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	Audio description - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Audio description refers to an additional narration track for blind and visually impaired viewers of visual media, including television and movies, dance, opera, and visual art.
		The description narrator talks through the presentation, describing what is happening on the screen during the natural pauses in the audio (and sometimes during dialogue if deemed necessary).
		Audio description (AD) on Digital Terrestrial Television in the United Kingdom is delivered on a separate track making it possible to adjust the AD volume separately from that of the audio from the television programme.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Audio_description (509 words)

	ASTC - Audio Description
		Audio description, intended for persons who are blind or have visual impairments, is the addition of narration that conveys the settings, costumes, body language, and sight gags in a visual presentation or performance.
		Audio description is meant to complement a performance, not interfere with it.
		When audio description is used in a theater, regardless of whether it is live or pre-recorded, you will need a device to transmit the descriptions and multiple receivers for your visitors to wear.
	www.astc.org /resource/access/medad.htm (1186 words)

	MAGpie 2 Documentation \| Audio Description Authoring
		Audio description authors can modify the values in this column manually, but should be careful to ensure that the times entered are sequential.
		Audio Start: "Audio" refers to the file containing the audio description.When using an audio resource that is longer than needed for a specific audio description, it may be necessary to set the start time within the audio resource.
		Audio End: The end time within the audio description file that is longer than is needed for the current audio description.
	ncam.wgbh.org /webaccess/magpie/magpie_help/audiodescription.html (1364 words)

	Audio description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Audio description refers to an additional narration track for blind and visually impaired viewers of television and movie s.
		On television, audio description is usually included by the Descriptive Video Service (DTS) through the secondary audio program (SAP).
		DVD s often include audio description tracks using the alternate audio tracks used for foreign languages and audio commentary.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Audio_description.html (378 words)

	Issue 1157 - defn of audio description
		Joe Clark writes: >audio description >Audio descriptions provide access to multimedia for people who are >blind or visually impaired by adding narration that describes >actions, characters, scene changes and on-screen text that can not >be determined from listening only to the soundtrack.
		http://www.audiodescribe.com/article1.html Audio Description is a narrative technique that renders the visual images of theater, media, museum exhibitions, and other endeavors, more fully accessible to people who are blind or have low vision.
		But in order for audio description to be effective, the individual providing this service must learn to fully use the sense of sight and develop verbal and vocal capabilities beyond day-to-day usage.
	trace.wisc.edu /bugzilla_wcag/show_bug.cgi?id=1157 (389 words)

	How does Audio Blogger work?
		Audio Blogger was a very simple application to build, using ColdFusion MX, Flash MX, Dreamweaver MX, Flash Communication Server MX and Flash Remoting.
		Audio Blogger allows anyone to easily create a piece of original voice content and then embed that content in any web page or weblog.
		Once an audio blog item has been created, it can be embedded in any webpage with a generic SWF (Flash) file that provides the basic mechanism for playback.
	radio.weblogs.com /0113297/stories/2002/09/18/howDoesAudioBloggerWork.html (670 words)

	NCA Products: \| Audio Description
		But, with audio description services for television and video the missing element of non-verbal action scenes helps make a popular form of entertainment accessible to an audience who cannot see the drama on the screen.
		Audio description and captioning of instructional media to the schools allows students who are vision and hearing impaired to remain in the classroom along with their peers, rather than be separated for special instruction.
		An audio description of the action on a videotape (analog or digital) is inserted on the videotape where applicable.
	www.ncaonline.org /products/index.php4?cat=Audio+Description (593 words)

	MRG Systems UK - ADP100 Audio description police unit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Audio Description is an audio commentary, provided alongside digital television services, that describes key elements of picture activity for the benefit of blind and visually impaired people.
		The service consists of an audio commentary and control signals that allow a suitably equipped decoder to reduce the level of the programme sound when an audio description is received.
		The Audio Description speech is available as an analogue signal at a headphone jack socket on the front panel, an XLR connector on the rear panel and also via a small loudspeaker mounted behind the front panel.
	www.mrgsystems.co.uk /audio/adp100/adp100.htm (636 words)

