TV, Film, Video Games and Audio Description news

Audio description for 360-degree content

9 Sep 2019

We have been experimenting extensively with audio description on 360-degree content in the Immersive Accessibility (ImAc) Project, with the aim of finding solutions for enhancing the viewing experience of someone with sight loss.

Making opera accessible: Pre-recorded audio description

11 Jul 2019

Alice Gilmour from Opera North spoke about her role in making opera accessible.

Making opera accessible is my role at Opera North and yet I was aware that our increasing use of concert halls for our very well-received semi-staged productions of Turandot, Salome and more recently Aida, had meant that we were not accessible to anyone who cannot see the displayed surtitles, as they have all been sung in their original languages. So as an audio describer myself, I decided to trial pre-recording audio description.

Another breakthrough for audio description on TV adverts

2 Apr 2019

The new Virgin Media TV ad for their "Switch to Super" campaign, which aired for the first time simultaneously across all five main ITV channels on the evening of Saturday 30 March, featured audio description.

Public Consultation announcement: adding audio description to TV Commercials

13 Dec 2018

Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP) is consulting on the regulation of TV advertisements that include content provided by means of audio description.

Audio description comes to Amazon Prime Video

30 Aug 2018

Amazon this week rolled out audio description on its UK Prime Catalogue for its viewers with sight loss.