On this page are documents related to the history and development of the Audio Description Project.
Annual Reports (discontinued)
- ACB’s Audio Description Project: What We’ve Accomplished (2010-2020)
- ADP 2019 Annual Report
- The ADP's 10-Year Report (2018)
- ADP 2017 Annual Report
- ADP 2016 Annual Report
ADP Conferences
For the latest conference information, refer to the ADP Conference page. To be informed of upcoming ACB Convention details, send a blank email to acbconvention-subscribe@acblists.org.
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2024
Sponsor Presentation: Audio Description at Prime Video
Presenter: Christopher Nooney, Principal Product Manager, Technology, Prime Video
Writing Image Description for Graphic Novels and Other Highly Visual Content
Moderator: Celeste Lawson, Head, Media Lab, National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS)
Presenters: Michael Russotto, Narrator; Laura Giannarelli, Narrator; Joy Jones, Narrator; Marie Garnett, Narrator; Dawn Ursula, Narrator; and Ryan Dalusung, Narrator, NLS Media Lab
Audio Description and Dance: Techniques and Strategies for Expanding Understanding of Types of Dance
Moderator: Kim Charlson, Co-Chair,Audio Description Project and Executive Director, Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library
Presenters: Krishna Washburn, Artistic Director, Dark Room Ballet; Esther Geiger, CMA (Certified Movement Analyst), WholeMovement, and Audio Description Associates; Kerry Thompson, Executive Director, Silent Rhythms Inc; and Celia Hughes, Executive Director, Arts Spark Texas
Learning in Two Languages: Children's AD in English and Spanish
Moderator: Tabitha Kenlon, ADP Coordinator, American Council of the Blind
Panelists: Dr. Maria-Victoria Diaz, CEO & President, Dicapta; Erin Dodson, Director of Post-Production, Fred Rogers Productions; Dennise Planas, Senior Producer, Sesame Workshop; Dr. Wendy Sapp, Project Director, Bridge Multimedia; Jason Stark; CEO, Described and Captioned Media Program
Academic AD: Audio Description and Higher Education
Moderator: Tabitha Kenlon, ADP Coordinator, American Council of the Blind
Panelists: Susan Glass, English Professor (retired), Freelance Writer, Poet; Natasha Ishaq, Student Ambassador Lead, Teach Access, Inc., and Higher Education Accessibility Consultant; and RaLynn McGuire, Lecturer and Lead Accessibility/UDL Specialist, University of Texas, San Antonio
Audio Description and Artificial Intelligence: What Can and Can’t It Do?
Moderator: Joel Snyder, PhD, President, Audio Description Associates, LLC
Presenters: Brett Oppegaard, PhD, Professor, School of Communication and Information, College of Social Sciences, University of Hawaii at Mānoa; Joshua Miele, PhD, Adaptive Technology Researcher, MacArthur Fellow, Amazon labs; and Tristan Snyder, Freelance Audio Editor
Blind Film Critics, Audio Description, and More
Moderator: Carl Richardson, Co-Chair, Audio Description Project
Panelists: John Stark, “Mac The Movie Guy,” (macthemovieguy.com); Alexander Howard, “The Dark Room” Podcast (buzzsprout.com); and Lee Pugsley, “The Dark Room” Podcast (buzzsprout.com)
2023
The CVTA Explained
Moderator: Kim Charlson, Co-Chair, Audio Description Project, and Co-Chair, FCC Disability Advisory Committee
Panelists: Blake E. Reid, Clinical Professor, Colorado Law, Counsel to TDI; Karen Peltz Strauss, National Disability Advocate and Historian, Communication Service for the Deaf; and Clark Rachfal, ACB Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs
More from the Streaming Services
Moderator: Carl Richardson, Co-Chair, Audio Description Project
Invited Streaming Services include: Apple+, Disney+, HULU, HBO Max, Netflix, Prime Video, Paramount+, and Showtime
ACVREP Certified Audio Description Specialist (CAUDES) Update
Moderator: Kim Charlson, Chair, ACVREP Certification Subject Matter Expert Committee
Panelists: Kathie Zeider, ACVREP Executive Director; Joel Snyder, ACB Audio Description Project Founder and Senior Consultant; and Martin Wilde, Vice-Chair, ACVREP Certification Subject Matter Expert Committee
AD Across the Arts
(Co-Sponsor: ACB Friends in Art)
Moderator: Dr. Tabitha Kenlon, ACB Audio Description Project Coordinator
Panelists: Leigh Jackson, Director, IDEA Programming, People's Light; Lisa B. Lewis, Founder, Executive Director, Omnium: A Bold New Circus; and Mark Osborne, Director, Visitor and Volunteer Services, Holocaust Museum Houston
Audio Description Research
Moderator: Dr. Joel Snyder, ACB Audio Description Project Founder and Senior Consultant
Panelists: Pilar Orero, PhD, Professor, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona; Rosiana Natalie, PhD Student, Singapore Management University; and Joselia Neves, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Audio Description for Kids
