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Just dropped my first-ever musical review on the blog.
Not about Linux. Not about hardware. Not about accessibility APIs exploding at runtime.
It’s about The Book of Mormon —
audio-described, uncensored, unapologetic, and fucking brilliant.
I’ve been to great described shows before.
But this one?
One man with a mic (his name is Christifer) made sure I got everything:
the filth, the fury, the frog sex mime, the jazz hands, the glitter, and the tears.
He didn’t censor.
He didn’t flinch.
And because of that, I didn’t miss a goddamn thing.
This isn’t a “theatre review.”
This is a battle cry for access that doesn’t sanitize joy.
It’s loud. It’s profane. It’s emotional as hell.
And yeah, it’s on my blog — because fuck staying in one lane.
Read the full thing: fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/the…
#Theatre #Accessibility #AudioDescription #Blind #Musicals #BookOfMormon #FuckSanitizedAccess #ChristiferIsAGoddamnHero

The Book of Mormon (Audio Described, Glasgow King’s Theatre, May 31, 2025) — fireborn

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🚨 New Video Alert! 🚨

I had an absolute blast filming my first-ever video with Pianote! 🎉 They threw a challenge my way—I had to learn a song on the spot and create my own arrangement. No spoilers, but let’s just say it was a ride! 🎹🔥

For all my blind and visually impaired friends, we made sure to include audio description of any text that appears on screen, so everyone can fully experience the video. Big thanks to the Pianote team for making this happen!

Check it out here: youtu.be/ZeM3fnF8mN8?si=nUbJWo…

More to come—this is just the beginning! Drop a comment, let me know what you think, and share it with your fellow music lovers! 🎶

#Pianote #FirstTimeOnPianote #MusicChallenge #BlindMusician #AccessibilityMatters #PianoMagic #AudioDescription #Improvisation #MusicForEveryone #MatthewWhitaker #Jazz #MusicIsLife


Matthew Whitaker Hears Sleep Token For The First Time

Watch as Matthew Whitaker—a virtuosic pianist—experiences "Rain" by Sleep Token for the first time. Known for their genre-defying music, Sleep Token’s atmosp...
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#jazz #AudioDescription #AccessibilityMatters #blindmusician #musicforeveryone #pianote #firsttimeonpianote #musicchallenge #pianomagic #improvisation #matthewwhitaker #musicislife

Zvukový popis na #ČT má různé formy. Na jedné straně je pořad Branky, Body, Vteřiny, jehož celý popis je odbyt přečtením názvu pořadu během znělky.

Opačným extrémem je něco, co by se dalo parafrázovat jako: „Stěrače stírají, ostřikovače stříkají, klakson troubí!“

Chudáci všichni vidící diváci, co se nikdy nedozví, jak se tahle písnička jmenuje a kdo ji zpívá.

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Streamah! You know I am a streamah!
Been a minute, but let's pick it back up today. We're looking at Spider Man 2, a #game on the #ps5 which received some #accessibility updates, including #audioDescription, recently. This Stumble Saturday, we be swinging into spider webs and, no doubt, fall off them with equal fervor. See you there in an hour over at twitch.tv/zersiax #gamerWithoutSight #twitch #streamer #goingLive

Zersiax - Twitch

Fully blind coder, hacker, gamer and overall oddball. I pioneer accessibility efforts in various spaces. Come watch me do so! :)
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#Accessibility #Twitch #game #AudioDescription #streamer #ps5 #gamerwithoutsight #goinglive

I missed almost the entire Superbowl, (for very good reason), but I do have a favorite commercial: an ad from Google highlighting an #Accessibility feature on the Pixel 8, featuring #Blind talent both in front of and behind the camera, and open #AudioDescription More media like this please! youtu.be/o4a92FmcWMM?si=YCsEsN…

Javier in Frame | Google Pixel SB Commercial 2024 (Audio Description)

Guided Frame on Pixel 8 uses Google AI to make it easier for people with blindness or low vision to capture photos and share daily life. Blind director Adam ...
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#AudioDescription #superbowl57

The ADNA Presents is an essential #podcast if you're interested #AudioDescription.

