Muhne acessível: Uma proposta de aplicativo acessível para pessoas com deficiência

Abstract

The museums, inserted in a cultural tourism perspective are important tools to protect, preserve, promote and transmit our culture, working the appreciation and respect to our heritage among the visitors. From that, we saw that it is undeniable the urgent need to make them accessible to the various audiences, respecting their limitations and needs. Thus, the objective of this work is to propose the creation of an accessible application for people with visual impairment and people with hearing impairment, being these directly benefited because it is a project focused on communicational accessibility, to be used in the Museu do Homem do Nordeste (MUHNE), place chosen to host the project in view of its relevance to the northeastern culture, bringing aspects related to the various people who built our culture. The methodology adopted in this work consisted of: a bibliographic and documental review about the theme, on-site visits to the museum, interviews with the museum's coordination and with people with visual and hearing impairments and/or who work with communication accessibility, and we extended the research to a larger public by means of a questionnaire. Given this, it was realized that the museum is not accessible to deaf and blind people, and it is necessary to apply an assistive technology, that is, the mobile application, as a way to promote their inclusion and autonomy within the museum.