Audio Description is how Blind/ low vision people enjoy watching movies. A service called DVS (Descriptive Video Services) used to offer videos that had description. They were only available from a certain store and cost more than the regular VHS.
For movies that don’t have audio description, I would have to tell mom the scenes and who was talking. Some movies were pretty easy to explain, while others would do flashbacks to the past or have two or three different locations and people involved and trying to remember who was who and where they were at while watching the movie for the first time was a little difficult. It also made watching movies in a group with friends a little bit embarrassing. Although I got used to describing to mom no matter where we were at. Even watching the Nutcracker down at the Fox Theater in Atlanta.
Did you know that as of July 1, 2018 ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, Discover, HGTV, History, TBS, and USA are each required to provide 87.5 hours of video-described prime time or children’s programming per calendar quarter? Among many other channels who have also provided description to their TV shows. You can follow the link here for more information. www.acb.org/adp/tv.html
Below there is a video I made about how important audio description is. You will need to listen to it with your eyes closed to understand the importance. The second video is about the new audio description found on all new DVDs. There is now an audio description option provided on almost all new DVDs. I love this! I can watch a new movie with Mom together for the first time and not worry about forgetting about the story line. Below are the links to the two videos on the Facebook Page.
https://www.facebook.com/Childrenraisedaroundtheblind/videos/2347232245599070/
https://www.facebook.com/Childrenraisedaroundtheblind/videos/2254404287948162/
I hope this gives you some insight into audio description. I love listening to Disney’s newer movies with the audio description. Sometimes you can learn things from the description that you wouldn’t otherwise know. Mainly because the person doing the audio description is reading the script. So all those little choreography things that we see, the blind person can hear about.
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