Moderators: Carl Richardson, Co-Chair, ACB Audio Description Project, and Dr. Tabitha Kenlon, ACB Audio Description Project Coordinator
Panelists: Jason Stark, CEO, Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP); Jamie Aznive, Audience Services Manager, Wheelock Family Theatre at Boston University; Matt Kaplowitz, President, Bridge Multimedia; and Sam Gould Esq., Open Door Theater and Founder, Think Outside the Vox
Audio Description Across the Globe
(Co-sponsor: ACB International Relations Committee)
Moderator: Dr. Joel Snyder, ACB Audio Description Project Founder and Senior Consultant
Panelists: Martine Abel Williamson, Audio Description Advocate and President, World Blind Union; Jonathan Marshall, Research Assistant, Royal National Institute of Blind People; and Shakila Maharaj, Audio Description Producer and Consumer Advocate, Shazacin
2022
Moderator: Chris Snyder, Executive Producer/Head, Audio Production, Imagination Video Books
Panelists: Tanja Milojevic, Voiceover Talent; Satauna Howery, Award-Winning Voiceover Artist, Voice Actor, and Audio Description Advocate; Thomas Reid, Audio Producer, Voiceover Artist, Consultant and Advocate; Nefertiti Matos Olivares, Audio Description Writer, Narrator, and Voiceover Artist; Rick Boggs, Founder and General Manager, Audio Eyes, Voiceover Artist, Description Narrator, Audio Producer, and Description Script Quality Expert; and Eric Troup, Description Script Quality Expert and Audio Producer
Audio Description Update on TV Broadcast and Cable Networks and the CVAA
Moderator: Carl Richardson, Co-Chair, ACB Audio Description Project
Panelists: Network Representatives
Self Description: Too Much or Just Enough – Blind Community Perspectives
Panelists: Renee Arrington-Johnson, Member, ACB ADP Steering Committee; Gabriel Lopez Kafati, President, Blind LGBT Pride International; Mark Lasser, Founder, American Association of Blind Theater-Goers; Pat Sheehan, Chair, Audio Description Project Section 508 Sub-Committee; Audio Description Scholars: Professor Hannah Thompson, Royal Holloway, University of London; and Dr. Joel Snyder, Founder and Senior Consultant, Audio Description Project
A Day in the Life of an Audio Engineer/Describer
Presenter: Chris Snyder
Unrecorded sessions:
Take a Walk in the Park: Get Up and Get Moving as You Explore our Midwest National Parks through the National Parks Service's Healthy Parks, Healthy People Program
Moderator: Jo Lynn Bailey-Page, ADP Coordinator, American Council of the Blind,
Panelists: Holly Griesemer, Management and Program Analyst, National Park Service Midwest Region: Rivers, Rails, Conservation, and Accessibility Programs; Clark Rachfal, Director, Advocacy and Governmental Affairs, American Council of the Blind
Update and Audio Describe Your Profile Photo
Presenter: Dr. Brett Oppegaard, University of Hawaii at Mānoa
Get to Know More About the 2022 Audio Description Project Award Winners
Panelists: Jeff Thom, Chair, ADP Awards Committee; Jo Lynn Bailey-Page, ADP Coordinator; and Kim Charlson, Co-Chair, Audio Description Project
2021
Federal Communications Commission and How You Can Be A Change Agent
Moderator: Clark Rachfal, Director, ACB Advocacy and Governmental Affairs
Presenters: Suzy Rosen Singleton, Chief, Disability Rights Office, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau; and Michael Scurato, Assistant Chief, Policy Division, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission
Audio Description and Museums
Moderator: Joel Snyder, PhD, Founder and Senior Consultant, ACB Audio Description Project
Panelists: Beth Ziebarth, Director, Accessibility Services, Smithsonian Institution; Jessica Doonan, Manager, Accessibility, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Charlotte Martin, Senior Manager, Access Initiatives, Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum; and Robert Bready, Vice President for Operations, U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum
Audio Description Project Website Overview and Update (adp.acb.org):
Presenter: Fred Brack, ADP Webmaster and Social Media Manager
Audio Description and Performing Arts
Moderator: Joel Snyder, PhD, Founder and Senior Consultant, ACB Audio Description Project
Panelists: Brenna Nicely, Education and Engagement Director, American Repertory Theatre; Mary Hanks, Audio Describer, Houston Grand Opera; Jess Curtis, Artistic Director, Jess Curtis/Gravity; and Alice Shepherd, Artistic Director, Kinetic Light
Audio Description at Amazon
Presenters: Amazon staff
An Evening with ACB: Audio Description and Streaming Services: Streaming Services Part 1 and Streaming Services Part 2.
