![]() If there was any text on the screen, I couldn’t read that. Lauren I would get the color and kind of the movement, but I couldn’t recognize the people, I couldn’t necessarily recognize the scenes or what was happening. Lauren Berglund is the consumer relations coordinator at the Guide Dog Foundation.ĭavid So before audio description came along, what would you be able to get out of a movie? Lauren I’ve had vision loss my whole life, so I don’t know what normal vision is or what I’m missing. They’ve been right under your nose for years. Just as closed captions were invented for people who can’t hear well, audio descriptions were developed for people who can’t see well. That was my entirely accidental first encounter with audio descriptions for the blind. An attendant wheels a tray holding gleaming instruments and a stack of white cloths. NARR: In a sterile operating room, the surgical team wears white lab coats, caps, and masks. And the tone was kind of, like, clinical whoever was talking seemed really neutral about the drama on the screen. And saying some things before they’d happened. It sounded like there was some offscreen interloper, saying out loud everything that was happening in the show. There was something clearly wrong with the audio. NARR: In a re-creation, white sheets cover the tiny baby on a gurney. MORGAN: Eileen Saxon was wheeled into the operating room. One fine night, I flopped on the couch, turned on the TV-and the weirdest thing happened. In the mid-90s, I lived on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. OK, here we go: Season 1, Episode 8: Subtitles for the Blind. I’m David Pogue, and this is “Unsung Science.” Story ![]() Today, you’ll meet the people who create those tracks: describing fast action, by multiple characters, without ever intruding on the dialogue. Narr: The great white’s massive head pops up above the surface as Brody chucks another scoop of chum into the water.Īudio description is a mysterious alternate audio track that’s been sitting right under your nose for decades. ![]() You’re probably familiar with closed captions-subtitles-on TV shows and movies-an essential feature if you have trouble hearing. Bryan Gould, director of the National Center for Accessible Media at WGBH. Rhys Lloyd, studio head, Descriptive Video Works. Bill Patterson, founder, Audio Description Solutions. ![]() Guests: Lauren Berglund, consumer relations coordinator at the Guide Dog Foundation. But who creates them, and how, and when? And how do they describe the action during fast dialogue, fast action, sex scenes, and screens full of scrolling credits? A deep dive into a bizarre art form most people didn’t know exists. But there’s a corresponding feature for people with low vision: audio description tracks, where an unseen narrator tells you, in real time, what’s happening on the screen. You already knew that you can turn on subtitles for your TV show or movie-handy if you’re hearing impaired, or just want to understand the dialogue better. ![]()
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