Audio Description Described

2016/01/01 by Georgina Kleege · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · #Subtitles and Audiovisual Media

paper · doi:10.1525/rep.2016.135.1.89

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Abstract

Audio description seeks to make visual media—film, television, theater, art exhibits—accessible to blind people. In this essay I use the audio-described version of the Oscar-nominated film The Sessions as an example of the current standards. I then speculate on future innovations that could democratize the medium and make it more inclusive.

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• Joshua Miele [wikipedia]

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