Hall At Patriot Place To Add Special System For Disabled Fans
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Hall At Patriot Place Is One Of The First U.S.
Museums To Use Technology For The Disabled |
The Hall at Patriot Place, the Kraft Group's five-month-old Patriots football HOF next to Gillette Stadium, this week "expects to add a listening and closed-captioning system that will allow people with disabilities to experience the museum in much the same fashion as visitors who are not disabled," according to Robert Preer of the BOSTON GLOBE. Disabled visitors will be able to use hand-held devices that are "pocket computers that pick up infrared or FM radio signals beamed from transmitters in the ceiling." The system then "tracks visitors as they move about, triggering audio descriptions for the blind and closed captioning or enhanced audio for those with hearing problems." One of the "more popular exhibits is a re-created huddle that includes life-size statues of players" and Patriots QB Tom Brady calling a play. Visitors can "stand in the huddle and hear Brady bark instructions." For a visitor who is deaf, the hand-held device "runs closed captioning at the same time Brady is speaking." Visitors who have partial hearing "can wear headphones that receive enhanced audio from an FM transmitter." For those who are visually impaired, the device "describes the scene in the huddle." The Hall at Patriot Place is "one of the first US museums to use this technology." Kevin McGuire, a consultant who has advised Kraft Group on Gillette Stadium and Patriot Place, said there are "not many museums anywhere that allow people with sensory disabilities to have this kind of access." Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing Commissioner Heidi Reed said, "This is a state-of-the-art system that makes the best possible use of technology. It is an important step forward." Preer notes engineers were "doing final installation and testing of the system last week." The system is "expected to be fully operational this week" (BOSTON GLOBE, 1/26).
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