By Julie Anne Wight, freelance Audio Description writer I struggle with migraines, and when I get a bad one it can impact me for days. My migraines manifest in extreme photosensitivity, leaving me unable to open my eyes. During one of these periods I discovered Audio Description, or AD. A… Continue Reading Show, don’t tell, in Audio Description
May 20, 2021
Test: Do you know what it’s like to watch TV when you can’t see? Today is the 10th annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), celebrated on the third Thursday of May. It’s an important day, aimed at getting everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion. Digital access… Continue Reading Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)
January 19, 2021
NBC NEWS, MSNBC AND NBC NEWS NOW TO AIR SPECIAL ALL-DAY COVERAGE OF THE INAUGURATION OF JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR. AND KAMALA D. HARRIS SPECIAL EDITION OF TODAY BEGINS AT 7 A.M. ET; LESTER HOLT, SAVANNAH GUTHRIE, CHUCK TODD AND ANDREA MITCHELL LEAD NBC NEWS SPECIAL COVERAGE STARTING AT 10 A.M. ET… Continue Reading NBC coverage of 2021 inauguration, including live audio description
January 8, 2021
We blazed a trail showcasing live AD and more Despite the challenges, 2020 was a big year for us. Not only for our audio description (AD) production teams at Descriptive Video Works, but also for accessible producers: broadcasters, filmmakers, animators, video streaming services, online education, corporate service providers, and video… Continue Reading A look back at 2020
December 8, 2020
On December 3, 2020, Descriptive Video Works (DVW) announced its appointment as the newest member of the Trusted Partner Network (TPN). TPN is a global, industry-wide film and television content protection initiative. The TPN helps companies prevent leaks, breaches, and hacks of their customers’ movies and television shows prior to… Continue Reading Descriptive Video Works joins Trusted Partner Network
October 5, 2020
We had such a fun time putting on this webinar on September 30th. Thank you to the wonderful team at Keywords for helping us prepare and making us look so good: Francesca, Ciaran, and Jenny. There was also a lively Q&A section which has been omitted from this video -… Continue Reading What is audio description and why does it matter? Webinar
September 25, 2020
Teaching online? Add audio description. Make learning accessible so students of all abilities can learn anywhere, anytime. Today, more than 60% of the world’s students are learning at home. The Covid-19 Pandemic is limiting or temporarily closing educational institutions everywhere to help contain virus spread. Now, students of all ages… Continue Reading Make learning accessible with audio description
May 28, 2020
Tom Landry, broker and owner of Benchmark Real Estate, does a Facebook Live tour of a condo for sale in the East End of Portland, Maine, on March 23, 2020. Brianna Soukup / Portland Press Herald via Getty Images These days seems like we're all online all the time. Remote… Continue Reading Stay safe. Stay apart. And sell real estate using video with Audio Description.
May 8, 2020
One of the many great things about our work at Descriptive Video Works (DVW), is knowing what a difference our work makes in people’s lives. We are proud to have collaborated with Ubisoft to do the audio description (AD) for one of the first video game trailers to include AD.… Continue Reading DYK? We did the audio description of “Assassin’s Creed Valhalla” video game trailer
April 16, 2020
Today is Audio Description Awareness Day. Take the Challenge and try AD. Tell us about it. Here’s the challenge: If you are a blind or visually impaired person and know a sighted person who doesn’t know about audio description (AD) or if you are sighted and know a vision-impaired person… Continue Reading Happy Audio Description Awareness Day!
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