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Descriptive audio for T.V.? please explain to me. (self.Blind)
submitted by RODAMI
I don't know any blind people or I would have asked them.
I just heard on NPR that the Olympics were being broadcast with descriptive audio. How does this work for people who were born blind? Is there a way to imagine something that you've never seen before?
Another question for people who became blind later in life. Do you ever forget what something looked like? For example, the color red, the face of a loved one, etc.
I just heard on NPR that the Olympics were being broadcast with descriptive audio. How does this work for people who were born blind? Is there a way to imagine something that you've never seen before?
Another question for people who became blind later in life. Do you ever forget what something looked like? For example, the color red, the face of a loved one, etc.
fastfinge 4 points 6y ago
Audio description isn't really painting mental pictures or anything. The describer can never speak over other people speaking during the show, so she doesn't have much time to give details. The point of audio description is just to describe actions that a blind listener might miss out on, because they aren't described as part of the show. $1 is a pretty typical example. She's speaking quickly, and even so, she doesn't have time to do anything more than just say what's happened. Audio description rarely, if ever, describes what characters look like, or details about the sets, unless they're directly important to understanding the plot.
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