Blind and visually impaired visitors' experiences in museums: increasing accessibility through assistive technologies
People with visual impairments generally experience many barriers when visiting museum
exhibitions, given the ocular centricity of these institutions. The situation is worsened by a …
exhibitions, given the ocular centricity of these institutions. The situation is worsened by a …
Barriers and facilitators to cultural participation by people with disabilities: a narrative literature review
A Leahy, D Ferri - Scandinavian Journal of Disability …, 2022 - mural.maynoothuniversity.ie
Article 30 of the UN Convention on the rights of Persons with Disabilities obliges States
Parties to ensure accessibility of cultural goods, services and heritage and to adopt …
Parties to ensure accessibility of cultural goods, services and heritage and to adopt …
A modern synthesis
JS Page, J Connell - London: Thomson Learning, 2006 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Welcome to the fifth edition of Tourism: A Modern Synthesis, which has been revised to meet
the needs of the reader after extensive feedback from readers, adopters, students and …
the needs of the reader after extensive feedback from readers, adopters, students and …
Understanding visual arts experiences of blind people
Visual arts play an important role in cultural life and provide access to social heritage and
self-enrichment, but most visual arts are inaccessible to blind people. Researchers have …
self-enrichment, but most visual arts are inaccessible to blind people. Researchers have …
Accessible tourism experiences: the voice of people with visual disabilities
E Devile, E Kastenholz - Social Tourism at the Crossroads, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Our research focuses primarily on the understanding of the engagement in tourist activities
of people with disabilities. Specifically, we intend to analyze the experience of people with …
of people with disabilities. Specifically, we intend to analyze the experience of people with …
Accessible visual artworks for blind and visually impaired people: comparing a multimodal approach with tactile graphics
L Cavazos Quero, J Iranzo Bartolomé, J Cho - Electronics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Despite the use of tactile graphics and audio guides, blind and visually impaired people still
face challenges to experience and understand visual artworks independently at art …
face challenges to experience and understand visual artworks independently at art …
Understanding technological contributions to accessible tourism from the perspective of destination design for visually impaired visitors in Hong Kong
Increasing concerns about disability, accessibility and universal environments for travel and
destinations have reached the academic and industrial attentions worldwide, especially for …
destinations have reached the academic and industrial attentions worldwide, especially for …
Traveling with a guide dog: Confidence, constraints and affective qualities of the human-guide dog relationship
Guide dogs enhance the confidence of people with vision impairment (PwVI) and improve
their everyday mobility, but they also present constraints to travel. This paper investigates …
their everyday mobility, but they also present constraints to travel. This paper investigates …
Enhancing blind visitor's autonomy in a science museum using an autonomous navigation robot
Enabling blind visitors to explore museum floors while feeling the facility's atmosphere and
increasing their autonomy and enjoyment are imperative for giving them a high-quality …
increasing their autonomy and enjoyment are imperative for giving them a high-quality …
Evaluation of touchable 3D‐printed replicas in museums
PF Wilson, J Stott, JM Warnett, A Attridge… - … The Museum Journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The multisensory aspect of the museum, while neglected for many years, is undergoing a
resurgence as museum workers have begun to push towards re‐establishing the senses as …
resurgence as museum workers have begun to push towards re‐establishing the senses as …