In Episode 129, Roy Samuelson chats with Hannah Waymouth, and it's a *great* episode. Hannah discusses her gradual acclimatisation to AD; the amount and type of description; being ahead of the story; and wishing for what she terms "Audio Description Previews" (such as audio introductions).

Definitely worth a listen. Some great insights.

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The ADNA Presents: 209 - The ADNA Presents: Hannah Waymouth

This Audio Description Network Alliance series interviews your favorite audio description professionals for movies, series, and more.
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#Accessibility #fun #AudioDescription #Disney #storytelling #frozen

#AudioDescription #WWDC

Descriptive Video Works (descriptivevideoworks.com/) is seeking experienced freelance #AudioDescription #Writers and/or #QCers in the following languages:
#BahasaIndonesian
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#Czech
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#Hungarian
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#Tagalog
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Happy applying, and please do share with your networks!

Audio Description Script Writer - Tagalog - Keywords Studios

Descriptive Video Works (owned by Keywords Studios www.keywordsstudios.com) is recognized in the audiovisual industry as a leading provider of Audio Description (AD) in North America: https://descriptivevideoworks.com/.
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One of my favourite podcasts, Talk Description to Me, has returned from their hiatus for a Christmas special | ‘This year, to celebrate the season, we'd like to make this small Christmas offering: a reading of How The Grinch Stole Christmas by the one-and-only Dr. Seuss. But Christine is Christine, JJ is JJ, and this is Talk Description to Me, so in our reading of the classic Christmas tale, a few descriptions of the picture book illustrations have been woven into the text in playful Seussian rhyme!’
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#podcast #audiodescription #Christmas #storytime


Episode 120 - The Grinch! - Talk Description to Me

Christmas is a wonderful time to get in touch with old friends, to catch up over a warm mug of hot chocolate, to say "How have you been? I've really missed you!" Well, we've really missed you! This year, to celebrate the season, we'd like to make ...
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#podcast #AudioDescription #christmas #storytime

As the app that is the star of today's window has updated on my phone today, let me introduce you to Greta, the German app for audiodescription, closed captions and other forms of accessibility in movies.
It works by first downloading an encrypted, I believe, copy of the movie's audio and then when we want to watch it described or subtitled, we just start the app, let it listen to the sound around us and it will tune in at the right spot in time with the accessibility accommodations we need. Should you forget your headphones to hear the audiodescription in, you can still listen to it over the earpiece. The system is not context-aware so it can tune into the movie at a cinema or at home when watching on the Internet or on TV which gives universal access to all the accommodations. The only wish I would have is more independent cinema productions and the ability to combine multiple adjustments so that I could watch that movie with a lot of Austrian dialect in it with both audiodescription and subtitles.
Today's update brings sound amplification. If I understand correctly, you can also have the actual audio track of the movie played through your phone in sync with the original.
I believe the concept was replicated in other countries already so you might know it under another name.
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#Accessibility #Blind #AdventCalendar #Germany #Culture #Movies #Audiodescription #Cinema #TV #Subtitling

Kino einfach gemeinsam erleben mit GRETA und STARKS

Barrierefreies Kino für Alle! Audiodeskriptionen und Untertitel überall und einfach auf dem eigenen Smartphone mit den Apps GRETA und STARKS.
GRETA und STARKS | Audiodeskription und Untertitel
#Accessibility #blind #Germany #culture #movies #cinema #tv #AudioDescription #adventcalendar #subtitling

#a11y #AudioDescription

#AudioDescription delivered by a synth is equivalent to casting a robot in place of a human actor because it's less expensive & more films can be produced. That's not how art works, and it shouldn't be how #accessibility operates in the arts. We hope you join us for this important conversation on Friday, December 9 at 7 PM ET w/ @TSReid, @WhoAmIToStopIt, and me as your hosts. This will be a #LinkedInAudio event which will be recorded. linkedin.com/events/tts-elevat…

TTS: Elevating Art Over compliance | LinkedIn

TTS (text to speech) Audio Description has mixed reception from AD users, though the majority think it’s awful.
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#Accessibility #AudioDescription #linkedinaudio

