This page contains samples of audio description, both audio and text.  Contributions from ADI members are encouraged.  (Some samples require RealPlayer.  Some of these files are VERY LARGE and take time to download!)

• Audio Description of a Logo
• Audio Description of a Museum Painting
• Documentary Clip With and Without Audio Description (Kartemquin Films) Feb '13
• Bringing Light to the Dark: Audio description (audio describer Pauline Brandt interviewed by Creative Choices)
• The Miracle Worker (streaming video -- you can also order this DVD here!)
• Curb Cuts (assistive technology clips audio described; requires QuickTime; slow loading)
• Decent Work for People With Disabilities:  Count Us In! (described promo for the International Labour Organization)
• Hamlet (from "Shakespeare: The Animated Tales" - Accessible Preview)
• Police Response to People with Disabilities (from the Department of Justice; note that a few of the links don't actually have description, even though they say they do)
• The Making of Shrek III (a news story about the description and its impact)
• Samples of Accessible iTunes U media (requires and opens iTunes)
• Videos for Students:  Evolving Ideas (from WGBH - launch a video, then click on the Descriptive Video Service link)
• Der talentierte Herr Ripley (Deutsche:  The Talented Mr. Ripley; click the icon in the middle of the page for a huge MP3 file of description from the beginning of the film in German)
• "Verbal Description" of Museum Pieces (link to Art Beyond Sight's samples)
• What Can You Learn by Listening to Description