ALEXANDRIA, VA (JULY 21, 2021) —The American Council of the Blind (ACB) proudly announces the 2021 Achievement Awards in Audio Description, an initiative of the Council’s Audio Description Project (ADP).  

The awards will be presented on ACB Media 1 during ACB’s 60th annual conference and convention General Session on July 22, 2021. Help us celebrate those who are making an impact in 2021 in Audio Description.

The ACB 2021 60th Conference and Convention starts Friday, July 16! 

Celebrating our anniversary with a development drive goal to raise $60,000 for 60 years of success!

The American Council of the Blind (ACB) is celebrating our 60th anniversary today July 7^th 2021. To help us celebrate this milestone, we are launching a development drive to raise $60,000 for 60 years of success: what we are calling our $60k for 60 Campaign.

60 Years of ACB

Join us tomorrow July 7th at 2pm ET for a live event to celebrate ACB’s 60th Anniversary! Help us kick-off our 60th year as an  organization and community with a special donation drive to reach $60k in celebration of our 60th anniversary that we are calling “60 for 60”. Listen live on Facebook, YouTube, Clubhouse, or on ACB Media 1. To access ACB Media 1 online, visit: https://www.acbmedia.org/home/streams/media1.

Attention All ACB Members: 

Join the World Blind Union for a presentation on Audio Description Around the Globe on Tuesday, June 29 at 10:30am ET.

In November 2018, the World Blind Union and the American Council of the Blind released its “Survey of Worldwide Audio Description Activity” revealing for the first time the extent of audio description activity in various genres around the world. Access the report by visiting: https://tinyurl.com/7uh8azvw.

The new ACB Media Alexa Skill has now launched. If you are having issues launching the new ACB Media skill on your Alexa device, please follow the steps listed below to correct the error.

Before we outline these steps let’s address what this command does exactly.

These steps will simply remove the history and recordings of your voice that you have made while talking to your Alexa device.

Here is a note directly from the Amazon site:

ACB 2021 Virtual Convention

Building on the success of the ACB virtual 2020 Conference & Convention, ACB will be hosting its 60th annual convention virtually, from July 16 through July 23, 2021, providing the opportunity to feature an exciting series of speakers, networking events and learning opportunities with ACB members and conference participants. For more details, visit: https://acb.org/ACB-2021-Convention-PR.

Contacts:

Disability Rights North Carolina: Holly Stiles, holly.stiles@disabilityrightsnc.org, 919-856-2195
Disability Rights Advocates: Rosie Bichell, rbichell@dralegal.org, 510-529-3432

June 21, 2021 - Building on the success of the ACB virtual 2020 Conference & Convention, ACB will be hosting its 60th annual convention virtually, providing the opportunity to feature an exciting series of speakers, networking events and learning opportunities with ACB members and conference participants.