Audio Description, also referred to as video description, descriptive video, descriptive video service, or simply DVS, is a service that narrates visual content to increase accessibility for the blind and visually impaired. It can also be helpful for people with learning and cognitive disabilities.

Narrates visual elements for blind or low-vision users. However, it sometimes flattens culturally significant visuals, begging the question: how might we create audio descriptions that reflect intersectional cultural contexts and social realities?

“Audio Description is a service that narrates visual content to increase accessibility for the blind and visually impaired. It can also be helpful for people with learning and cognitive disabilities. For performances, this can take the form of live narration through a headset. Audio describers provide real-time narration which connects to a headset for the audio describer user. For visual media, audio description can be incorporated as its own discrete soundtrack. The audio description symbol is the letters “AD” followed by three parentheses. Ideally, institutions should make professional audio description available at their events. An alternative, cost-effective option is to have an organization’s staff trained in audio description, as there are many AD training programs available nationally.” — Carolyn Lazard (https://www.notion.so/Carolyn-Lazard-11d88d95c7378096b230e9910633375b?pvs=21), “https://promiseandpractice.art/” 2019