Audiodescrição de jogos de futebol: um estudo de recepção

Abstract

his paper investigates the use of audio description in soccer matches. The objective was to analyze the reception of the audio description of a football match between Ceará and Portuguesa at the Castelão Stadium in Fortaleza by a group of visually impaired spectators. The research question was: What would be the best accessibility feature for visually impaired spectator to watch a football match? For this question, the following hypotheses were formulated: the a visually impaired spectator needs the radio sports narration as well as the audio description to watch a football match in the stadium, like most of the viewers who take the radio to the stadium in order to not lose any detail of the match; the visually impaired person only needs audio description to attend a soccer match, since he/she would be confused by the use of both audios, i.e. the audio description and the radio narration. The methodology used was descriptive-exploratory of qualitative nature. The results pointed to the refutation of both hypotheses. In the opinion of the participants, the best way for a Visually impaired person to watch a football match would be by means of an audio description with a similar locution to sports narration. Audio description was considered more efficient because it brought more details about the visual elements present in the game, but it lacked emotion, which enables the spectator's involvement in a soccer match.