Podcasts

• 2026 in Horror (so far) (The Dark Room) [2026]

  Returning guests Ren Leach and Rein Brooks join Lee and Alex in the discussion on the stellar year for horror movies that is 2026 (so far).

• ⭐Scripting audio description for film, TV, and video games with Jenna Jennissary (The Not Boring Tech Writer) [2026]

  In this episode, I talk with Jenna Jennissary, a producer at Descriptive Video Works who specializes mostly in video games and still gets to write and perform audio description herself. We talk about how a Reddit post about a scene in “God of War” led her from regulatory affairs into audio description, where the field’s standards come from when no central body sets them, how tight timing makes writers experts at saying the same thing in fewer syllables, and what it takes to break in as a new audio description writer.

• How Richard Rieman Is Making Children's Literature Accessible for All (The Audiobook Wizard) [2026]

  Richard Rieman has pioneered a transformative approach to children's literature: enhanced audiobooks that include audio descriptions of illustrations. His work is rooted in a deep commitment to inclusivity, especially for children who are blind or visually impaired. In this conversation, we trace Richard's journey — including how his years volunteering in the blind community opened his eyes to a significant gap in the audiobook market — and dig into why audio descriptions can transform the way everychild experiences an illustrated book, not just those with visual impairments.

• ⭐Diversity and Representation in Audio Description (ACB Media Network) [2025]

  A panel of audio description professionals discussed what diversity and representation in audio description is like now, what it can be, and what it looks like in the industry itself.

• Why Can’t Audio Description Files Always Travel with the Program? (The Audio Description Project) [2025]

  Are you frustrated when you access a movie at home that doesn’t have audio description, even though you know it did in the cinema. Come learn about the complexity of the life of an audio description file; panelists will discuss the journey of an AD file through the broadcast pipeline, copyright issues, file format conflicts, and much more.

• Innovations in Performing Arts Access (The Audio Description Project) [2026]

  Presenters shared new practices in performing arts accessibility using audio description. The session examined strategies for evolving those practices and possibilities for access in live performing arts venues.

• Cyber Monday: Centering accessibility in tech (The 1A) [2026]

  Featuring Thomas Reid. Think about the last movie you watched. The look on someone’s face. The clue in the background. Something important happening just outside the main action. Now imagine having to put all of that into words. And you can only speak…when the actors aren’t talking. That’s the challenge of audio description — narration that accompanies a movie and explains key unspoken details. It’s a critical piece of technology, allowing people who can’t see to follow a movie’s on-screen action. But that tech sometimes misses the mark, leaving out key character and environment descriptions or condescending to its users by omitting risqué plot elements. This kind of garish gadget goes by a nickname in accessibility circles: disability dongles. And advocates say their creation can be avoided if the people they’re meant to serve are brought into the creation process earlier.

• Interview with Joel Snyder, President, Audio Description Associates (Remarkable World Commentary) [2026]

  In this illuminating episode of Remarkable World Commentary, Donna J. Jodhan welcomes Joel Snyder, who takes listeners back to his years as a volunteer reader at the Metropolitan Washington Ear and explains how audio description began.

Articles

• ⭐What Voice Actors Actually Need to Know About Audio Description: A Conversation with Eric Wickstrom by Hanne Rickert

  Audio description is one of those genres of voice over that people don't think about until they need it, or until they realize how much craft is actually behind it. It was built for the blind and low vision community, and it has grown into a category that touches almost every major streamer now. I brought Eric Wickstrom into a recent workshop with my voice over students. Eric heads up East Coast Operations at Descriptive Video Works. Here is what came out of that conversation.

• Bayeux tour to include audio account of tapestry (BBC News) [2026]

  The British Museum will provide an audio-described tour of the Bayeux Tapestry after a man with visual impairment pointed out the lack of access for blind and partially-sighted people.

• Alien 3 Audio Description by Brett Coulstock [2026]

  Having previously described the Assembly Cut of Alien 3, Kyle Warwick-Mathieu and myself adapted our script to the recently released fan-edit "Alien 3: The Legacy Cut", which will never be described by a studio, distributor, or streaming service. This article describes the process of describing the original, and the reasons for the adaptation.

Videos

• Terrain: Bangarra Dance Theatre Education Resource (with Audio Description) [2012]

  This Bangarra Dance Theatre Education Resource video is excerpts of 'Terrain' (2012). 'Terrain' looks at the area of Australia known as Lake Eyre and is inspired by the power of natural forces and the vulnerability of ecosystems within a landscape that has existed and evolved as long as the Earth itself - a landscape from where human beings draw life and express meaning to that life.

