AUDIODESCRIÇÃO EM QR CODE PARA PRODUTOS EDITORIAIS: O PONTO DE VISTA DA PESSOA COM DEFICIÊNCIA VISUAL

Abstract

Reading and writing are essential human accomplishments in the contemporary world. Writing has positively changed how society engages in relationships, but it has excluded those that cannot use it, i.e. the visually impaired population, given it can only be appreciated through the eyes. In this paper, we explore how the audio description on QR Codes can be an accessibility instrument, since it is an imaging manifestation. Thus, we aimed to analyze the possibilities of audio description access through QR Codes in editorial products following the experience of visually impaired persons. The chosen methodology was a participation research with qualitative approach including 12 blind users of the Braille System and audio description advisors. Models of editorial products in Braille with audio description on QR Codes were used. They were assessed by the research participants, who answered a digital questionnaire after testing them. Results show that the QR Code in relief placed to the right lower corner of even pages of Braille and ink books and its use set back to the left immediately below the text in Braille on books without ink transcription are the main preferences of the investigated population.