The Audio Description Project: An Initiative of the American Council of the Blind

The mission of the American Council of the Blind's (ACB) Audio Description Project (ADP) is to promote and advocate for the use of high-quality Audio Description in television, movies, performing arts, museums, educational materials and other venues where the presentation of visual media is critical to the understanding and appreciation of the content.  Our goals are to sponsor a broad range of activities designed to build awareness of audio description among the general public as well as its principal users, people who are blind or have low vision.  This website is one initiative of the ADP.  Read our full mission and projects.

Prior to April, 2009, the website was an independent effort initially sponsored by Audio Description International, which last met at a conference in Washington DC in March 2002.  After the organization disbanded a year or two later, then-president, the late Barry Levine, continued to pay for hosting the website, and Fred Brack volunteered his time as webmaster, accepting updates from all interested parties.  We owe a great debt to Barry for all his work in supporting this website and the ADP's mission, and this website is dedicated to his memory.

In May 2010, the Audio Description International name was retired, and the site was moved to the ACB server in its own subdirectory.  While the emphasis on content is USA-based, all contributions by AD organizations worldwide will continue to be incorporated here as appropriate. 

The content of this website is managed by Joel Snyder, PhD (Director of ACB's Audio Description Project and President of Audio Description Associates), and Fred Brack (webmaster, audio describer, and former board member of Arts Access Inc and the Triangle Radio Reading Service).  Sebastian Andrade-Miles is the author of our daily described television schedule.  To ask a question or recommend updates to this website, you can reach Fred via the Webmaster link at the bottom of each page.