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2021 Audio Description Institute

Held Virtually Monday, August 2 to Friday, August 6, 2021 from 1:00 pm-5:00 pm Eastern each day

Audio Description (AD) makes visual images accessible for people who are blind or have low vision. Using words that are succinct, vivid, and imaginative, media describers convey the visual image from television and film that is not fully accessible to a significant segment of the population (more than 32 million Americans experience significant vision loss).

2021 Audio Description Institute Agenda

Held Virtually Monday, August 2 to Friday, August 6, 2021 from 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Eastern each day

Agenda

Day 1 - Monday, August 2, 2021

1:00 pm-3:00 pm: Opening Workshop

  • The visually impaired user
  • Audio description history and theory
  • Overview of fundamentals of audio description ( a. Concentration/observation, b. Editing what you see, c. Language, d. Vocal skills: Speech and oral interpretation fundamentals)

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm: Break

Benefits of Audio Description in Education Contest (BADIE) Award Winners

The American Council of the Blind (ACB) is proud to announce the winners of the 2021 BADIE Awards (Benefits of Audio Description In Education), a “Listening Is Learning” initiative of the Council’s Audio Description Project (ADP) and the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP).  

BADIE Award Winners

The winners of this year’s honors (all young people who are blind) are:

Dots and Dashes: May 21, 2021

ACB Convention Registration

ACB’s 2021 Conference and Convention registration is now open! This year’s virtual convention will be held from July 16 through July 23, 2021. For details on how to register, visit: https://acb.org/2021-convention-registration. To make sure you receive the most up to date convention information, subscribe to our convention announce list by sending a blank email to acbconvention+subscribe@acblists.org.