All matches of the German national team as well as a top game on any other matchday will be included in the service which is offered free of charge via an integrated player on the official EHF EURO 2024 website.
The service is available for all fans – those in the arena and those who are following the matches from elsewhere.
Audio description stands for the professional auditory narration through experienced reporters. It enables visually impaired fans to follow the 60 minutes of play, with everything that is happening on and off the handball court explained in detail.
The web player with all streams will be accessible at https://ehfeuro.eurohandball.com/men/2024/.
The schedule for the main round is as follows
- 17 January, 18:00 CET: Denmark vs Netherlands
- 18 January, 20:30 CET: Germany vs Iceland
- 19 January, 20:30 CET: Denmark vs Sweden
- 20 January, 20:30 CET: Germany vs Austria
- 21 January, 20:30 CET: Norway vs Denmark
- 22 January, 20:30 CET: Germany vs Hungary
- 23 January, 20:30 CET: tbd (a match deciding upon the semi-final spots will be picked)
- 24 January, 20:30 CET: Germany vs Croatia
The main round matches featuring the German national team in Cologne will have live audio description in German.
The matches from the main round in Hamburg will be streamed with English description; matches of the final weekend will be featured with English and German description.
Experienced partners on board
To deliver the best possible service, the European Handball Federation has partnered with experienced supporters and providers of live audio description.
Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB) is the sponsor of the live audio description at the Men’s EHF EURO 2024. The German bank first supported an audio description service at the IHF Men’s World Championship 2023. Following this successful start, the service and the support has been extended to matches of the German national team as well as to selected matches in the German handball Bundesliga.
German company mycrocast GmbH provides the technology behind the audio description. They have developed an open ‘SaaS‘ audio platform that breaks down barriers with audio and makes inclusion on site and remotely easier. Instead of specialised hardware, all what is needed to listen is a smartphone. The Magdeburg-based start-up has recently won the German Sustainability Award for Sports in the media category for its solution.
The experienced reporters at the matches are provided by ‘T_Ohr’, a play on words with the German words for ‘goal’ (Tor) and ‘ear’ (Ohr). The German project, organised under the AWO-Südwest gGmbh, provides live audio description for visually impaired for a variety of sports thus making live events more accessible for everyone.
