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Re: resources on and examples of audio description

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From: E.J. Zufelt
Date: May 20, 2010 7:45AM

Good morning,

Take a look at http://capscribe.ca/ Charles Silverman is involved with this organization and is probably one of the best to contact for information on audio description, including automated audio description as mentioned by Carin.

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Everett Zufelt
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On 2010-05-20, at 8:38 AM, Carin Headrick wrote:

> I don't know how much help this could be, but there was a guy from I think
> the University of Toronto who was developing an audio description method
> where you could write the description, and then an electronic voice read it.
> I don't understand the technical details of it, but if you could find him,
> I'm sure he does. His name is Charles Silverman.
>
> Carin
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jennison Mark Asuncion" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 8:26 AM
> Subject: [WebAIM] resources on and examples of audio description
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I'd appreciate folks assistance on the following items relative to WCAG
> 2.0 checkpoint 1.2.5 (level AA) in where audio descriptions must be
> provided for video content in situations where the audio track doesn't
> convey this.
>
> 1. resources on the process of developing/producing audio descriptions
> 2. examples of sites that have implemented audio description
> I would also value any first-hand experience from folks who have
> implemented audio description.
>
> Jennison
>
>
>