First, you need to find out if there is a local or national organization which trains and uses audio describers. Keep in mind that the term "audio describer" is a general term for people who write audio description scripts and may VOICE them.
Anyone can be trained to write scripts, though your knowledge and command of English or your local language will be important. If you also want to voice audio description, then what your reading voice sounds like is important. Do you have an accent? Do you enunciate well? Do you stumble or stutter? Remember: an audio describer's voice should never be distracting from the performance being described, so a hiring organization will be looking for people with pleasant voices and good command of the language.
And by the way, the fundamental rule of audio description is, "Say what you see. Want to become a describer or brush up on skills? Please see the links at the top of this page for additional reference material on audio description!
Finally, the DOJ definition in movie theater regulations says the following, though we would debate the date: Audio description , which also became available in , enables individuals who are blind or have low vision to hear a spoken narration of a movie's key visual elements, including, but not limited to, the action, settings, facial expressions, costumes, and scene changes.
In theaters and similar venues, the user hears the audio description via a small earpiece or earphones connected to a tiny receiver. For live performances, a trained Audio Describer transmits the descriptions from elsewhere in the theater often using a court stenographer's mask microphone picture right, describer holding mask mike to mouth.
For movies, the description generally has been prerecorded and synced to the movie soundtrack though sometimes this is done live. However, with the transition from analog to digital TV, things are changing. First, check to see if your video has already been described! You could hire a vendor, you could do the description yourself, or you could get an employee, a community member, or a volunteer to do it.
Ideally, the describer would be familiar with the material. Anyone who wants to do a good job describing video needs to have a clear speaking voice and should also get some training. Check out Description Key.
If your video is hosted on YouTube, you can use the public YouDescribe tool. Anybody can use this tool to create a descriptive audio track for any available YouTube video. The tool generates a link to the described version of the video it does not change the original video , which you can publicize along with the original. The AblePlayer video player also supports adding captions and descriptive audio.
Skip to main content. You are here Home Resources Ask Pecan! What is "Descriptive Audio"? First, figure out these issues about your video content, timing, and player:. Integrated — For new videos, can the speakers describe the relevant visual information as the video is recorded? This works for well for some videos, such as presentations and instructional videos. Media player support — Information about media player functionality is in the Accessible Media Players page under Existing Players.
Does the media player, platform, or plug-in that you are using provide functionality for:. Use the information from above to answer the following questions in order to determine what method to provide description for your video. The options listed first are usually the best, yet you can choose another option.
This approach works for some new videos. The process to develop a video with integrated description is basically:. And, either the description fits in the space of the main audio, or the player provides functionality to pause during audio description.
It requires someone to create a timed text file — minimal skills are needed; tools are not required, yet, they make it faster and easier. If the descriptions do not fit into the main audio space, provide instructions to users to set their player to pause the video during audio description.
For example:. This approach only works when there is enough space in the main audio for the description, and the media player supports a separate audio track for the description.
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