On this page are additional resources related to audio description that might be useful.
Articles
- Audio Description at Every Performance (by Dr. Joel Snyder)
- Audio Description: Using Your Voice to Bring Images to People Who Are Blind (by Dr. Joel Snyder, July 2023)
- Audio Description in the Twin Cities (about live theatre description)
- DADA: Durham Audio Described Art
- Self Description (by Dr. Joel Snyder)
- Viewpoint: Reviewing in the Dark (by Robert Kingett)
- Why Audio Descriptions Need to Be a Priority for Your Content (g2.com)
Presentations
- "The Activist" (featuring Kim Charlson)
- AD at Every Performance (presentation by Dr. Joel Snyder, February 2022)
- Seeing Things as They Are: The Audio Describer's Obligation (presention by Dr. Joel Snyder, October 2022)
Reports
- Origins, Organizations, And Issues In Video Description: Results From In-Depth Interviews With Major Players (Packer, Gutierez, Kirchner, US Dept of Education, 1997; published by permission)
Guidelines
- ARD-Network-Guidelines (Audio description guidelines for German TV; in English)
- The Ultimate Guide to Audio Description (3Play Media)
- FCC Recommendations Accepted from Disability Advisory Committee AD Quality Working Group, October 2020
- Guidelines for Verbal Description (Art Beyond Sight)
- Guidelines for Audio Description of Meetings and Presentations (DCMP)
- Description Key for Educational Media (DCMP)
- The Descriptive Video Production and Presentations Best Practices Guide for Digital Environments (Media Access Canada)
- Guidance on Standards for Audio Description (National Center on Accessible Information Technology in Education - AccessIT)
Student Projects
- The Audio Described Silent Films of Georges Méliès (A Trip to the Moon, Early Shorts, and The Kingdom of Fairies), DePaul University, Accessible Cinema students
- The Audio Described Silent Films of Edison Motion Pictures (The Great Train Robbery, Frankenstein, and Jack and the Beanstalk), DePaul University, Accessible Cinema students
Symbols for Audio Description
You may download the following audio description symbols for your own use by right-clicking them and selecting the appropriate download option (such as "Save image as..."). The first two images are jpeg formats; the other four are gifs. With the exception of the last one, they are all 100 by 100 pixels.
Additional downloadable options available: