What do emojis mean to blind people?

Jul 16, 2019 · 19m 39s
What do emojis mean to blind people?
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For World Emoji Day the social media company We Are Social and the RNIB are collaborating to find ways to make emojis more accessible to visually impaired people. Sarah Bailey...

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For World Emoji Day the social media company We Are Social and the RNIB are collaborating to find ways to make emojis more accessible to visually impaired people. Sarah Bailey of the RNIB tells us what they've come up with so far, and we test social media expert Fern Lulham, on their uses and their meanings.

The Tree of Dreams is a story about expectations, reality, fantasy and family, devised by Ipswich’s resident company of visually impaired people, with dynamic Audio Description by the internationally renowned Rationale Method, using beat-boxing sound effects to heighten the experience for both blind and sighted audiences.

In Touch reporter Toby Davey gets a taste of this new way of conveying performance to visually impaired people.

Presenter: Peter White
Producer: Lee Kumutat
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