Moderator: Carl Richardson, Co-Chair, ACB Audio Description Project, Brighton, MA.
Panelists: Melanie Goodman, Lead Digital Supply Chain Specialist, HULU; Martha Heller, Vice-president, Government Relations and Regulatory Counsel, Viacom CBS, Paramount+; Sarah Herrlinger, Director, Global Accessibility Policy & Initiatives, Apple; Daniel Kocmarek, Sr., Manager, Prime Video; Mirka Pavlikova, Manager, Technical Production, Walt Disney Studios; Allison Smith, Globalization Innovation Manager, Netflix; Andy Larkin, Senior Manager, Accessibility, HBO Max; and Peacock with Thomas Wlodkowski, Vice President, Accessibility, Comcast.
ADP Awards Presentation
Podcasts Related to Audio Description
Moderator: Kim Charlson, Co-Chair, Audio Description Project
Podcasts include: Picture This: A Podcast on All Aspects of Audio Description; Reid My Mind; Social Audio Description; Talk Description to Me; Know Your Narrator Host:
Meet Judy Dixon, Writer
Presenter: Juldy Dixon
Audio Description in the Out of Doors: National Park Service, the UniDescription Project, and the UniD App
Moderator: Jo Lynn Bailey-Page, ACB Audio Description Project Coordinator
Panelists include: Brett Oppegaard, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Communications, University of Hawai'i at Manoa and Principal Investigator of the UniDescription Project; Michele Hartley, Media Accessibility Coordinator, Harpers Ferry Center, National Park Service; Holly Griesemer, Management and Program Analyst for the National Park Service Midwest Region: Rivers, Trails & Conservation Assistance and Accessibility Programs; and Clark Rachfal, Director, Advocacy and Governmental Affairs, American Council of the Blind
Diversity: Describing Race, Skin Color, Ethnicity, Gender, and Disability in Contemporary Audio Description
Moderator: Kim Charlson, Audio Description Project Co-Chair
Panelists: Dr. Rachel Hutchinson, Project and Community Engagement Manager, Royal Holloway, University of London, Inclusive Description for Equality and Access (IDEA) #InclusiveAD; Thomas Reid, Reid My Mind Radio; Cheryl Green, Audio Describer/Voicer; Maria Victoria Diaz, Ph.D. , Dicapta Foundation; and Renee Arrington-Johnson, Audio Description Consumer, Member, ACB ADP Steering Committee
Evening with ACB: Audio Description and Olympics Opening Ceremony Extravaganza
Panelists: ADP and NBC representatives
2020
Described 2019 Fireworks from the Mall in Washington, DC
Getting the Most Out of the ADP Website; or click here for ADP Website presentation foils
Entertainment and Media Industry Update with panelists discussing their audio description offerings
AD Opportunities Within the National Parks System
Strategies for Cord-Cutting and Streaming Services
Audio Description and Quality Control
Banquet speaker: Roy Samuelson, a leading audio description narrator
2019
Moderator: Joel Snyder, Ph.D., Director, ADP
Panelists: Mark Balsano (Charter/Spectrum), Tom Wlodkowski (Comcast), Zach Bastian (Verizon), and John Herzog (AT&T)
Audio Description Advocacy: Legislative Advocacy
Moderator: Clark Rachfal, ACB Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs
Panelists: Kim Charlson, President, ACB; Tony Stephens, Executive Director, Downtown Baltimore Family Alliance (DBFA); Larry Walke, National Association of Broadcasters; Will Schell, FCC; and Carl Richardson, Chair of ADP's media subcommittee
Promoting AD in National Parks, Performing Arts Venues, Museums, and Educational Settings
Moderator: Denise Decker, Chair, ADP Performing Arts/Museums subcommittee
Panelists: Thomas Conway, UniDescription Project; Rick Morin, Gala Pro/Shubert Theaters; Susan Glass, Chair of ADP's BADIE sub-committee; and Kim Charlson, ACB President and Director of Perkins Institute Library
2018
The ADP Website: Described TV, Movies, DVDs, Streaming Videos, Performing Arts, Museums, and More!
