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Clips of Audio Description on TV

Summary: Try Audio Description for yourself!

• Action and sound clips
• Further information

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These clips from Emmerdale, Coronation Street and Tarzan show what it is like to watch TV programmes with Audio Description. The actions on the screen are described to give an understanding of what is going on. You can also play a sound-only version of the BBC’s Blue Planet.

Action and sound clips

When you click on the link there will be a few seconds delay as the video downloads. If you use a screen reader you will experience a pause while this happens. When the page has fully loaded, select the play button to start the video.

Please choose either the high or low bandwidth file.

• Coronation Street clip (low bandwidth)
• Coronation Street clip (high bandwidth)
• Emmerdale clip (low bandwidth)
• Emmerdale clip (high bandwidth)
• Disney's Tarzan clip (low bandwidth)
• Disney's Tarzan clip (high bandwidth)

Sound-only clip of Blue Planet

This sound-only clip is the audio described soundtrack of TV programme. It aims to give you an idea of what it is like to rely on Audio Description for information about what's happening on screen.

• Play Blue Planet sound-only version (MP3)
• Blue Planet transcript (Word)

Further information

• How to receive Audio Description
• FAQs about AD on TV

Back to AD on TV Homepage

Content author: audiodescription@rnib.org.uk

Last updated: 20/11/2008 11:13