The stage play in Cantonese, "Tea-Horse Road · Ballad of Fallen Dragon", with audio description (AD) was successfully shown on 18 July 2025 providing AD service for more than 30 people with visual impairment. CityUHK's Department of Linguistics and Translation (LT) co-organised the event with the Hong Kong Audio Description Studies Association (HKADSA), Hong Kong Blind Union, and the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Hong Kong Member Association Ltd (HKL&A). The event was held to promote inclusive services for people who are visually impaired and to enhance students' language and AD skills.
Professor Jackie YAN Xiu, from LT, who is also the President of HKADSA, led the AD team and recruited people with visual impairment to edit the AD script from the start. The AD team consists of audio describers, AD writers, and editors. The members are as follows (ordered alphabetically): CHEN Xia, CHOI Lok Sze, CHOW Amanda Hiu Tung, CHOW Sin Nga, HUANG Lei, LIANG Yiwen, LIN Su, STEVENSON Huien Sarah, WANG Kailun, and WANG Shuting. The audio describers narrated the visual elements of the stage play including gestures, facial expressions, costumes of the performers, as well as the setting during the silent interval of the show to achieve accessibility to the arts.
Professor Yan combined teaching with research. With her research team, she incorporated an AD training module into her interpreting class, developed the AD evaluation criteria, and published extensively in international journals and conferences with the aim to cultivate AD talents at tertiary education and offer high-quality AD services for the public.
