20230623 1300 ACVREP Certified Audio Description Specialist (CAUDES) Update Originally Broadcasted June 23, 2023, on ACB Media 4 Presenters provided background details and an update on the progress of the work to create a certification process for audio description professionals. Moderator: Kim Charlson, Chair, ACVREP Certification Subject Matter Expert Committee, Watertown, MA Edited … Read more
20230622 1430 More from the Streaming Services Originally Broadcasted June 22, 2023, on ACB Media 3 In this double session and back by popular demand, representatives from major streaming services discussed how their organizations make their programming accessible now and what they’ve got planned. Moderator: Carl Richardson, Co-Chair, ACB Audio Description Project, Brighton, … Read more
20230624 1000 Audio Description Research Originally Broadcasted June 24, 2023, on ACB Media 5 The academic community has embraced audio description (AD) as a form of audiovisual translation and within other disciplines, particularly in countries outside the U.S. Attendees joined us to learn the latest in efforts to examine AD through survey-based research as … Read more
20220706 Audio Description Award Winners Originally Aired July 6, 2022, on ACB Media Participants got to know more about the 2022 Audio Description Project Award Winner. Edited By: Douglas Hunsinger
20220703 A Day in the Life of an Audio Engineer – Describer Originally Aired July 3, 2022, on ACB Media Attendees joined Chris Snyder as he took participants through a workday for a blind AD professional. Participants got to hear what it’s like to QC a script, voice, edit and mix a program, and … Read more
20220703 3D Audio Excursion Originally Aired July 3, 2022, on ACB Media Back by popular demand, come with Chris Snyder as he takes you on another 3D audio excursion to places real and fantastic. Put on your headphones, sit back and journey with us as we go from the ordinary to the unbelievable. … Read more
20220625 Self-Description: Too Much or Just Enough – Blind Community Perspectives Originally Aired June 25, 2022, on ACB Media Sponsored: Audio Description Project Edited By: Michael Moran
~~ADP Audio Description in Museums: This panel of leading museum access professionals’ profiled various ways audio description is used in museum settings, and how each museum has coped with providing description services during a pandemic. Moderator: Joel Snyder, PhD, Founder and Senior Consultant, ACB Audio Description Project, Takoma Park, MD Panelists •: Beth Ziebarth, Director, … Read more
~~Audio Description Project Website Overview and Update (acb.org/adp): The number of audio-described videos available has increased dramatically in the past year to the 6,000-plus range. The ADP website is the place to find pointers to them all. The presentation covered how you can best use the website to find what interests you and how to … Read more
~~An Evening with ACB: Audio Description and Streaming Services: This industry panel featured representatives from major streaming services to discuss their product’s, programming, services, and offerings. Moderator: Carl Richardson, Co-Chair, ACB Audio Description Project, Brighton, MA Panelists: ♣ Melanie Goodman, Lead Digital Supply Chain Specialist, HULU, Agoura Hills, CA ♣ Martha Heller, Vice President, Government … Read more