With this app, you can access audio descriptions of National Park Service sites and explore their content through sound. Includes translations of brochures, offers accessibility features for diverse audiences.
AppRecs review analysis
AppRecs rating 4.7. Trustworthiness 64 out of 100. Review manipulation risk 26 out of 100. Based on a review sample analyzed.
★★★★☆
4.7
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Ratings breakdown
5 star
80%
4 star
17%
3 star
2%
2 star
0%
1 star
1%
What to know
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Low review manipulation risk
26% review manipulation risk
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High user satisfaction
80% of sampled ratings are 5 stars
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Authentic reviews
Natural distribution, no red flags
About UniDescription
This app shares prototype audio description from dozens of National Park Service sites throughout the country, translating their paper brochures into acoustic media, designed for people who are blind, visually impaired, print dyslexic, or who prefer learning through sound.
Everyone deserves full access to public discourse about public resources, and this University of Hawaii at Manoa (UH) research project has been created to serve diverse audiences, under the core principles of Universal Design.
Our sponsors include: The University of Hawaii, The National Park Service, Google, The American Council of the Blind, and The Hawaii-Pacific Islands Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit.
Core contributors include: Brett Oppegaard (Principal Investigator, UH), Megan Conway (Co-Pi, UH), Thomas Conway (Co-Pi, UH), Michele Hartley (Media Accessibility Coordinator, NPS), Joe Oppegaard (CTO, Montana Banana), Philipp Jordan (RA, UH), Tuyet Hayes (RA, UH), Sajja Koirala (RA, UH), and Terence Rose (RA, UH).
For more information, visit: www.unidescription.org
To contact the PI, email: brett.oppegaard@hawaii.edu
Everyone deserves full access to public discourse about public resources, and this University of Hawaii at Manoa (UH) research project has been created to serve diverse audiences, under the core principles of Universal Design.
Our sponsors include: The University of Hawaii, The National Park Service, Google, The American Council of the Blind, and The Hawaii-Pacific Islands Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit.
Core contributors include: Brett Oppegaard (Principal Investigator, UH), Megan Conway (Co-Pi, UH), Thomas Conway (Co-Pi, UH), Michele Hartley (Media Accessibility Coordinator, NPS), Joe Oppegaard (CTO, Montana Banana), Philipp Jordan (RA, UH), Tuyet Hayes (RA, UH), Sajja Koirala (RA, UH), and Terence Rose (RA, UH).
For more information, visit: www.unidescription.org
To contact the PI, email: brett.oppegaard@hawaii.edu
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Roz Schmee
UniD
This app is awesome! Easy to use. Thank you Descriptathoners!
Fred1975!
great
Increases accessibility to national parks and other sites to blind and low vision patrons