	We See Tv ~ Standards for Audio Description
		Audio Description – Audio description for low vision and blind people is the art and technique of using the natural pauses in dialog or narration during live theater performances to insert descriptions of the essential visual elements: actions, appearance of characters.
		Descriptions are delivered via separate audio channel permitting TV viewers and moviegoers to hear or not hear the descriptions according to their wishes.
		By the mid-1980’s audio description crossed the Atlantic to a small theatre called the Robin Hood, at Averham, Nottinghamshire where the first described performances in Europe are believed to have taken place.
	weseetv.com /pages/standardsAudioDesc.php (2805 words)

	K-SAR Video and DVD Productions - Closed Captioning and Audio Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Audio description, sometimes referred to as video description, is used to describe the key visual elements in a video or multimedia program.
		In a video program, audio description is added to the Secondary Audio Program (SAP) channel and therefore can be activated at any time by the user.
		Audio description can also be synchronized with streaming video and played using media players such as, Quicktime and Windows Media Player.
	www.ksar.usu.edu /cc.asp (346 words)

	AD Technology
		Patrons are loaned a small receiver and a headset to pick-up the audio description, while they can hear the regular sound track 'around' the headset.
		Whether the description is live or on tape, some type of transmitter and receiver technology is used.
		The description is fed into the transmitter and heard at the receiver carried by the user.
	www.adinternational.org /ADItech.html (981 words)

	AUDIO DESCRIPTION - SEEING THEATER WITH YOUR EARS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Audio Description is a narration service that offers live commentary and narration for patrons at participating theaters throughout the Washington, DC area, one of a handful of areas in the country where audio description is provided.
		Audio describers must convey with the words they choose and the tone of their voices the emotions the actors convey through their body language.
		Audio description represents a landmark in technology for accessible arts programs, one of the newest developments in efforts to make the arts totally accessible to everyone.
	www.rit.edu /~easi/itd/itdv02n2/addendum.htm (507 words)

	Audio Description: Access for All
		Audio Description is a kind of literary art form in itself, to a great extent.
		But the teacher trained in audio description techniques would never simply hold up a picture of a red ball and read the text: "See the ball." He or she might add: "The ball is red--just like a fire engine.
		Museums use Audio Description techniques to translate the visual to a sense form that is accessible to people who are blind or have low vision.
	www.disabilityworld.org /09-11_04/access/audio.shtml (1833 words)

	ADDING AUDIO DESCRIPTION TO TELEVISION SCIENCE PROGRAMS:
		Audio description (sometimes called "video description") inserts descriptions of a TV program's key visual elements into natural pauses in the program.
		The participants said that audio description generally is interesting, informative, and enjoyable; it is neither confusing nor boring, but some description repeats information some people could have figured out themselves.
		Audio description of TV programs is a relatively recent innovation in the blindness field.
	www.rit.edu /~easi/easisem/audiodes.html (1464 words)

	Audio Description: Accessory or Accessibility (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In case you have never run into this invention of contemporary entertainment, audio description can be broadcast or recorded as part of a program or movie's audio, or it can be supplied live by a person at an actual performance.
		And, not surprisingly, those who provide descriptive video for television and films are also eager to find the funding to expand the number of movies and programs for which audio description is available.
		She began her presentation with the statement that she had heard that the NFB was opposed to audio description.
	www.nfb.org /bm/bm98/bm980706.htm (1890 words)

	The CRTC and audio description (Joe Clark: Media Access)
		Descriptive video (also known as audio description or video description) refers to a means of making television, movies (particularly in the form of video) and other video programming accessible to blind or visually disabled viewers.
		Licensees are strongly encouraged to adapt their programming to include audio description wherever it is appropriate and take the necessary steps to ensure that their customer service responds to the needs of visually impaired.
		Under the Broadcasting Act, 1996 audio description on television was scheduled to have commenced in November of 1999.
	www.joeclark.org /access/crtc/crtc-ad.html (7768 words)

	TV Help Audio Description
		Audio Description, or AD, is a service that provides an additional audio commentary to describe what is happening on screen for visually impaired viewers.
		In addition to the audio description function, the i-Player is the only set-top box which gives users access to Freeview TV and radio, and also to the Internet.
		With audio description, blind people know what's happening, without having to guess or ask someone, and that means they relax and enjoy it, just like everyone else.
	www.tvhelp.org.uk /audes (1325 words)

	TRI: Audio Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Audio description provides trained description of scenery, costumes, and stage movement during performance events for those who are blind or visually impaired, and those with low vision.
		Audience members receive the description from a small fm receiver (about the size of a cigarette pack) with a single earpiece, so they can be seated anywhere in the auditorium and not relegated to a special section.
		Audio description in Ohio is coordinated through the Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute at The Ohio State University's Department of Theatre.
	library.osu.edu /sites/tri/news/audio.html (348 words)

