The ‘World Blind Union Toolkit on providing, delivering and campaigning for audio description on television and film’ was developed with input from WBU members in many countries. It explains what audio description is, describes the technical methods used to deliver it on various media, and provides sample of audio description and real-life case studies of people who use it.
There is also an overview of audio description developments in the UK, Australia, the USA, Germany and India (the section on Australia was written by Media Access Australia CEO Alex Varley).
Audio description is currently available on television in only a few countries, and the Toolkit gives practical advice on how to campaign for it. In Australia, the final report of the Federal Government’s Media Access Review recommended a trial of audio description on ABC1 during the second half of 2011, subject to financial approval.
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