London Canal Museum, London
Alex Brady, 15.09.2011
In 2010 blackbox-av, which specialises in the production of audio-visual interpretation equipment, produced three audio listening points for the London Canal Museum as part of an initiative to improve the accessibility of information for visually-impaired visitors.
We used Audio Frame 15 (a listening-point system with customised audio content) to supplement three exhibits at the London Canal Museum.
The museum found that the provision of audio content was ideal for conveying information to visually-impaired visitors – as they put it, “oral history is something that visually-impaired people can enjoy in a museum just as much as others”.
The audio frame units provide an innovative way for people to interact with each of the exhibits.
They were specially designed to allow for the addition of a Braille plaque on top. The Braille content was designed by The Dog Rose Trust, a charity committed to developing universally inclusive designs and communication methods.
When paired with the Audio Frame 15, this created an easy-to-use, multi-sensory and interactive unit that increases accessibility, understanding and involvement with the museum’s exhibits for everyone who uses them.
Alex Brady works in marketing and media at blackbox-av.
Links
London Canal Museum
Information about Audio Frame 15 (on the blackbox-av website)
We used Audio Frame 15 (a listening-point system with customised audio content) to supplement three exhibits at the London Canal Museum.
The museum found that the provision of audio content was ideal for conveying information to visually-impaired visitors – as they put it, “oral history is something that visually-impaired people can enjoy in a museum just as much as others”.
The audio frame units provide an innovative way for people to interact with each of the exhibits.
They were specially designed to allow for the addition of a Braille plaque on top. The Braille content was designed by The Dog Rose Trust, a charity committed to developing universally inclusive designs and communication methods.
When paired with the Audio Frame 15, this created an easy-to-use, multi-sensory and interactive unit that increases accessibility, understanding and involvement with the museum’s exhibits for everyone who uses them.
Alex Brady works in marketing and media at blackbox-av.
Links
London Canal Museum
Information about Audio Frame 15 (on the blackbox-av website)
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