~~Diversity: Describing Race, Skin Color, Ethnicity, Gender, and Disability within Contemporary Audio Description: Attendees heard a direct and thoughtful discussion by a panel of audio description experts on the importance of diversity within the field, how to describe in today’s diverse world, and reflected on what consumers want to hear in their descriptions. Moderator: Kim … Read more
~~Meet the Author: Attendees met Judy Dixon, Writer, Arlington, VA:Â Judy has just authored Audio Description: What it is, Where to Find it, and how to Use it, published by National Braille Press. Attendees learned about how she came to write this book, do her research, and asked her questions. Sponsored by: LUA, BRL, and … Read more
~~BPI Audio Description: Dragging the Boys of Audio Description Behind the Curtain: Attendees joined BPI Board Member Chris Snyder as he welcomed Roy Samuelson, audio description narrator, Los Angeles, CA, JJ Hunt and Byron Lee as they share behind the scenes stories and walked us through the art of creating audio description. Recorded during the … Read more
ACB’s Clark and Kim talk with Para athletes and preview the 2021 Tokyo summer Olympics Recorded during the ACB national convention on July 23 2021
~~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
~~Audio Description at Amazon: Over the last few years, Amazon has made great strides in expanding the availability of audio description, now offering more titles with AD than any other streaming service. This session from Amazon experts from Device Accessibility and Prime Video discussed how they have scaled up audio-description production, and the many advantages … Read more
Welcome to the Audio Description Track of the ACB Focus Podcast Series.