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Celebrating 20 years of Descriptive Video Works!
On Thursday, May 4, Descriptive Video Works celebrated its 20th anniversary at the Granville Island Hotel, with a special evening of cocktails, memories, mingling and fun. This milestone event was attended by current and former employees, clients, partners, advisory...
Please help us welcome Jennissary to the DVW team!
Understanding the narrative and visual elements are vital components of gameplay, and I am really looking forward to helping bring Audio Description to more live and interactive media spaces in this new role. Continue Reading Please help us welcome Jennissary to the DVW team!
Hollywood’s Biggest Night Embraced Accessibility
The 95th annual Oscars™ celebration took place on March 12th, and this year Hollywood’s biggest night was more accessible than ever, with American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters, custom design for the event including ramp access for all attendees, an access...
Welcome Nefertiti Matos Olivares!
Descriptive Video Works would like to welcome Nefertiti Matos Olivares to the team, as our new Workflow Manager for Quality and Inclusion, based in New York. Nefertiti comes to the role with an extensive background in Assistive Technology Instruction and Cultural...
Welcome Chana Smith-Balloffet!
Descriptive Video Works would like to welcome Chana Smith-Balloffet to the team. Chana is DVW’s new International Operations Manager, based in France. Chana is a global citizen, holding dual citizenship of the US and France. She also speaks English, French, Brazilian...
Audio Description Enhances My Life and Provides Equal Access
Empish J. Thomas, a member of Descriptive Video Works' advisory council and Disability Consultant writes about her first experience with Audio Description, and what having AD means to her experience with media now. My first foray with an audio described movie was a...
Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Rhys Lloyd, Studio Head, shares his thoughts on Global Accessibility Awareness Day and the importance of inclusion and accessibility for the more than one billion people worldwide with disabilities. At Descriptive Video Works, we provide Audio Description (AD) or...
The Beijing Olympics and Paralympic Games: A Unique Perspective
Descriptive Video Works’ project manager Nate Schwartz had a unique perspective of the recent Beijing Olympics and Paralympics Winter Games. Nate worked behind the scenes, helping to organize our live describer team and managing details around events and ceremonies, but he had another very different perspective – as the brother of an Olympian. Continue Reading The Beijing Olympics and Paralympic Games: A Unique Perspective
A Warm Welcome to Our New Advisory Council
As a leading provider of accessible media services including Audio Description (AD), Described Video (DV), and Live Description, Descriptive Video Works aims to serve the community of blind and low vision people, and the many others that benefit from accessibility...
Looking back: The most memorable Olympic Games in history
This summer’s Tokyo Olympics were memorable for many reasons: the event took place during a state of emergency in Japan after having been postponed for a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic; the Olympics debuted new sports like skateboarding, surfing, sport climbing,...