The GT Accessible Aquarium Project

Walker, Bruce N.

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The GT Accessible Aquarium Project

dc.contributor.author	Walker, Bruce N.
dc.contributor.corporatename	Georgia Institute of Technology. Library and Information Center	en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename	Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Interactive Computing
dc.contributor.corporatename	Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Psychology
dc.contributor.corporatename	Georgia Institute of Technology. Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center
dc.date.accessioned	2009-06-26T18:38:55Z
dc.date.available	2009-06-26T18:38:55Z
dc.date.issued	2009-04-07
dc.description	Bruce N. Walker, professor of the School of Psychology, School of Interactive Computing, and the Graphics, Visualization, and Usability Center presented a lecture on April 7, 2009, 2:00-3:30 pm in Neely Lobby of the Georgia Tech Library.	en
dc.description.abstract	Zoos and aquaria are in the business of educating and entertaining the visiting public. However, as the number of people with disabilities living in the community has grown, and as public environments have become more accessible to them, such informal learning environments (ILEs) are faced with accommodating an increasingly diverse visitor population with varying physical and sensory needs. This is even more challenging for ILEs with dynamic exhibits, where the movements, changes, and interactions are extremely difficult to describe to individuals who lack vision. The GT Accessible Aquarium Project is an interdisciplinary team effort to make dynamic exhibits such as those at museums, science centers, zoos and aquaria more engaging and accessible for visitors with vision impairments by providing real-time interpretations of the exhibits using innovative tracking, music, narrations, and adaptive sonification.
dc.format.extent	48:17 mimutes
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28692
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	Georgia Institute of Technology	en
dc.subject	Accessibility	en
dc.subject	Informal learning environment	en
dc.subject	Aquarium	en
dc.subject	Sonification	en
dc.title	The GT Accessible Aquarium Project	en
dc.type	Moving Image
dc.type.genre	Lecture
dspace.entity.type	Publication
local.contributor.author	Walker, Bruce N.
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local.relation.ispartofseries	Library Public Programming
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