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Audio description homepage

Summary: Everything you need to know how and where audio description is used.

• Television
• DVD and video
• Cinemas
• Theatres
• Sports venues
• Museums and galleries
• A users view of audio description
• Advice for professionals

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Like a narrator telling a story, audio description is an additional commentary describing body language, expressions and movements. AD gives you information about the things you might not be able to see, meaning that you can keep up with the action.

Television

Audio Description on TV is available on digital television via Sky, Virgin Media and certain Freeview devices.

DVD and video

Many audio described films are available on DVD and video. Whether renting or buying films and whatever your preference, from the latest blockbusters to old classics why not try an audio described film?

Cinemas

Many cinemas across the UK are now equipped with a system that delivers audio description through a headset.

Theatres

Audio described theatre performances are available at over one hundred theatres around the country.

Sports venues

Dedicated commentaries describing the sporting action are available at sports venues around the UK.

Museums and galleries

Many museums and galleries across the UK have services to make a visit more enjoyable for people with sight problems.

A users view of audio description

Listen to an audio clip of Kari, age 15 sharing her feelings about audio description.

Advice for professionals

We offer advice to professionals about using audio description to improve access to services by blind and partially sighted people.

We can offer advice to:

• television professionals
• video and DVD professionals
• the cinema sector
• museum and gallery professionals
• theatre professionals.

Content author: audiodescription@rnib.org.uk

Last updated: 21/07/2008 15:52