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BPS groups and involve them in your plans – they could become your best
advocates and advisors.
Talk to the venue
Museums will vary in their experience of using audio and technology, and in
their budgets. Some are using apps and iBeacons to create trails for visitors to
serve up content on their devices when near certain objects, or introducing
touch tables and immersive soundscapes to change what we expect from a
museum visit. Others haven’t started yet.
So to start with, establish what the budget is and what they are trying to
achieve. What are they already doing with technology and other material that
you could re-use? You could rethink and adapt what they’re currently doing
so that it is better for BPS visitors. Crucially, how will the organisation make
your BPS project obvious to your audience? There’s no point in producing
amazing accessible material unless people know what you’ve got.
Get started
For an audio project, plot out all the elements you want to produce and work
out how they can be supported by more ‘traditional’ BPS interpretation such
as Braille, large format handouts and handling objects – combining elements
will have the most impact, and mean that the visitor can choose what suits
them, or just dip in and out of a few.
Get inspired
Get inspired by what other people are doing for general as well as BPS
audiences, and work out how can you adapt ideas to fit your own project
(where there might be smaller audiences, reach and budget) e.g.:
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