{"id":6687,"date":"2022-11-15T14:17:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T21:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/webguide\/?p=6687"},"modified":"2026-01-09T13:07:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T20:07:38","slug":"webinar-audio-description-as-an-aesthetic-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/webguide\/2022\/11\/15\/webinar-audio-description-as-an-aesthetic-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar: audio description as an aesthetic innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The International Association of Accessibility Professionals recently hosted a Creating Accessible Content webinar series. One of the topics covered was audio description.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-overview\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This session explored how recent video projects have created access as a part of the whole following the tenets of inclusive design; members of the creative team took responsibility for accessibility as part of the production process eliminating the need to add a separate layer after the fact. The production then become accessible to a wider audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This notion allowed filmmakers to meet an obligation for inclusion while incorporating innovative techniques thus increasing the production&#8217;s aesthetic viability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During this webinar, participants learned how to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>know\/understand the Fundamentals of Audio Description (Joel Snyder, PhD)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>know\/understand the principles of Universal Design<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>know\/understand how audio description can be incorporated within media as integral and aesthetic innovation, a &#8220;&#8221;part of the whole&#8221;&#8221; as opposed to an accessibility add-on<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-speaker\">Speaker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Joel Snyder, President-Founder\/Senior Consultant, Audio Description Associates, LLC-Audio Description Project of the American Council of the Blind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-play-audio-description-as-an-aesthetic-innovation\">Play audio description as an aesthetic innovation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Video has closed captions and sign language interpretation. 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