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Audio Description Project
Audio Description Project
Here you will learn everything about Audio Description, from what is it,
to samples, to who
does it, to what titles are available in various media. Join our online discussion,
and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
We are: adp.acb.org.
There are over 10,000
titles on the  Master AD List  Latest Additions Oldest Described Movies All Media AD Counts |
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Short Survey on Audio Description If you’ve experienced audio description in a movie theater, or wish you could, please complete this short survey and help our friends at the Prospector Theater create a training guide to educate other theaters across the country about AD. Thank you so much for taking the time to help them. (Posted Sep 26)
Conversation on Audio Description for Dance"Say what you see" may have a different meaning in dance! Join a Zoom call for an evocative conversation with Audio Describer Roz Chalmers and Kirin Saeed, actor and consumer of AD. Both Roz and Kirin will join from the the UK. They will deconstruct the first principle of Audio Description and discuss how this may need to be reimagined for dance. Thursday, October 5th, 1:00 to 2:00 PM Central Time via Zoom. Register for Zoom Link, or call Art Spark Texas at 512-454-9912 for more information. (Posted Sep 22)
ADP in Conversation Community Event Recording Now AvailableIt takes a team to create audio description, and that team is increasingly composed of both sighted and blind professionals. On September 9, the Audio Description Project and the ADNA Presents podcast sponsored the first in a series of ACB Community Events that brings together people who are blind or have low vision to discuss their careers in audio description.
If you missed the discussion (or loved it and want to listen again), here's the ADP in Conversation recording. Panelists include Satauna Howery, voice talent; Fern Lulham, voice talent and broadcaster; and Rebecca Odum, AD quality control specialist. (Updated Sep 19)
Previous AD News Articles
What do YOU do for audio description? Do you provide services professionally?
Are you a non-profit which has been providing description for local
theaters for years? An independent? A theatre or museum
which provides description? We'd like to hear from you. Send us a write-up about your
work, and we'll consider it for publication here! Use the
Webmaster link at the bottom of the page.
Please support the cost of this website by initiating any Amazon purchases via our
link to the right, or just remember to type this address: adp.acb.org/amazon.
As an Amazon Associate, the ACB receives a small commission from each referred sale.
IF
you make purchases via Amazon, you can help support
the expenses associated with the Audio Description Project and this
website. If you shop
online by clicking our "Shop Now!" link (which is
always on this main page), any and all purchases you make from Amazon
will result in a commission to the ACB (American Council of the
Blind), our parent organization. Purchasing videos via our DVDs page
counts, as do additional purchases made while buying a DVD.
PLEASE remember this and help us out!
THANKS! (And of course you
can also click the DONATE button at the top of every page!)
Previous AD News Articles 
Can You Tell Me How To Get Audio Description?Yes, we can! Sesame Workshop and Dicapta have recently announced a collaboration that will improve accessibility for shows like Sesame Street, Cookie Monster’s Foodie Truck, Plaza Sesamo, and “The Feelings Garden.” Read the press release and explore the Sesame Workshop YouTube channel and the Plaza Sesamo YouTube channel. (Posted Sep 15)
10,000 Titles with Audio Description!Audio description has come a long way since the ADP title catalog started keeping track in 2010. Then, there were 101 DVDs with AD and streaming services didn't exist. Now there are 10,000 titles across multiple platforms and in multiple languages. All major streaming services have more than doubled the number of titles available with AD over the last few years; for example, in 2016, iTunes and Netflix provided a combined 750 titles, and they now offer more than 2,000 each. The ADP thanks everyone who has helped create these 10,000 titles – the producers, writers, voice talent, sound engineers, quality control, consumers, and advocates. We can’t wait for the next 10,000 titles, so keep listening and keep advocating! (Posted Sep 6)
Audio Description for Free! INCOMPLETEDid you know that there are several streaming services offering movies with audio description tracks for free? sometimes you don't even need to sign up. Here they are:
Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: PostersEvery month, Poster House in NYC offers Vibrant Verbal Description Tours (typically via Zoom) specifically for community members who are blind or have low vision. Their tours allow you intimate access to the items in their current shows and permanent collection. There will be two events in October: an In-Person Vibrant Verbal Description Tour on Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant-Garde, on October 26, 6-8pm; and a virtual (via Zoom) Online Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: French Deco, October 31, 3-5pm. Both events are free. To RSVP, visitors can email [email protected] or call 914-295-2387. For the Zoom event, you will be emailed poster images for reference as well as information about accessing Zoom the day of the virtual tour. (Posted Oct 3)
New DVDs & Blu-ray Discs with ADOf the over 1600 described DVDs available, the following were released this year. Here are the newest ones (last two weeks):
New Audio Described TV Series
Fall Schedules (as published or updated, not all w/AD):
Sep 19
What do YOU do for audio description? Do you provide services professionally?
Are you a non-profit which has been providing description for local
theaters for years? An independent? A theatre or museum
which provides description? We'd like to hear from you. Send us a write-up about your
work, and we'll consider it for publication here! Use the
Webmaster link at the bottom of the page.
Support Us!Please support the cost of this website by initiating any Amazon purchases via our
link to the right, or just remember to type this address: adp.acb.org/amazon.
As an Amazon Associate, the ACB receives a small commission from each referred sale.
If you have the opportunity to promote audio description locally to an
organization you belong to or are asked to speak to, we have developed a ONE
PAGE document that you can customize as necessary for your area. It
explains briefly what description opportunities are available: live
theatre, TV, DVDs, and internet streaming. It then points readers to our
site to learn more (like specifically what shows, movies, or TV series have
description). Download your own copy for customization by right-clicking
the following link: Audio Description: What's Available?
If
you are looking for a movie or TV series with description in the USA, please
consult our Master AD List. It includes all
TV series on FCC-mandated networks, those in syndication with
streaming services, plus original offerings from Apple TV+, Disney+, Hulu, Max, Netflix,
Paramount+, Peacock, and Prime Video.
All commercial DVDs ever produced with description are also
listed, plus every described movie on the eight streaming services plus the transactional services: iTunes, Google Play, and Vudu. There's nothing like
it anywhere else in the world!
You can support the ADP website by initiating any purchases you choose to make from Amazon by clicking the link to the right. The ACB is an Amazon Associate, and we would make a small commission from your purchase.
The Audio Description Project's website collects and provides information on audio description in all its forms: live theatre, television, movies, DVDs, streaming services, and more. Started in 2002 by AD International, funding and direction for this website has come from the American Council of the Blind's Audio Description Project since 2009. Read more about this site...
Audio Description (AD) is the descriptive narration of key visual elements of live theatre, television, movies, and other media to enhance their enjoyment by consumers who are blind or have low vision. AD is the insertion of audio explanations and descriptions of the settings, characters, and action taking place in such media, when such information about these visual elements is not offered in the regular audio presentation. Read more about audio description...
Based on his doctoral thesis and teaching audio description around the world, ADP Project Founder and Senior Consultant Dr. Joel Snyder's book, The Visual Made Verbal: A Comprehensive Training Manual and Guide to the History and Applications of Audio Description, is available in print (English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Chinese, and Russian), for Kindle, on Bookshare, and in braille and as an audio book from NLS libraries. Read more details about Dr. Snyder's book.
Dedicated organizations around the world facilitate the offering of audio description for movies, videos, live theatre, and television. This website attempts to expose their fine work to as many interested viewers as possible. Thank you for visiting!