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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.
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The Thursday, November 14th ACB/ADP Awards Gala recognized outstanding achievement in a dozen media and entertainment categories, as well as announced the People’s Choice Award winners. Read the list of award winners or listen to the podcast ( Spanish version now available).
Hosts Marilee Talkington and Alie B. Gorrie welcomed celebrity guests like actor Kathy Bates, Paralympics Hall of Famer Trischa Zorn-Hudson, accessible gaming consultant Ross Minor, digital creator and advocate Molly Burke, and author and disability rights advocate Rebecca Alexander, and many more. The Awards Gala aired with captions, audio description, ASL interpretation, and a simultaneous full Spanish translation. (Updated Dec 1)
Join the 2025 Descriptathon and help make national parks more accessible! ACB, the National Park Service, and UniDescription (UniD) are recruiting volunteers on the blindness spectrum to create audio descriptions for selected national park brochures. Teams are composed of people who are sighted and people who are blind or have low vision, all of whom will collaborate to describe maps, paintings, and visual images within park brochures. All meetings are held remotely, so you might find yourself learning about a park in your state or across the continent.
The Descriptathon will take place February 25–27, 2025 (volunteers are expected to attend all three full-day sessions). Participants will likely spend ten hours of prep time in the five weeks before the kick-off on February 25 (approximately two hours a week). During this prep time, team members will learn about audio description, how to use the UniD tool to describe their brochure, and get to know their teammates. Four to six hours might be needed to finalize the brochure description after the three-day event. Volunteers should have solid computer skills and be comfortable learning new technology.
This is a unique opportunity to participate in the creation of accessible materials and demonstrate the power of “nothing about us without us.” It’s a chance to meet new people, develop technical and communication skills, learn about national parks and audio description, build confidence, and have fun. Listen to a podcast about the UniDescription Project.
If this sounds great and you're ready to commit and join a team, please complete this short online form: D11 Registration form or email brett.oppegaard@hawaii.edu and tell him the ACB sent you! (Updated Dec 6)
The Audio Description Project has many committees that work hard to advocate for more and better audio description. Starting in October, committee members will be sharing their knowledge and inviting you to join the conversation through a series of Zoom calls held as ACB Community Events. Our first call was held on October 24: Audio Description and Digital Antenna Broadcast Television Accessibility.
Future Schedule:
December 16: ADP Media: Holiday Favorites with AD, with panelists Carl Richardson, Lee Pugsley, Alex Howard, and John Stark.
January: ADP Media: AD Career Paths for People who Are Blind or Have Low Vision, a panel discussion facilitated by Nona Haroyan.
February: ADP Media: Oscar Nominations with AD, with panelists John Stark, Carl Richardson, Renee Arrington Johnson, and special guests.
March: ADP Media: Diversity and Audio Description, with panelists John Stark, Carl Richardson, and special guests.
April: Section 508: AD in Federal and State Government, presented by Pat Sheehan and Gary Morin.
We'll let you know when dates and times are selected. You'll be able to listen to the conversations on ACB Media, or you can join the Zoom call if you subscribe to ACB's Community Events email (to subscribe, send an email to ACB-Community-Events+subscribe@acblists.org). Stay tuned as we explore the art, science, technology, stories, and people of audio description! (Updated Nov 12)
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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.
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Find out which holiday movies and specials have AD and where you can find them by browsing the ADP's curated list. And don't miss a festive discussion of holiday movies on Monday, December 16, at 8pm ET, when ADP co-chair Carl Richardson will be joined by blind film critics Alex Howard, Lee Pugsley, and John Stark. They'll chat about their favorites and open the discussion so everyone can share their recommendations. You can listen on ACB Media or join the Zoom call if you subscribe to ACB's Community Events email (to subscribe, send an email to ACB-Community-Events+subscribe@acblists.org). (Posted Dec 6)
The article "Inside the fight to make Audio Description a non-negotiable part of the film industry" on the Little White Lies website features several well-known names of audio description profession offering their views on integrating audio description into the film-making process. Featuring comments by Roy Samuelson, Liz Gutman, and more, it's a great read! (Posted Dec 3)
Every 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. Here is this month's tour:
Events are free. To RSVP, visitors can use the website, email access@posterhouse.org, or call 914-295-2387. For any 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 23)
Of the over 1850 described DVDs available, the following were released this year. Here are the newest ones (last two weeks):
Thanks to Alex Howard, we discovered that some of the HARRY POTTER movies were released on 4K with Audio Description Tracks. (But any included Blu-ray discs do not have description.)
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?
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 are looking for a movie or TV series with description in the USA, please consult our Master AD List. It includes current cinema titles, 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, Prime Video, and Tubi. All commercial DVDs ever produced with description are also listed, plus every described movie on the nine free and fee subscription streaming services, plus the transactional services: iTunes, Google Play, and Fandango at Home. There's nothing like it anywhere else in the world!
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.
You can support the ADP website by initiating any purchases you choose to make from Amazon by clicking the link to the right. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases, which help support the cost of bringing you this website..
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!