[Njabs-talk] Disney's New Device for Visually Impaired Visitors

[EVELYN E. VALDEZ]

FYI


Disney's New Device For Visually 

Impaired Visitors


Disney has released a new 

technology feature that will help visually impaired park


visitors. On Disney's custom 

wireless hand-held devices that the park offers to individuals


with disabilities, there is a new 

feature: Audio Descriptions.


These Audio Descriptions provide 

a narrative of what is happening on a ride or in


a show for the visitor to hear 

while they are participating.


During the Haunted 

Mansion ride the Audio Description 

device says: "Our doom buggy


rotates and we face backward. To 

our left, a knight's armor guards an endless hallway.


On our right, wilted flower 

arrangements surround a coffin. An eerie light escapes


as bony hands push up the 

lid."


Currently the following 

attractions have the Audio Description feature:


- 

Disneyland Railroad


- 

Alice in Wonderland


- Peter Pan


- Pinocchio


- Small World


- Snow White


- Buzz Lightyear


- Finding Nemo


- Honey, I Shrunk the 

Audience


- Tiki Room


- Haunted Mansion


- Pirates of the 

Caribbean


- Winnie the Pooh


- Monsters Inc.


- MuppetVision


- Tough to be a 

Bug


- Turtle 

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