We would like to share with all of our members a new way to explore the world by using Visual Audio Tours.
Brought by UniDescription, this project is an accessible app that contains audio descriptions of a lot of these historically significant places, like national parks, museums, monuments, things like that. Places that people like to tour and really learn a lot about.
Each of these tours are made specifically for the blind and/or visually impaired person with detailed descriptions of the site you are visiting.
We are posting a sample of one of the tours so you can try it out
So fasten your seatbelt and have a great Virtual tour trip!
If you would like to add more virtual tours to your collection, you will need to download from your smartphone “Unidescription” app
The links to the app are
IOS App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/unidescription/id1288434078
Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.unidescription.npsapp&hl=en
Sample Virtual tour: Lincoln Memorial
Welcome to the audio-described version of the Lincoln Memorial’s official print brochure. Through text and audio descriptions of photos this version interprets the two-sided color brochure that visitors to the Lincoln Memorial receive. The brochure explores the construction of the memorial, information on Abraham Lincoln’s life and presidency and information for planning your visit. This audio version lasts about [NUMBER] minutes which we have divided into thirteen sections, as a way to improve the listening experience. Sections two three and four cover the front of the brochure and include information regarding Lincoln The Man. Sections five through eleven cover the back of the brochure which consists of Lincoln as President, Construction of the Memorial and Visitation. Sections twelve and thirteen contain information about accessibility and where to find more information.
Link to the Virtual Tour https://unidescription.org/account/project/export/598
Enjoy!
If you would like to read more about this company, please click on the following link https://www.aam-us.org/2020/09/21/the-unidescription-project-breaks-down-common-barriers-to-media-accessibility/