Presenter: Fred Brack, ADP Webmaster
Industry Update - Media
Moderator: Carl Richardson
Panelists: Gurpreet Kaur, Charter Communications,Tom Wlodkowski, Comcast; Alex Koren, Actiview; Peter Korn, Amazon; and Tony Stephens, ACB’s Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs
Mentoring Meet-Up
Moderator: Susan Glass, ADP Steering Committee
Panelists: Jeff Thom and Carl Richardson
The National Park Service and Audio Description
Moderator: Dr. Denise Decker, AD consumer, advocate, educator, federal government administrator
Panelists include: Michelle Hartley, Harpers Ferry Center; Ray Bloomer, National Center on Accessibility; Megan and Tom Conway, University of Hawaii; and Jamie Gibson Barrows, Fresno Chapter, California Council of the Blind; Frank Welte, San Francisco Chapter, California Council of the Blind; and Sajja Koirala of the University of Hawaii
"Are You a CAD (Certified Audio Describer)?"
Moderator: Kim Charlson, President, American Council of the Blind
Panelists: Kathleen Zeider, Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation & Education Professionals; Pat Sheehan, 508 coordinator for the Department of Veterans Affairs (government-based specialist in procuring AD services); Jill Kennehan-Krey, sign language interpreter and member, Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf; and Margo Tone, Deluxe Entertainment
Luncheon with special guest speaker, Marilee Talkington, actor, writer and director
Teachers and Audio Description
Moderator: Susan Glass
Panelists: Kim Charlson, President, ACB and Librarian, Perkins School for the Blind; Jason Stark, Director, DCMP; Donna Brown, West Virginia School for the Blind; and Matt Kaplowitz, Bridge Multimedia
Audio Description - The Best It Can Be
Moderator: Dr. Joel Snyder
2017
Audio Description Accessibility and Technology: Open Forum with Representatives from Major Providers and Streaming Services
Moderator: Joel Snyder, PhD, Director, ADP
Panelists: Mark Lasser (Charter/Spectrum) and John Herzog (AT&T)
Promoting AD in National Parks, Performing Arts Venues, Museums, and Educational Settings
Moderator: Susan Glass, Chair, ADP BADIE sub-committee
Panelists: Mark Lasser, Charter/Spectrum;, Margie Donovan, AD consumer; Susan Glass, Chair of ADP's BADIE sub-committee; and Denise Decker, member, ADP Performing Arts/Museums sub-committee
Legislative Advocacy
Moderator: Dan Spoone, Chair, ADP Steering Committee
Panelists: Kim Charlson, President, ACB; Tony Stephens, Director of Advocacy & Governmental Affairs-ACB; Mark Richert, American Foundation for the Blind; and Will Schell, FCC.
2016
Listen to the podcast of Day 1 sessions
Getting the Most Out of the ADP Website: How to Access Audio Described TV, Movies, and Videos
Presenter: Fred Brack, ADP Webmaster
Legislative Update
Eric Bridges, Executive Director, American Council of the Blind (ACB); Anthony Stephens, Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs, ACB; Eliot J. Greenwald, Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Office, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission; and Matt Kaplowitz, Bridge Multimedia
The ADA + 504 + 508 = Accessibility
Moderator: Pat Sheehan, Section 508 Coordinator, Department of Veterans Affairs.
Panelists: Beth Bienvenu, Director of Accessibility, National Endowment for the Arts; Anita Walker, Executive Director, Massachusetts Cultural Council (invited); and Mark Urban, Section 508 Coordinator, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Mentoring Meet-Up
Chaired by Susan Glass, ADP Steering Committee
Listen to the podcast of Day 2 sessions
Teachers and Audio Description
Chaired by Jo Lynn Bailey-Page and Susan Glass
Panelists: Jason Stark, DCMP; Judy Dixon, National Library Service; Hillary Kleck; Carla Hayes, First Vice-President, American Association of Blind Teachers; and Kim Charlson, President, ACB and Librarian, Perkins School for the Blind.