	What is audio description?
		Audio description is a term used to describe the descriptive narration of key visual elements in a video or multimedia product.
		Audio description should be carefully scripted and is typically produced by trained professionals.
		The Media Access Group at WGBH is a leader in audio description and provides extensive additional information on their Descriptive Video Service FAQ.
	www.washington.edu /accessit/articles?79 (335 words)

	What is Audio Description?
		Audio Describers recruited and trained by Arts Access are making local theatrical productions more accessible to people with vision problems.
		Audio Description involves the accessibility of the visual images of theater and other art forms for people who are blind or visually impaired.
		In theaters, in museums, and accompanying film and video presentations, Audio Description is commentary and narration which guides the listener through the presentation with concise, objective descriptions of new scenes, settings, costumes, body language, and "sight gags," all slipped in between portions of dialogue or songs.
	www.artsaccessinc.org /AAdefinition.html (634 words)

	Audio Description for Television and Movies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Audio description is available to various degrees on commercial television (where it is called video description), movies, and other video media (such as DVDs, where it is still very limited).
		Descriptions of the action, in the pauses between dialogue, are available with stereo equipped TVs or VCRs, to serve blind or visually impaired viewers (access is limited to certain major markets).
		The descriptions are accessible in Ontario for all networks and several other areas of the country, depending on the network and delivery system.
	www.adinternational.org /ADIvideodesc.html (1520 words)

	Audio description on Freeview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		There are now two ways to get audio description (AD) on Freeview: the Netgem i-Player AD box and the Nebula PC card.
		As well as allowing you to hear any audio description that is broadcast (currently, ten hours per week of programmes on each of the ten main TV channels) it also speaks the name of the TV station when you change channel.
		Audio description consists of a verbal commentary that fills in the gaps in the programme where there is no dialogue, thus enabling viewers with sight problems to watch the programme independently without the need for a sighted person having to be present in order to explain the plot.
	www.rnib.org.uk /xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_freeview.hcsp (471 words)

	Five put audio description on BskyB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Write to the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 and ask them why they are not making the audio description they already produce available to more blind and partially sighted people.
		That means that the audio description is an integral part of the soundtrack and is heard by everyone in the room.
		It is also possible for an individual to listen to the audio description using headphones whilst others only hear the original programme.
	www.rnib.org.uk /xpedio/groups/public/documents/PublicWebsite/public_ad5.hcsp (1156 words)

	ADI -- Audio Description International
		Audio Description is a method of taking what is visual and making it available to consumers who are blind or have low vision.
		It is the insertion of audio explanations and descriptions of the settings, characters, and action taking place in a variety of media, when such information about these visual elements is not offered in the regular audio presentation.
		Thanks to the work of dedicated organizations around the world, audio description is now offered in selected movie theaters, videos, live theater, and television programming, and is making its presence felt in a variety of new venues.
	www.adinternational.org (309 words)

	Audio Description helps people with disabilities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Audio Description recently allowed Vickery to fully experience the chase for the rogue Soviet vessel.
		Vickery is vice president of Audio Description International, an organization formed last month at Ohio State University after nearly three years of planning.
		“Audio Description is to the blind what closed captioning is to the deaf,” Vickery said.
	www.bsu.edu /news/article/0,1370,-1019-545,00.html (395 words)

	BlindKiss - Audio Description (UK)
		Audio Described shows from the BBC - listings for the next 7 days in more detail.
		Note that an ever-growing number of commercially available standard DVD movies also now have audio description on them, we recently rented The Village and Thirteen Going on Thirty from Blockbusters and were pleasantly surprised to find 'Audio description' as an option on the menu of these disks.
		You can email The Editorif you have anything to say about your experience of audio description or have any good AD tips to pass on.
	www.blindkiss.com /describe (526 words)

	NCA Products: Home
		Product descriptions using person-first terminology and product designs utilizing the principles of universal design are encouraged.
		Companies with numerous models of the same type of product (picnic tables, benches, etc) will be identified in that category under a general product description.
		The company and the public are informed that the National Center on Accessibility does not promote or endorse any product or manufacturer and that the product directory is maintained for informational purposes only.
	ncaonline.org /products/index.php4?...&cat=Audio+Description (456 words)

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