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Love Island to improve accessibility for blind and partially-sighted viewers

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

01:33 3 Jun 2023


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The new series kicks off on Monday

The new series of Love Island is just around the corner and it's set to see new changes to accessibility for blind and visually impaired fans.

The dating series is expected to see all islanders record self-descriptions to allow for blind and partially-sighted audiences to get to know the cast that little bit better.

Her.ie report, the show will also provide an audio-described tour of the villa, sharing information on the visuals of the area and describing it's most crucial locations.

The new resources will be available on the show's YouTube channel, with the summer season kicking off on Monday.

As well as this, design improvements will be made to the Love Island app and the series being subtitled, experts are ensuring that there are close captions ahead of the summer series.

ITV's Director of Accessibility David Padmore said in a statement, "We're always looking for ways to make our shows more accessible to our audiences.

"We hope that having these Islander self-descriptions and Villa tours available alongside the show will really help bring this summer's Love Island to life for our audience."

Love Island returns to our screens on Monday, June 5th at 9pm on Virgin Media One and Virgin Media Player.


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