Let the ＂viewing artifact＂ become the ＂cultural blind road＂ for the visually impaired.

□ Wu Ruizhen

In the hot summer, the cinema has become a choice for many people to enjoy the summer, but it is not easy for the visually impaired to enter the cinema and enjoy the fun of movies. Recently, the reporter from the reception desk walked into a cinema that prepared a "movie-watching artifact" for the visually impaired, experienced the barrier-free movie, and met Oriole, a visually impaired girl who came to watch the movie. "Watching her put on headphones and’ laugh together’ with her best friend is an unprecedented movie-watching experience." The reporter from the General Desk said with emotion. (CCTV news on July 28)

Watching movies, for many ordinary people, is a common thing, but for visually impaired groups, there is a very difficult obstacle to overcome, especially when there is only a picture without sound, it is impossible to understand what the film is playing. The appearance of the "movie-watching artifact" can not only make visually impaired people feel the humanistic care from society, but also enable more and more visually impaired people to "see" the colorful world and have more good opportunities to enjoy excellent cultural achievements and participate in social and cultural life.

The so-called "viewing artifact" actually means that the barrier-free viewing hall will provide special earphone equipment for visually impaired customers. The commentary in this earphone will synchronize the story outline, picture content and character expression of the film in real time, and the commentary will especially increase the picture content without lines, which can also be translated in real time when encountering English, and can synchronize jokes with everyone. This technological innovation has solved the problem that visually impaired people can’t watch movies smoothly because there are no sound clips, so that they can taste various life experiences and find their own emotional resonance in the joys and sorrows of the role, just like ordinary audiences.

In recent years, in order to let the visually impaired appreciate the charm of the world of light and shadow, all sectors of society have actively explored and achieved remarkable results. As the first barrier-free film public welfare project in China, Guangming Cinema has produced more than 500 barrier-free films since its establishment at the end of 2017, which have been shown and promoted in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, and delivered barrier-free film and television products to more than 2,000 special education schools.

While affirming the achievements, we should also see that at present, the number of visually disabled people in China is as high as 17.31 million, and one in every 100 people is visually impaired. However, there are few cinemas with barrier-free equipment and movies with barrier-free versions in China, and few visually impaired friends know about it. Obviously, there is still a long way to go to pave the "cultural blind road", which requires the government and all walks of life to make continuous efforts to eliminate all kinds of intangible obstacles as soon as possible.

Strengthening the construction of barrier-free environment is an important symbol of a country and social civilization. We should actively use new technologies to improve the efficiency of barrier-free transformation, let more and more network audio-visual products enter the world of disabled people, moisten their hearts, and let them embrace the Internet and enjoy digital life through audio-visual carriers. Of course, in the long run, the construction of barrier-free environment can’t be limited to cinemas. It should penetrate into every aspect of society, such as blind roads, barrier-free elevators, toilets, etc., so as to truly realize "love" without "obstruction".