Why Describe? Audio Describing Your Video Content Makes a World of Difference.
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Why Describe? Check out our video on audio description, and then read on below.
Audio Description is an accessibility feature that’s not very well known, but very important to its users. Audio described movies and videos include spoken description that explains exactly what’s happening on screen. It’s really helpful for blind and low vision folks, but it can be useful to anyone. Imagine you want to watch a video, but you’re doing other things. If there’s description of what’s happening on screen, you won’t miss a beat. It allows you to listen to visual content as if it were a podcast, which is great for multitaskers.
But why else should you care?
In our current digital landscape, video reigns supreme. Many of these videos are completely silent, and the content is based on visuals and text alone.
That means people who are blind or low vision are completely left out.
Now you might be wondering: what do you want me to do about it? If you’re a social media [...]