• Audio Described: Untold stories: The forgotten collectors | Black natural history (Youtube) [2026]

  An example of extended audio description. The expertise of Indigenous people, including enslaved people, was critical to the expeditions of successful European scientists … Unfortunately, their contributions were rarely recorded in history and have largely gone forgotten. We’ll discover the whole story behind one of our most important scientific collections and find out what we can learn from it to ensure history doesn’t continue to be repeated. This film was produced as part of Black History Month 2023.

• Getting started ... Audio Description Vlog [2018]

  Behind the scenes on creating audio description for a circus act.

• Album Artio Describe by Cathy Goodin (Cathy Goodin) [2025]

  Wanting to make a positive impact in Audio Description, I reached out to Roy Samuelson. After discussing my passions, Roy and I hit on something … MUSIC. Specifically, describing Album Cover Art. Roy enthusiastically suggested Album “Artio” Describe as the project title, which was perfect.

• Nutcracker: Audio Described Extract | English National Ballet [2026]

  Experience a moment from Nutcracker with live audio description, helping blind and visually impaired audiences follow the action, choreography and storytelling on stage.

Audio Description Introductions

A few new audio description introductions, including three new ones from SBS Australia! [waves an Australian flag]

• The Jury: Death on the Staircase (SBS) [2026]

  The Jury: Death on the Staircase, goes behind the scenes of the jury system by restaging a real manslaughter case with actors reciting court transcripts word-for-word before a jury of 12 everyday Australians.

• The Jury: Skeleton in the Garden (SBS) [2026]

  The gripping true crime event follows a re-enactment of a real manslaughter case, presented word-for-word with actors, before a new jury of 12 everyday Australians. But will they come to the same verdict as the original trial?

• Barrumbi Kids (SBS) [2026]

  A story of two best friends, Tomias and Dahlia, who are growing up together on Country in a remote Northern Territory community, and face various adversities and have many exciting adventures.

• "Ghosts" Audio Introduction (Youtube)

  They don’t die. They don’t vanish. They walk the world again. Norway, 1881. Years ago, Helene sent her beloved son away from the family home. Today, Oswald returns. His arrival coincides with the grand opening of an orphanage to commemorate the tenth anniversary of his father’s death. But as mother and son reunite, long-buried secrets emerge – setting off a chain reaction that threatens to consume them both. Audio introduction service by Matthew Jarman of Bad Princess Productions

Open Access Research Papers

• The Accessibility Gap:Audio Description Implementation in Television Commercials by Kathryn Locke; Alison Myers; Katie Ellis (Advertising & Society Quarterly) [2026]

  This article examines the limited implementation of audio description (AD) in television commercials (TVCs), despite advances in accessibility for television programming and streaming content. Through an analysis of case studies from established markets (US, UK) and emerging markets (Australia), the research identifies three primary factors that drive AD adoption in advertising: disability experience within corporate leadership, corporate inclusion policies and initiatives, and a focus on accessibility products specifically designed for blind and low vision (BLV) consumers. The study reveals that while technical challenges, including strict timing constraints, dense audiovisual content, and complex production workflows, contribute to the sparse use of AD for TVCs, sociocultural factors play a decisive role in determining accessibility provision.

• Uneven advances: a decade of audio description provision for blind and low vision Australians by Kathryn Locke; Katie Ellis; Tama Leaver; Mike Kent; Chloe Rattray; Karen Seeley [2026]

  This article asks whether “things have got better” for AD users in Australia, tracking its development through the performing arts, to the arrival of streaming services, and the subsequent funding of AD on public broadcasters. While provision has expanded, we argue that voluntary, unlegislated and inconsistent adoption sustains a charity model of disability where AD remains an accomodation rather than an integrated service. Moreover, entwined barriers persist: unsustainable funding, restricted or noninclusive access pathways, and weak engagement with blind and low vision audiences perpetuates an inaccessible media landscape.

• Unveiling Audio Description Styles’ Diversity in Persian by Fatemeh Jomhouri; Masood Khoshsaligheh; Azadeh Eriss (ResearchGate) [2025]

  Although AD serves as a cornerstone of media accessibility and inclusivity, the rich diversity of AD styles in practice has attracted surprisingly limited scholarly attention, with even less directed toward non-Western contexts such as Iran. This study seeks to fill this gap by conducting an in-depth investigation into Persian-language AD, with a primary focus on identifying and categorizing its distinct styles' variations.

The rest of them were about automatic audio description using large language models which I decline to index here. They're pretty dull and mostly about mathematics and not craft and technique of AD.