Is it possible to have audiodescription on TV if the broadcasting mode is analogue and the ability to employ several language audio tracks does not exist yet? Italy has had the solution, at least a decade ago still, where audiodescription for the movies aired by RAI, the Italian national broadcaster, would have the descriptive track delivered on a designated FM radio frequency. A blind person wishing to watch such a movie would turn on their TV to the right channel and then tune a radio receiver to the right frequency to enjoy both the original movie track and the audiodescription in sync. As it turns out from the paper below, keeping both in sync is difficult.
By the device of anecdotal evidence I know that a similar system existed in Slovenia.
Another thing that was available in Italy, and I haven't heard of it anywhere else before, are accessible audio menus on DVD's.
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#Accessibility #Blind #Audiodescription #Italy #Slovenia #Radio #AdventCalendar
#Accessibility #blind #radio #AudioDescription #Italy #adventcalendar #slovenia

@celrock people need to write letters to Hallmark, pushing them to provide what people are asking for. As they are not one of the major networks, Hallmark is not technically required to provide any description, but if they’re going to do it, the human voice is the way to go. If you want to shoot them a note, I’ve created a basic letter template about TTS #AudioDescription. Everyone’s welcome to use it. docs.google.com/document/d/1-d…

Audio Description Communication Templates

Text-to-Speech (TTS) Letter My name is (insert your name here), and AS a customer of (insert network/streamer here) I'm writing to share some feedback about the audio description (AD) included on some of your content.
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#Accessibility #linkedin #AudioDescription

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#AudioDescription delivered by a synth is equivalent to casting a robot in place of a human actor because it's less expensive & more films can be produced. That's not how art works, and it shouldn't be how #accessibility operates in the arts. Join this #LinkedIn Audio discussion.
#Accessibility #linkedin #AudioDescription

#AudioDescription

TTS (text to speech) #AudioDescription is growing in popularity. It’s cheap and helps companies reach baseline legal compliance. If AD is to be a respected art form, the AD community must come together to influence companies to stop cutting costs by cutting corners on quality. Let’s discuss how to support a flourishing Audio Description field where art is elevated over compliance.
This is a recorded LinkedIn Audio Event. We hope you join us and share with your networks.
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TTS: Elevating Art Over compliance | LinkedIn

TTS (text to speech) Audio Description has mixed reception from AD users, though the majority think it’s awful.
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#AudioDescription

This morning, a kind comment about my narration reminded me of the beautifully relaxing vibe of this video. Check out the work the Social #AudioDescription Collective did as part of the #accessible Parks #Canada project. youtube.com/watch?v=kdkTVb00W_…

Hiking 75km on the Tonquin Valley Trail in Alberta Canada with Audio Description

A 16 minute film by Sebastian BennettDescribed for presentation at the 2022 Abilities Expo in Toronto, CanadaWriter: Oliver Baker.Script editors: Nefertiti M...
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#accessible #canada #AudioDescription

#nyc #AudioDescription #brooklyn

#nyc #AudioDescription

Consider hiring The Social #AudioDescription Collective for your next in-person or digital event. SADC believes in diversity and the human voice. Their AD reflects the multi-cultural and multi-racial world we live in. Many SADC team members are POC, Disabled, visually impaired, women, and or LGBT+. Their credits include movie trailers, music videos, documentary films, + a variety of other content. Learn more and make contact at adcomrade.wordpress.com/ #blind #accessibility

Social Audio Description

Diverse audio description reflecting society
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#AudioDescription #employment opportunity: Project Manager - Descriptive Video Works. This is a full-time contract role through June 2023. Complete job description and instructions to apply can be found at apply.workable.com/keywords-in…

Project Manager - Audio Description - Keywords Studios

Liase with clients concerning receiving, scheduling, approving, updating, and supporting DVW projects. Schedule and/or coordinate scheduling DVW projects and staff including writers, narrators, and mixers. This includes receiving and ...
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#AudioDescription #employment

I've launched a #Mastodon instance focused on #AudioDescription. This is a space where professionals and fans can come together to learn, advocate, and work together towards the goal of quality AD in all environs. The server is bare-bones right now, so your patience is requested as we build things out. You can also make an impact by boosting this news across your networks. To join, head over to adforward.org/auth/sign_up
#blind #a11y #LowVision

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