ACB Focus: Audio Description

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ACB Focus: Audio Description

Welcome to the Audio Description Track of the ACB Focus Podcast Series. The Audio Description Track contains programming that involves the accessibility of the visual images of theater, television, movies, and other art forms for people who are blind, have low vision, or who are otherwise visually impaired.

  1. 10 JUL

    20240710 1300 Dicapta, All4Voicing Lite

    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 educational content across various fields. All4Voicing Lite streamlines the process of creating audio descriptions by allowing users to perform the entire audio description process seamlessly in one place, from identifying spaces of their audiovisual content and adding descriptions to mixing the audio description narration with the original audio. Developed in part with funds from the US Department of Education, All4Voicing aims to enhance the availability of access tools in educational environments, inviting teachers, students, parents, and friends to make content accessible and inclusive for all.   Edited By: Doug Hunsinger

    34 min

  2. 9 JUL

    20240709 1600 Dicapta, All4Voicing Lite

    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 educational content across various fields. All4Voicing Lite streamlines the process of creating audio descriptions by allowing users to perform the entire audio description process seamlessly in one place, from identifying spaces of their audiovisual content and adding descriptions to mixing the audio description narration with the original audio. Developed in part with funds from the US Department of Education, All4Voicing aims to enhance the availability of access tools in educational environments, inviting teachers, students, parents, and friends to make content accessible and inclusive for all.   Edited By: Doug Hunsinger

    18 min

  3. 29 JUN

    20240629 1100 Blind Film Critics, Audio Description, and More

    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

    1h 12m

  4. 28 JUN

    20240628 1700 Audio Description and Artificial Intelligence - What Can and Can't it do

    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

    1h 15m

  5. 28 JUN

    20240628 1530 Academic AD - Audio Description and Higher Education

    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

    1h 14m

  6. 28 JUN

    20240628 1230 Developments in Spanish Language Audio Description

    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

    59 min

  7. 27 JUN

    20240627 1530 Audio Description and Dance

    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

    1h 15m

  8. 27 JUN

    20240627 1230 Audio Description at Prime Video

    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. Speakers: Christopher Nooney, Principal Product Manager, Technology, Prime Video Dr. Josh Miele, Principal Accessibility Researcher, Amazon Devices and Services Edited By: Darcy Burnard

    32 min
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Welcome to the Audio Description Track of the ACB Focus Podcast Series. The Audio Description Track contains programming that involves the accessibility of the visual images of theater, television, movies, and other art forms for people who are blind, have low vision, or who are otherwise visually impaired.

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  • Channel
    ACB
  • Creator
    American Council of the Blind
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    33
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © American Council of the Blind, All Rights Reserved
  • Show Website
    ACB Focus: Audio Description

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