Heart-to-Feel: A New audio description coding scheme for the visually impaired on affective cinematography and emotive vibration

Abstract

The visually impaired increasingly demand more informative audio description (AD), but not an easy coding scheme for the describers and a lack of technological advances have limited this success. Our proof-of-design concept – affective cinematography and emotive vibration, is quick to complete the AD process and deliver the emotional information of the scene through the affective haptic device. A promising way to contribute to social TV viewing experience for the visually impaired is also discussed.