prácticamente todos los informantes son voluntarios de entre 20 y 50 años, con formación universitaria variada no relacionada con la Traducción Audiovisual. Ejercen profesiones muy diversas y apenas han recibido formación en audiodescripción, ámbito en el que tampoco tienen una trayectoria dilatada. Siempre audiodescriben en chino estándar y el cine constituye el producto audiodescrito por excelencia 22020-01-0120202020-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/222129https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.6035/MonTI.2020.12.03reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengAgència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003030 2017/SGR-113European Commission https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 761999open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2221292026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Who is currently audio describing in China? A study of Chinese audio describer profiles
title Who is currently audio describing in China? A study of Chinese audio describer profiles
spellingShingle Who is currently audio describing in China? A study of Chinese audio describer profiles
Tor Carroggio, Irene|||0000-0003-2924-014X
Media accessibility
Access services
Audio description
Chinese audio describers
Volunteers
Accesibilidad a los medios
Servicios de accesibilidad
Audiodescripción
Audiodescriptores chinos
Voluntarios
title_short Who is currently audio describing in China? A study of Chinese audio describer profiles
title_full Who is currently audio describing in China? A study of Chinese audio describer profiles
title_fullStr Who is currently audio describing in China? A study of Chinese audio describer profiles
title_full_unstemmed Who is currently audio describing in China? A study of Chinese audio describer profiles
title_sort Who is currently audio describing in China? A study of Chinese audio describer profiles
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tor Carroggio, Irene|||0000-0003-2924-014X
Casas-Tost, Helena|||0000-0002-4023-9070
author Tor Carroggio, Irene|||0000-0003-2924-014X
author_facet Tor Carroggio, Irene|||0000-0003-2924-014X
Casas-Tost, Helena|||0000-0002-4023-9070
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author2 Casas-Tost, Helena|||0000-0002-4023-9070
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Media accessibility
Access services
Audio description
Chinese audio describers
Volunteers
Accesibilidad a los medios
Servicios de accesibilidad
Audiodescripción
Audiodescriptores chinos
Voluntarios
topic Media accessibility
Access services
Audio description
Chinese audio describers
Volunteers
Accesibilidad a los medios
Servicios de accesibilidad
Audiodescripción
Audiodescriptores chinos
Voluntarios
description Access to culture and information is recognized by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ratified by China in 2008. Access services like audio description facilitate the consumption of audio visual products such as films by those who suffer from sight loss. This paper attempts to contextualize this access service in China and focuses on those in charge of preparing it - audio describers. In order to provide a profile of these audio describers, a questionnaire was distributed in Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou. The results show that an overwhelming majority of those audio describing are volunteers aged 20-50, and most have a university education background which is not related to Audiovisual Translation. They come from a varied professional background, most have only been audio describing for a few years, they lack formal training in audio description and mainly audio describe films in Standard Chinese
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