Podcasts

• You Can't Be Fast and Good by The ADNA Presents (The ADNA Presents)

  Distributors can drop full seasons and split them across writers, so nobody holds the whole story. Colleen makes the case for blind quality control catching what sighted QC won't. Anna makes the case for hiring blind voice performers and reading what the audience actually says. And Colleen's line, which is the whole episode in nine words: You can't be extremely fast and good at Audio Description.

• Interview with Joel Snyder, Founder & President by Dr Kirk Adams

  In this wide-ranging episode, Kirk welcomes Joel Snyder, founder and president of Audio Description Associates, LLC, and founding director emeritus of the ACB’s Audio Description Project, for a history and status check on audio description.

• Celebrating Steven Spielberg (The Dark Room)

  In light of the recent release of Steven Spielberg's "Disclosure Day," Alex and Lee celebrate the prolific film director and his body of work. We give our thoughts on his current movie and reveal our top 10 favorite Spielberg films.

• ⭐Hearing things (PRX)

  “Click Here” is a weekly podcast and public radio show about how technology is changing the world. For most of cinema’s history, movies have assumed their audience can see. Now, a group of artists is asking what happens when you stop making that assumption.

• Celebrating The Toy Story Films (The Dark Room)

  In celebration of the recent release of "Toy Story 5", Alex and Lee discuss the lasting legacy of the beloved franchise and rank all 5 films. Find out if our rankings match yours.

• The Power of Descriptive Narration: Nefertiti's Journey by The Blind Chick (Youtube)

  In this enlightening episode of 'The Blind Chick' podcast, we have a discussion with Nefertiti Matos-Olivares, a professional audio describer and a prominent figure in creating accessible experiences. Nefertiti shares her personal journey from being a library worker to her role in Descriptive Video Works and her active involvement in the Social Audio Description collective. She also shares her struggles and the road to achieving her current status in a world not designed for her. This episode highlights the evolution of accessible experience in cinema with audio description and the impact it has on the visually impaired community.

• Audio Description and Museums by The Blind Chick (Youtube)

  Robyn has a wealth of knowledge as she has spent of her life in museums and studying Jewish history while living in Jerusalem. She is an Audio Describer focusing on Ballet and National Parks.

Articles

• Korea's First Audio Description Writer Turns Unseen Scenes Into Words (Seoul Economic Daily)

  “Seo Su-yeon, Korea's first audio description writer, recently met with Seoul Economic Daily at the Korea Contents Accessibility Research Center in Mapo-gu, Seoul, and introduced audio description as "the work of translating visual images and information into language." Seo, who recently published "Invisible but Visible," an essay recounting her stories of audio description, has written audio descriptions for some 7,800 works to date, including dramas, films, plays, musicals, dance performances, and exhibitions.”

• Going In Blind: The Floaters by John Stark

  A review by blind film critic John Stark of an undescribed film "The Floaters".

• The Touching Reason Mister Rogers Narrated His Goldfish Feedings by William Kennedy (Grunge)

  Rogers narrated the fish-feeding process and spoke out loud every step that he took along the way. And as the TV star revealed in the book "Dear Mister Rogers, Does it Ever Rain in Your Neighborhood?," a 1996 collection of letters that Rogers received from children who watched his show, he did so for a very sweet reason.

Videos

• ⭐The Conversation We Should Be Having About Audio Description by John Stark (Youtube)

  When we push [human] audio describers out of the space, what do we lose? John Stark is a blind film critic. What is going on with audio description industry, the actual indistry itself, and why you should care?

• ⭐Do other blind people have this problem?? (we need to talk about audio description) by Molly Burke (Youtube)

  I'm Molly, a typical sushi, makeup, and fashion loving millennial girl who just so happens to be blind! Molly discusses her experience of audio description, integrated audio description, cognitive overload, quality, and audiobooks.

• Audio Description Avengers Doomsday Trailer | Fan Audio Description and Closed Captions by Michael Kera (Youtube)

  Fan made audio described trailer with closed captions

Audio Description Introductions

• ⭐Ethan & Gigi Present: THE MOVEMENT - Audio Introduction for EdFringe 2026 (Youtube)

  "Believing themselves to be revolutionary leaders, two overconfident artists attempt to liberate the masses through the power of theatre. Ethan & Gigi are here to upstage fascist pigs and break legs (literally). The revolution will not be televised, it will be LIVE!"

  An excellent 2-hander, first-person, conversational and engaging audio description introduction.

• Guys and Dolls Audio Introduction (Youtube)

  Set in the bustling streets of 1950s New York, this traditional production captures the charm and excitement of Broadway, with colourful costumes, lively choreography, vibrant staging and memorable characters who bring this much-loved musical to life.

  A multi-cast audio introduction with music

• Boeing Boeing Audio Introduction (Youtube)

  Boeing Boeing is a fast-paced comedy set in 1960s Paris, where a series of unexpected arrivals, mistaken identities and carefully timed chaos create one of the world’s most celebrated farces.

  A multi-cast audio introduction with music

Production

• Pickup Precision: Foolproof Level Matching by Frank Verderosa

  An issue I’ve seen asked about a lot recently involves level matching—particularly for long-form projects like audiobooks. The scenario usually goes something like this: you’re midway through recording an epic audiobook, but you have to pause to tweak your levels for a quick commercial audition. Now, you’re back to do pickups for the audiobook, and you need your audio to match the original files perfectly.

• Sharpen Your Speech: 6 EASY Articulation Exercises for Voice Acting and Public Speaking (Youtube)

  Stumbling over your speech? Not anymore. In this video, I walk you through 6 simple, effective articulation exercises designed to sharpen your speech for voice acting, public speaking, or any time you step up to the mic. Let’s get crisp and clear—fast!

• 3 Minutes Daily Public Speaking Exercises: Diction, Pacing & Voice Projection by Speak Up With Jane (Youtube)

  In this @speakupwithjane routine, you’ll train pacing and pausing, sharpen diction and enunciation, unlock vocal variety, and improve voice projection - the exact skills that show up in meetings, interviews, and everyday conversations. You’ll use only a book + your phone to practice, record, and spot quick upgrades you can feel (and hear) immediately. This is the “small steps, big wins” approach to communication skills—like going to the gym, but for your voice.

Other Links

• AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making by Nikhil Suresh

  A fantastic breakdown of the pressures on companies and individuals to "use AI", even if it's the wrong thing.

Visual Reference

It's my intention to add a link or two for some visual reference every month. Clothes. Cars. Haircuts. Insects. Firearms. Musical instruments. Anything that you might be called upon to describe, and learn that exact term for it.

• Empire silhouette

  Those dresses in Jane Austen adaptions where the fitted bodice ends just below the bust, and they look high waisted? That's an “Empire Waist”.

• Identify the Names of Automotive Glass

  Car windows have specific terminology and names. Probably over-specific in most cases, but you never know. Of course, in English— from an actual place called England —the front glass is known as the “windscreen” not the “windsheild” so check your audience.