Slide della presentazione di CulturAbile a ItaliaCamp, tappa di Roma, dove il progetto ha suscitato un buon interesse. presentazione a cura di Saveria Arma e Silvia De Pasquale

1. CulturAbileCulturAbile
Audiodescription and SubtitlingAudiodescription and Subtitling
for visuallyfor visually
and hearing impaired peopleand hearing impaired people
“If you can see, look. If you can look, observe”.
(José Saramago, Blindness)
Saveria Arma e Silvia De Pasquale, CulturAbile

2. Blind and deaf people in ItalyBlind and deaf people in Italy
• Between 352 k and 380 k blind people and
nearly 1.500 k people with low vision
• Nearly 500 k people DHH people
• Figures expected to rise
• Social values

3. AD in ItalyAD in Italy
• First AD ever: Spartacus (2001)
• AD at public TV (RAI)
– Percentage of programs audiodescribed
• 2006-2009: up to 60% (actually, 35-38% !)
• 2010-2012: up to 60% (!)
– Types of programs audiodescribed
– Human resources employed
– Customer satisfaction
– Standards and guidelines

4. AD in ItalyAD in Italy
• Cooperative Senza Barriere Onlus (Trento)
• Association Consequenze (Rome)
• Association Blindsight Project (Rome)
– Rome Fiction Fest (in July, in cooperation with
Consequenze, technical support by SubTi)
– Rome Film Festival (in October)
• Association Cinema senza Barriere (Rome,
Milan, Bari)
• Association Isiviù (Messina)

5. CulturAbile: ItaliaCamp projectCulturAbile: ItaliaCamp project
• Provide cinema and DVD industry with
technical equipment:
– For AD
– For ST
– For digital TV
• Live AD and ST
• Education and Training
• Social and cultural inclusion

6. CulturAbile: ItaliaCamp projectCulturAbile: ItaliaCamp project
• Costs
– For cinema (about 10.000 euros)
– For each film on DVD (about 2000 euros)
– For digital TV (?)

7. CulturAbile: ItaliaCamp projectCulturAbile: ItaliaCamp project
• Seeking for:
– Sponsors, partnerships, support
– Technical partnership and development
– Decision makers (culture and society)

8. Thanks!Thanks!
culturabile@gmail.com
coming soon…
www.audiodescrizione.it