Netflix is in the midst of an effort to beef up the audio-description feature. That has meant new narrations to include more specifics about the actors’ appearances, more details about period ...

Theatergoers who cannot see the stage clearly, or at all, have growing options for experiencing plays and musicals, thanks to the Central Florida Audio Description Initiative (CFADI) for the visually ...

This year, Global Accessibility Awareness Day falls on May 19. And Netflix is using the occasion to announce major plans to expand the global translations of its audio descriptions and subtitles for ...

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In the weeks since Netflix released the Shawn Levy-directed historical drama All the Light We Cannot See, the limited series has received mixed reviews. Mashable's Belen Edwards said the show's ...

"Emily scurries across the street wearing a short green coat." That's the vague audio description given to blind and low-vision viewers for one of Lily Collins's first outfits in the season two opener ...

Big movies heading straight to streaming could be a boon for accessibility, but not until audio description is as ubiquitous as captions. Joan E. Solsman was CNET's senior media reporter, covering the ...

“Hundreds of animals gather at the bottom of Pride Rock: a tall, flat ledge that towers over the rest of the savanna,” an actor narrates. “Zazoo, a small blue bird with a large beak, flaps to the ...

Voice actors have the power to transport audiences to other worlds. A particularly meaningful type of voice acting—audio description or description narration—is vital to making television, movies, ...

In the back of the Boston Citizens Opera House, Laura Pailler prepares for a matinee of “Funny Girl,” the revival musical about an aspiring comedian and Broadway star. Pailler is here to provide audio ...