Audio description and Australian Television

Did you know Audio Description is available on ABC iview? AD ...

Did you know Audio Description is available on ABC iview? AD describes important visual elements of a TV show, and it's especially ...

Audio Description launched on free-to-air TV - Vision 2020 Australia

Following an extensive advocacy campaign by the blindness and low vision sector, Audio Description (AD) will be launched on public ...

UN recommends Australia legislate on audio descriptions - TV Tonight

Australia does have Audio Description, the ABC is broadcasting about 8 hours a day. . And it does have captioning requirements administered by ...

ABC Expands Audio Description Service to ABC Iview

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has announced the expansion of audio description to ABC Iview, its streaming/catch up service.

ABC and SBS launch audio description service for blind or visually ...

“The introduction of audio description is a landmark step and life-changing milestone in making TV more accessible for people Australians are ...

Audio Descriptions to Hit TVs! - IDEAS Disability Information

More reasons to tune in to the TV with both SBS and the ABC rolling out audio description services. Advocates have fought long and hard to ...

Audio description - Wikipedia

In film and television, description is typically delivered via a secondary audio track. In North America, Second audio program (SAP) is typically used to ...

Australia Takes Landmark Step Towards TV for All - FPDN

“TV is a low-cost, low-energy activity for me as sometimes I can't see or walk around. Audio Description opens up accessibility to people with ...

Audio description available on public broadcasters ABC and SBS

After 25 years of campaigning, we're so excited that Australian TV is taking a massive step towards accessibility for all!

Get the Facts: Audio Description | Arts Access Victoria

Audio description unlocks opportunities for people who are blind or have low vision to participate equally in arts and entertainment experiences.

Audio Description Discussion | I just came across one of my all-time ...

2012 - first AD on Australian TV, for a 13-week trial. Then nothing till 2015 when it was back for 15 months on one catch-up TV service.

Telling it like it is: audio description in Australia - Policy Forum

Audio description (AD) is a track of narration describing important visual elements of a film, television show or live performance delivered ...

ABC News: ABC launches audio description service for blind or ...

Repeat episodes of Four Corners, Australian Story and Foreign Correspondent are also audio described and broadcast on ABC Main Channel as well ...

Actor with low vision explains Audio Description | ABC TV + iview

Audio Descriptions on ABC TV + iview are making your favourite shows more accessible, for everyone to enjoy. | ABC iview, television ...

Audio description to launch on ABC and SBS - IF Magazine

Prior to this, Australia was the only English-speaking OECD country to not provide AD on free-to-air television, with the Australian blindness ...

ABC iview launches audio description | TV Tonight

The road to AD for Australian TV has been a long one with the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2022 recommending ...

What Shows Are Audio Described on TV (Video Description)?

PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) was the first provider of audio description on television, and even today they broadcast more hours of audio described ...

Blind Queensland woman takes on Netflix over audio descriptions

Although most free-to-air TV is not audio described in Australia, some programs on the ABC and SBS include audio descriptions, Edwards said.

Australian TV takes landmark step towards accessibility for all

Guide Dogs is thrilled to announce the launch of Audio Description (AD) technology across Australia's public broadcast television networks, the ...

Image and Audio Description Resources - Burton Blatt Institute

(2018). The preferred user: How audio description could change understandings of Australian television audiences and media technology. Cultural ...