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New Website Feature: New AD Titles
Each Friday we have been sending out an update to our Email Discussion List of all the videos with AD released in the previous week. The response has been positive, so we are now offering this information online, right here. If you follow the link at the top of this page or on the Master AD List to See the latest updates, we'll show you whatever new shows have been released in the 10 days prior to our latest updates. (We generally update on Tuesdays and Fridays.) You can click a button (link) to see only your specific streaming service or category of interest, or you can read through the entire list. The list includes current Cinema, DVDs, TV Series, and nine streaming services. (Posted Sep 14)
Webinar: The Rapid Expansion of Audio Described Content
Providers and Subscribers
The evolution of media accessibility has never been as progressive and readily available to all audiences as it is today. Register for this AD Webinar on Tuesday, September 21, to hear from experts Michelle Spitz, Tom Wlodkowski, Justin Smith, and Cliff Hahn on the importance and benefits of audio described content. (Posted Sep 14)
Audio Description: How Blind People Watch TV
The Television Academy's The Emmys recently featured the title presentation at an online event for members, but the presentation has now been made available to all on their website. Moderated by AD narrator Roy Samuelson, the show features four panelists from the Media Access Group, Apple, AFB, and a podcast host. Enjoy! Audio Description: How Blind People Watch TV. (Posted Aug 21)
The Vale: An Audio-Based Game
The Vale: Shadow of the Crown, an audio-based adventure game by indie studio Falling Squirrel, is now available on Xbox and PCs. The game was developed in collaboration with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, and made for and tested by blind and low-vision players. If you want to navigate a medieval setting as the young lady Alex, the blind second heir to a kingdom, check out this article: Xbox game The Vale transports you to a medieval world through sound. (Posted Aug 20)
Website Tip: Streaming Service Details
You can dig deeper into each streaming service's AD title listings by clicking on one of several buttons at the top of each listing.
You can ask to see only movies, only series, or break the listing down by year the title was released, by genre, or by rating. You would be surprised at how old some of the titles are! Not all information is available for all services, so sometimes there are fewer than five buttons. You can also search our listing of All DVDs by year and rating. (Posted Sep 14)
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Audio Description News
Audio Described DVDs and Blu-ray Discs
2 DVDs with audio description were released on September 14:
Black Widow;
The Boss Baby: Family Business. Other recently released DVDs with audio description are: Zack Snyder's Justice League; In the Heights; Spirit Untamed; The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It.
Next Week September 21: Cruella, F9: The Fast Saga; (probably) Last Call; (probably) The Vigil.
USA Described DVDs: 2021 | 2020 | All
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Want to know when your favorite fall TV series premieres? Look it up in our TV by Network listing! We've added what we can find out online.
NCIS: Hawai'i. Sep 14
Our Kind of People; The Big Leap. Sep 14
Beach Hunters; Hawaii Life; 40 Year Old Property Virgin; Curb Appeal Extreme; Renovation Inc. 
Sep 7
Ordinary Joe. Sep 14
Tacoma FD. Sep 14
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streaming services, plus original offerings from ten
streaming services (Apple TV+, Disney+, Google Play, HBO Max, Hulu, iTunes, Netflix,
Paramount+, Peacock, Prime Video).
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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.
Help With Promoting Audio Description Locally
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?
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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 Director 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, Portuguese, Polish, 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!
Master AD List! 