Rock en Seine festival in Paris offers audio description for visually impaired attendees
At the Rock en Seine music festival in Paris, visually impaired attendees can experience concerts through live audio description. The service is provided by the Valentin Haüy Association, a pioneer of audio description in France.
This year's Rock en Seine music festival in Paris is making its concerts accessible to visually impaired fans. Organizers have set up dedicated viewing platforms along with headphones and receivers that allow spectators with vision loss to follow performances through live audio description.
The equipment and service are supplied by the Valentin Haüy Association, recognized as a pioneer of audio description in France. Through this system, visually impaired festival-goers receive spoken descriptions of what is happening on stage, giving them a way to experience the visual side of a live performance alongside the music itself.
According to festival organizers, the audio-described concert experience is available every single day of the event, running from August 26 to August 30. This gives attendees with visual impairments the flexibility to choose whichever day suits them to take part in the festival with this added support.