Minneapolis - Audio Description Heaven!
Presented by Jon Skaalen, Accessibility and Grants Coordinator, VSA Minnesota
Audio Description and Broadcast Television
Panelists: Rick Boggs, Audio Eyes; Peter Burke, Accessible Media, Inc. (Toronto); and Diane Johnson, Descriptive Video Works (Vancouver)
Listen to the podcast of Day 3 sessions
Luncheon with guest speaker – Rick Boggs, Founder and General Manager of Audio Eyes, Inc.
Announcement of 2016 ACB-ADP Audio Description Achievement Awards
Chris Gray, committee chair
Audio Description - The Best It Can Be
Presented by Joel Snyder and Derek Brandon, Your Local Cinema
AD Around the World
Moderated by Joel Snyder
Panelists: Dr. Bernd Benecke of Bayerischer Rundfunk (German television), and author of Audio
Description As Partial Translation - Model and Method; Dr. Pilar Orero, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona; Sonali Rai, Royal National Institute of Blind People; Dr. Francisco Lima, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil and Andrea Garbelotti, Founder, AG-Tradução, Interpretação e Áudio-descrição, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Diane Johnson, President, Descriptive Video Works, Vancouver, Canada (via Skype); Shakila Maharaj, AD Consumer, Durban, South Africa; Dr. William Rowland, AD Consumer and former President, World Blind Union, Pretoria, South Africa; and Nicola Owen, freelance describer, Auckland, New Zealand
2014
Listen to the podcast for Day 1 sessions (first half)
Audio Listen to the podcast for Day 1 sessions (beginning with Legislative Update)
Getting the Most Out of the ADP Website: How to Access Audio Described TV, Movies, and Videos
Presented by Fred Brack, ADP Webmaster, and Kathy Brack, AD Consumer
Description and Literacy
Moderator: Joel Snyder
Panelists: Jason Stark, DCMP; Judy Dixon,National Library Service; and Mary Ann Siller, educator
Legislative Update
Panelists: Eric Bridges, Director of External Relations and Policy, ACB; Karen Peltz Strauss, Deputy Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission
Advocacy for Audio Description / Boosting Description for Media
Panelists: Dr. Josh Miele, Smith-Kettlewell Video Description Research and Development Center; Simon Padro, Compass Interactive; and Chelsea Pancho, Deluxe Digital Media
Mentoring Meet-Up / reception
Chaired by Susan Glass
Listen to the podcast for Day 2 sessions (first half)
Listen to the podcast for Day 2 sessions (beginning with AD in Spanish)
Broadcast Description
Panelists: Rick Boggs, Audio Eyes; Tom Wlodkowski, Comcast; and Jeremy Fisher, Caption Max
The Description Profession
Moderator: Joyce Adams, audio describer
Panelists: Rick Jacobson, audio describer; Teri Grossman, audio describer; and Chris Snyder, audio editor
Audio Description in Spanish
Presented by Maria-Victoria Diaz, Dicapta
Knowing Your Audience – Performing Arts Description
Moderator: Joel Snyder, ADP director
Panelists: Steph Kirkland of Vocal Eye (Canada) and Bonnie Barlow, freelance describer
Seeing the Art - Visual Art/Museum Description
Panelists: Elisabeth Axel of Art Beyond; Dr. Joselia Neves; Michele Hartley, National Park Service; and Martin Wilde, freelance describer
Listen to the podcast of Day 3 sessions (first half)
Listen to the podcast of Day 3 sessions (beginning withThe Audio Description Consumer)
Luncheon with guest speaker Dr. Deborah Fels, associate professor in the School of Information Technology Management at Ryerson University in Toronto
ACB/ADP Awards
Presented by Chris Gray, Chair, ADP Awards Committee, former President, ACB
The Audio Description Consumer
Moderator: Kim Charlson, ACB President
Panelists: Dan Spoone, Susan Glass, Satauna Howery, and Kathy Brack
2010
Welcome/Introduction to the ADP
Mitch Pomerantz, President, ACB; Kim Charlson, 1st Vice President, ACB, and Chair, Audio Description Project Committee, ACB; Joel Snyder, Director, ADP
Audio Description - What Works?
