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, ...

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

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, ...

“Hundreds of animals gather at the bottom of Pride Rock: a tall, flat ledge that towers over the rest of the savanna,” an actor narrates. “Zazoo, a small blue bird with a large beak, flaps to the ...

Theatergoers who cannot see the stage clearly, or at all, have growing options for experiencing plays and musicals, thanks to the Central Florida Audio Description Initiative (CFADI) for the visually ...

Even if you aren’t hard of hearing, you’ve probably taken advantage of your streaming services’ “English SDH” subtitle option in order to decipher mumbled dialogue amid dense explosions, or interpret ...

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 ...

NEW YORK—CBS, The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing have announced that they will be broadening access to "The 75th Annual Tony Awards" by providing for the first time an audio description ...

Beginning January 1, 2026, the FCC’s audio description requirements will expand to commercial television stations affiliated with ABC, CBS, FOX, or NBC in 10 additional Nielsen Designated Market Areas ...

Katie Ellis receives funding from The Australian Research Council and the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network. She was a member of the Department of Communications and the Arts Audio ...