ACB Focus: Audio Description

20250626 1300 Audio Description Best Practices in Movie Theaters Originally Broadcasted June 26, 2025 on ACB Media 4 Did you know that most theatrical releases are audio described? Participants learned from a blind movie goer, AMC Theaters, the National Alliance of Theater Owners, and others on how to make your visit to the movie theater a successful one by enjoying the magic of cinema with the help of audio description. Moderator: Carl Richardson, Co-Chair, ACB Audio Description Project, Boston, MA Presenters: Alex Howard, Enthusiastic Blind Theater-Goer and Co-Creator of The Dark Room Podcast, Burbank, CA, Cinema United (formerly known as National Association of Theater Owners (Invited), AMC Theatres.

20240710 1300 Dicapta, All4Voicing Lite Originally Broadcasted July 10, 2024, on ACB Media Zoom Recorder   Attendees joined us for an engaging workshop designed to empower individuals with the skills and knowledge needed to create audio descriptions from scripts to audio using narrations using All4Voicing Lite, a one stop shop audio description platform. Whether you are an educator, student, or content creator, this workshop provided participants with the knowledge to efficiently create audio descriptions using All4Voicing Lite. Developed by Dicapta, a leader in the accessibility industry for two decades, All4Voicing Lite is an accessible platform designed to support the creation of audio description for…

20240709 1600 Dicapta, All4Voicing Lite Originally Broadcasted July 9, 2024, on ACB Media Zoom Recorder   Attendees joined us for an engaging workshop designed to empower individuals with the skills and knowledge needed to create audio descriptions from scripts to audio using narrations using All4Voicing Lite, a one stop shop audio description platform. Whether you are an educator, student, or content creator, this workshop provided participants with the knowledge to efficiently create audio descriptions using All4Voicing Lite. Developed by Dicapta, a leader in the accessibility industry for two decades, All4Voicing Lite is an accessible platform designed to support the creation of audio description for…

20240629 1100 Blind Film Critics, Audio Description, and More Originally Broadcasted June 29, 2024, on ACB Media 4 Attendees learned how three professional film critics who happen to be blind use audio description to do film reviews and criticism, what they think makes for good or bad audio description and more. Edited By: Doug Hunsinger

20240628 1700 Audio Description and Artificial Intelligence - What Can and Can't it do Originally Broadcasted June 28, 2024, on ACB Media 3 Attendees joined us for a comprehensive review of how the use of artificial intelligence impacts the production of audio description-its voicing, its writing, and its editing. Edited By: Michael Babcock

20240628 1530 Academic AD - Audio Description and Higher Education Originally Broadcasted June 28, 2024, on ACB Media 3 Panelists discussed the importance of audio description in higher education and its advantages as a learning and teaching tool. Edited By: Michael Babcock

20240628 1230 Developments in Spanish Language Audio Description Originally Broadcasted June 28, 2024, on ACB Media 3 Panelists discussed recent progress in the creation, availability, and distribution of audio description in Spanish in the US. Edited By: Doug Hunsinger

20240627 1530 Audio Description and Dance Originally Broadcasted June 27, 2024, on ACB Media 2 Attendees learned about Techniques and Strategies for Expanding Understanding of Types of Dances. Panelists shared firsthand and research-based strategies and techniques for providing audio description for dance performances. Edited By: Doug Hunsinger

20240627 1230 Audio Description at Prime Video Originally Broadcasted June 27, 2024, on ACB Media 5   Over the last 24 months, Prime Video has been collaborating with customers and advocacy groups to make our content more accessible by improving the availability and quality of audio description. We continue progressing towards our north star of making high-quality Audio Description as commonly available as Captioning. In this session, we presented our learnings on this journey and the evolving mental models on quality across scripting, mixing, and voicing of Audio Description.

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Alexandria, Virginia – The American Council of the Blind (ACB) announces the individuals and organizations honored at the 2023 Audio Description Awards Gala held November 14. Created in 2021 to recognize achievement in audio description in entertainment and educational media, the Awards Gala featured celebrity guests, film clips, and multiple award categories. For the first time, the Gala was broadcast in English and Spanish.

Hosts Marilee Talkington and Conchita Hernandez Legorreta welcomed guests from the arts…