Moderator: Fred Brack, ADP webmaster
Panelists: Eric Bridges, Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs, ACB; Timothy P. Creagan, Senior Accessibility Specialist, U.S. Access Board; Karen Peltz Strauss, Deputy Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission
The Harkins Movie Theater Chain Discrimination Case
Arizona Assistant Attorneys General Rose Daly-Rooney and Cathleen Dooley
Certification for Arts Describers: The Future and the Past (Learning From Our Sign Interpretation Colleagues)
Presenters: Julie Gebron, audio describer and certified sign interpreter and Victor Brown, certified sign interpreter
People with Disabilities in the Production of Description
Presenters: Rick Boggs, President, Audio Eyes and The Accessible Planet and Chris Snyder, audio editor
Audio Description Around the World
Chaired by Bernd Benecke
Audio recording of Description Around the World part 1
Audio recording of Description Around the World part 2 (starting near the end of the Australia presentation)
Introductions and Audio Description in Germany
Bernd Benecke, description trainer and producer of description for Bayerischer Rundfunk
Audio Description in Spain and Throughout Academia
Dr. Pilar Orero, Director of the AV Translation Program at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Audio Description in the U.K.
Dr. Sabine Braun, audiovisual translation and audio description studies at University of Surrey
Audio Description in Sweden
Peter Lilliecrona, leader of "Audio Description NOW"
Special Report from Japan
Dr. Chieko Asakawa and Dr. Hironobu Takagi, IBM, Tokyo
Demonstrations:
- Described video using traditional synthetic voice
- Described video using new work on synthetic voice
- Presentation:Synthesized Audio Description. On page 6, History of Text-to-Speech Engines, be sure to double-click on each image of a speaker. The second row is English.
Audio Description in Argentina
Pablo Perez, Antarctica Films
Audio Description in Brazil
Dr. Francisco Lima, Associate Professor, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Description for Media - Film and DVD (and AD in Canada)
Dana Walker, entertainment lawyer and founder of New Media Resources and describedmedia.com and David Errington, CEO, Canada's Accessible Media, Inc. and "The Accessible Channel"
David's Accessible Media Presentation (PowerPoint Show)
Wikiscribe It!
Will Grignon, lawyer, professor, writer, speaker, and entrepreneur, founder and president of Wikiscribe It! (www.wikiscribeit.com)
Screening of Described Educational Video and Discussion
Bill Stark, Director, DCMP, and Wanda Shipman, librarian
Luncheon with guest speaker Lynn Manning, award winning poet, playwright, actor, Paralympic Silver-medalist, and former World Champion of blind judo
ACB/ADP Awards
Presented by Chris Gray, Immediate Past President, ACB, and Chair, ADP Awards Committee
Arizona-Description Abounds!
Presenter: Eileen Bagnall, ARTAbility Arizona and VSAarts of Arizona
ADP Website Update
Fred Brack, ADP webmaster
2009
Welcome / Introduction to the ADP
Mitch Pomerantz, President, American Council of the Blind; Kim Charlson, 1st Vice President, American Council of the Blind, and Chair, Audio Description Project Committee, ACB; and Joel Snyder, Director, ADP
Listening Is Learning
Presenters: Bill Stark, Director, DCMP, and Thom Lohman, Communications Services Specialist, DCMP
ADP "AD International" Web Site and the ADP Affiliates Network
Special Guest: Kareem Dale, Special Advisor to the President for Disability Policy
AD Guidelines / Best Practices
Panelists: Kim Charlson and Thom Lohman
AD Certification
Panelists: Kim Charlson and Bill Stark
Special Audio Presentation -- People with Disabilities in the Production of Description
Presenter: Rick Boggs, President, Audio Eyes
Rick's Presentation (MP3 file, 25 mins, ends with AD samples) |
AD Around The World
Joel Snyder and international guests
Luncheon with Speaker, Barry Cronin
ACB/ADP Awards
Presented by Chris Gray
2002
Conference Panel Summaries
Prepared by Joel Snyder, President - Audio Description Associates
Click on each session link below to access the summary material.
Panel on Standards, Training,and Certification
Questions and Answers / Discussion
Audience Development (Concurrent Session)
Questions and Answers / Discussion
The Business of Video Description (Concurrent Session)
Informal Audio Description Critique (no notes available)
The quality/quantity of AD around the world (Concurrent Session)
Informal Audio Description Critique (Concurrent Session) (no notes)