Audio Description Links - May 2024
This is a blog that mostly focuses on the art, craft and promotion of audio description.
The strange and organic living library that is the internet is under threat from walled social media gardens, indifferent or manipulative search engines, AI generated blog-spam, user tracking and relentless advertising. So increasingly we need the human curated internet to promote and signpost high value content.
Here's a round up of interesting podcasts and other links related to audio description in May 2024.
Podcasts
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HOME: Illusion for Blind and Low Vision Audiences (Radio LUMI)
Christine Malec and JJ Hunt discuss the wonder of on-stage illusions and how blind and low-vision audiences can come to experience them through audio description.
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The ADNA Presents: Stephanae McCoy
Stephanae McCoy of Bold Blind Beauty shares the behind the scenes of how she uses her platform to demystify blindness through storytelling.
Stephanae McCoy was previously intereviewed on Episode 193 of the ADNA Presents.
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John Stark aka Mac The Movie Guy (AT Banter).
AT Banter heads to the movies this week with John Stark (Mac The Movie Guy). They discuss John’s vision journey, what made him position himself as a visually impaired movie reviewer, and the importance of high quality audio description before diving into a spirited discussion of some favorite movies and what he’s looking forward to during the summer movie season.
John Stark has been previously featured on Episode 182 of The ADNA Presents and Episode 15 of The Dark Room.