![]() Asking a friend or a partner to do this for me means that person is unlikely to be able to relax during the show. AD is a skill and a profession, and it can be exhausting to do for an entire night. The reality of this means that, even though I’m a performer, I don’t actually go out much.įor those of you who in your kindest of hearts want to jump up and say “I’ll come along and I’ll describe it to you!” thank you but it’s not that easy. I say this not to make ya’ll feel guilty or sad for all us poor li’l blindies, I’m saying it so you know where we are coming from.įor myself, I will often avoid events that do not include AD because I know they will be hard work for me and that I will not feel safe or included. As a blind person I am very unlikely to ever have that privilege. Think about it: being able to look at something (and process it in a neurotypicial way) usually gives a person the ability to get a large amount of information quickly and (often) not consciously. Not including AD is, at best, unintentionally exclusionary, and at worst it is cultural gate keeping. Quite simply, AD is one of the primary ways blind and VI people can interact with visual content. What is even better is having a choice about how description is delivered.Īudio description has been around for decades but is still woefully under-used and not commonly understood to be a creative tool. At this point, what we want is for blind and VI people to be given the chance to engage with audio description in any format. Both can work just fine, and of course, every blind person will have their own preference. It is important to note that we here at Quiplash are not saying that one of these styles is better than the other. For example, some might have the AD in first person with the characters on stage speaking directly about themselves whereas others might have the describer speaking in third person, but as a character in the show with a specific perspective. The tone of voice and point of view varies widely with this style as it’s made bespoke for that show or art piece. Most of the time, this type of AD is treated as a creative tool as well as an access tool, and is built into an art piece or performance at the beginning of the creation process. If you are a sighted person and/or new to AD, you may have been to shows that use integrated AD and not even noticed! This usually means that anyone who can hear the AD will be able to. It is often considered as important as, or part of, the art itself. Integrated AD is when creators put AD into a piece. ![]() Systems of privilege permeate access tools, too. * ‘Neutral’ in this case tends to mean it’s made and delivered by white, middle class, cisgender people. ![]() Netflix’s AD is pretty good if you are curious about what it sounds like. On TV, if a programme is described, there is usually a function that needs to be switched on. This means that only people who request this type of access will get it and other people may not even be aware it is happening. In live performance, at the cinema or in a museum, AD is usually delivered to blind and VI people through headsets – although occasionally a describer will whisper directly to a blind or VI person. the audio description is considered secondary to the art). It is created independently of the original artist/s to fit in gaps in the original sound track (i.e. Most often, AD is quite functional, delivered “neutrally*” in third person. It is an access tool made specifically for blind and visually impaired people. It is an auditory description of something visual used in many different spaces including sports, live performance, visual art, museums, television and film. What is audio description?ĪD is exactly what it says on the tin. It is not OK for sighted people to call a person or a group of people ‘blindy’ without their consent.) (A quick note on language: in this article I use the words ‘blind’, ‘visually impaired’ and ‘blindy’ interchangeably. □ As many of you might have noticed on our social medias, Quiplash has our first queer audio description (AD) workshop coming up, run by yours truly! I realise that there are many of you out there who have not encountered AD, so I thought it would be helpful to give a breakdown of what it is, why it is important and what y’all can do to learn this skill for yourselves. NBA 2K23: Custom Season, vs.Hi everyone! It’s Amelia (they/them) here, your (mostly) sightless spectator, shit-stirrer and seminar-giver.Also, Chris makes an executive decision, and Dave finds himself in the same ballpark. The gang brings back a relic of an old segment, Hall of Fame, and decides whether three new candidates are worthy of entry into the hallowed halls.
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