AD
Audio-description, or how can we verbalize the visual world for the blind and visually impaired community?Have you ever thought about how do blind people watch movies, theater plays or football games? Whether they go to a museum? Can a blind person enjoy the panorama of a UNESCO site? If the answer is yes, how on Earth can they get the same experience as
others with vision do…?
Let’s find out in a 120 minutes long, interactive and playful entry free workshop and experiment together with AD!What is AD?
AD (short for audio-description) is a service - and I truly believe that is also an art form - that is used to describe key elements of anything that contains visuality in situations, where without the perceived information you’d lose the track of understanding or purely just the joy of that specific thing.
AD is the transformation of anything we can see into words. Which sounds in a way easy.But is it really…?
In technical terms AD (or visual description) is a form of narration used to provide information surrounding key visual elements most often in a media work (such as a film or television program, or theatrical performance) for the benefit of blind and visually impaired consumers.
If you prefer a short teaser, here you can find an audio-described bit.Who’s this workshop for?
Everyone who’s interested in
● visuality in any way
● juggling with words
● equality and human rights
● accessibility issues
● finding a great new profession for him/herself
● finding a new way to help others
● thinking out of the box
● having a playful, active time
About the Facilitator
My name is Ágnes Margit Pethes, I’m a professional audio-describer for 9 years, founder of ADD On, a foundation providing accessibility focusing mainly on the blind and visually impaired community.
I’m working mostly with films, tv series and theater performances. I provide AD in Hungarian, my mother tongue, but I’d be happy to share a bit of knowledge about the fascinating and important world of this segment of accessibility.
Basic information
Location: Casa da Horta
Date: 6th April
Time: 17-19h
Entry free
Language: Eng[On the attached photo a blonde, young woman, Ágnes sits in a small audio booth behind an ASUS laptop, looking at its display. Ágnes wears headphones and holds a tiny microphone in her hand, in front of her slightly open mouth. On the window of the booth blurry images are mirrored from the next room: a man’s silhouette, some colorful drawings on a wall, back of auditorium chairs.]
