All future original projects of Kinopoisk will be released with audio commentaries.
The Yandex team announced the launch of a useful update for «Kinopoisk» for blind users. Users now have access to audio commentaries for popular films and TV series, as well as all key scenarios — playing a video, viewing information about a movie or TV series, as well as selections on the main page.
For people with visual impairments «Kinopoisk» added the ability to enlarge the font, hide decorative graphic elements, and add text descriptions of functions so that users can navigate the interface by ear using popular screen readers.
The press service explained:
An important part of adapting the service for blind users — adding audio commentaries to popular films and TV series, as well as to original Kinopoisk projects. Tiflocomments — These are short descriptions of characters, actions and settings in films and TV series, which are accompanied by a regular audio track. They read during pauses and describe what is happening on the screen. Tiflocomments allow blind and visually impaired users to immerse themselves in the context of what is happening and not miss important details.
More than 60 films and TV series with audio commentaries are now available in the online cinema. These include Mosfilm classics, children’s cartoons and fairy tales, popular new releases on the platform and Kinopoisk’s own projects, such TV series as &others, «Cicadas& laquo;Cybervillage».