Reading List

ELEMENT 1. Processes 

• [open-access research article] Arias-Badia, B., & Fernández-Torné, A. (2020). El experto en lenguaje fácil de comprender: un nuevo perfil educativo y profesional en el ámbito de la lengua española. MonTI. Monografías de Traducción e Interpretación, 12, 295-312. [in Spanish]
• [open-access research article] Arias-Badia, B., & Matamala, A. (2020). Audio description meets Easy-to-Read and Plain Language: results from a questionnaire and a focus group in Catalonia. Zeitschrift für Katalanistik, 33, 251-270. [in English]
• [open-access research article] Bernabé, R., & Orero, P. (2019). Easy to Read as multimode accessibility service. Hermeneus, 21, 53-74. [in English]
• [open-access research article] Bernabé, R. (2020). New taxonomy of easy-to-understand access services. MonTI. Monografías de Traducción e Interpretación, 12, 345-380. [in English]
• [open-access PhD thesis] Bernabé, R. (2020). Easy audiovisual content for all. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. [in English]
• [open-access guidelines] Giansante, L. (n.d.). Writing verbal descriptions for audio guides. Art Beyond Sight. [in English]
• [book chapter] Perego, E. (2019). Audio description. Evolving recommendations for usable, effective, and enjoyable practices. In L. Pérez González (Ed.). The Routledge handbook of audiovisual translation (pp. 114-129). Routledge. [in English]
• [book] Perego, E. (2020). Accessible communication: A cross-country journey. Frank & Timme. [in English]
• [open-access guidelines] Remael, A., Reviers, N. & Vercauteren, G. (Eds.). (2015) Pictures painted in words. ADLAB audio description guidelines. The ADLAB project. [in English]

ELEMENT 2. Linguistic aspects 

• [book chapter] Bernabé, R., & Orero, P. (2021). Easier audio description: Exploring the potential of Easy-to-Read principles in simplifying AD. In S. Brown, & K. Starr (Eds.). Innovation in audio description research (pp. 55-75). Routledge. [in English]
• [book chapter] Maaß, C., & Hernández Garrido, S. (2020). Easy
  and Plain Language in audiovisual translation. In S. Hansen-Schirra,
  & C. Maaß (Eds.). Easy Language research: Text and user perspectives (pp. 131-162). Frank & Timme. [in English]
• [book chapter] Taylor, C., & Perego, E. (2020). New approaches to accessibility and audio description in museum environments. In S. Braun, & K. Starr (Eds.). Innovation in audio description research (pp. 33-55). Routledge. [in English]

ELEMENT 3. Technical aspects 

• [open-access guidelines chapter] Benecke, B., & Völz, H. (2014). Technical features. In A. Remael, N. Reviers, & G. Vercauteren (Eds.). Pictures painted in words. ADLAB audio description guidelines (pp. 55-58). The ADLAB project. [in English]
• [book chapter] Bernabé, R., & Orero, P. (2021). Easier audio description: Exploring the potential of Easy-to-Read principles in simplifying AD. In S. Brown, & K. Starr (Eds.). Innovation in audio description research (pp. 55-75). Routledge. [in English]
• [research article] Walczak, A. (2018). Audio description on smartphones: making cinema accessible for visually impaired audiences. Universal access in the information society, 17(4), 833–840. [in English]