ETT will attend the CHNT 2024 (Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies) in Vienna from 4 to 6 November. At its stand it will present the Sense accessibility project and organise a workshop in cooperation with the Natural History Museum Vienna focusing on accessibility in the cultural sector.
The workshop entitled ‘Transforming “Love” into “Accessibility” – Practices and Reflections on Serving Visually Impaired Groups in Museums under the Cognitive Structure Theory’ will be led on 5 November by Manuela Serando. The activity will involve the co-creation of a sensorised replica of the Venus of Willendorf, one of the Viennese museum’s most iconic exhibits. The programme will be divided into two parts: in the first, participants will be introduced to the concept of accessibility and presented Sense, with a practical demonstration of the tactile experience offered by sensorial models. In the second part, participants, divided into groups, will work on drafting texts for the Points of Interest (POI) of Venus, which will later be integrated into the replica using an artificial intelligence system.
ETT’s Sense project was developed in cooperation with the University of Genoa to improve accessibility to cultural heritage for blind and visually impaired people. The system allows for autonomous and barrier-free exploration as sensors activate audio content by simply touching the work, enabling direct and personalised interaction between user and object. In addition, content can be modified to suit the different needs of visually impaired people, ensuring inclusion and universal access.