Audio description (AD) is defined as “the verbal depiction of key visual elements in media and live productions.” Essentially, AD is a narration of meaningful visual information in a video to provide ...

Thanks to funding from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA), a new accessibility initiative called the Audio Description Learning Network (ADLN) will launch an audio describer recruitment and ...

Voice actors have the power to transport audiences to other worlds. A particularly meaningful type of voice acting—audio description or description narration—is vital to making television, movies, ...

Since the recent explosion of widely available generative artificial intelligence (AI), it now seems that a new AI tool emerges every week. With varying success, AI offers solutions for productivity, ...

New AI solution makes audio description faster, more affordable, and scalable across education, government, and ...

Science & Technology Research Laboratories (STRL) is conducting research on information accessibility and its technologies to realize a broadcast media where everyone can access the information they ...

This year, Global Accessibility Awareness Day falls on May 19. And Netflix is using the occasion to announce major plans to expand the global translations of its audio descriptions and subtitles for ...