Audio description

Audio description is an additional track of narration. It is targeted at visually impaired or blind consumers of television, dance, opera, movies or other visual art.^[1] In these tracks, a narrator talks through presentation and makes a description about what's happening during natural pauses in audio. Descriptive video service (DVS) is used for the DVDs of certain movies as part of the audio description.^[2]

Audio Description Media

"D))" Described Video logo used for onscreen bugs
"((DV))" Described Video logo and notice
Onscreen bug used for televised Audio Description
Logo for Audio Description used in credits and covers
An audio describer working in a live theater. A small mixer and transmitter are visible, and the lit stage can be seen in the distance.

References

↑ Zdenek, Sean (2015), "5. Captioned Irony", Reading Sounds, University of Chicago Press, pp. 141–182, doi:10.7208/chicago/9780226312811.003.0005, ISBN 9780226312781, retrieved 2022-04-08
↑ "The Development of the Descriptive Video Service". www2.edc.org. Retrieved 2022-04-08.

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[1] Zdenek, Sean (2015), "5. Captioned Irony", Reading Sounds, University of Chicago Press, pp. 141–182, doi:10.7208/chicago/9780226312811.003.0005, ISBN 9780226312781, retrieved 2022-04-08

[2] "The Development of the Descriptive Video Service". www2.edc.org. Retrieved 2022-04-08.

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