Check-In With Brian and Carl
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Hello, All: Brian and Carl give a quick update on the status of what is going on with them personally and why a new episode of Picture This has not been released in a while. Not to worry, we will be back soon! So please keep us in your podcast feed. All our best, The Picture This Team
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Meet Dr. Barry Cronin, Inventor of Audio Description for Television
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In this episode, Brian and Carl have the pleasure of talking with Dr. Barry Cronin, the person who invented audio description for television broadcast, and the person that the recent Barry Award given by the Audio Description Project was named for. Also you find out how the sport of bowling gave him the idea. So sit back and hear about how audio description came about in the early days.
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Museum of Fine Arts
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In this episode, Brian and Carl meet with Jessica Doonan, Manager of Accessibility for the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in Boston, to discuss how audio description works in a museum setting.
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Use Your Imagination With Description of Children’s Videobooks
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Join Brian and Carl as they delve into the world of audio description of children’s books. They speak to Richard Rieman, founder of Imagination Videobooks, a service that makes children’s books accessible to children of all backgrounds and abilities.
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Brian and Carl Go to the Movies
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In this episode, Brian and Carl talk about what it is like to go to the movies. First we talk about the obligations of the movie theaters under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as it pertains to the world of audio description. After that we offer some advocacy tips on how to ensure a successful and pleasant trip to the movies.
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Maria Diaz of the Dicapta Foundation, Part II of II - Clearinghouse!
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Do you get annoyed when a show that you previously watched with audio description switches platforms and then does not have audio description? On this second and final installment of our interview with Dr. Maria Diaz of the Dicapta Foundation, we talk about Dicapta’s dream project which is to create a clearinghouse and one-stop resource for audio description files to be housed so content creators can access the AD files. Dicapta’s dream project is Access4All, a clearinghouse of accessibility assets.
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Maria Diaz of the Dicapta Foundation, Part I of II
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In the first of a 2-part episode, Brian and Carl are excited to interview Dr. Maria Victoria Diaz of the Dicapta Foundation. Dicapta has been producing audio description in Spanish for the last 15 years mainly with funds from the US Department of Education Office of Special Education (OSEP). They have been pushing and advocating for Spanish audio description to be incorporated as part of the implementation of the CVVA. Hear about the many issues they face passing through the Spanish AD in the video stream
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Roy Samuelson and the Emmys
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Roy Samuelson, a veteran voice talent who has done narration for over 1,000 titles, joins us today to tell us about his advocacy beyond being a voice talent. We will discuss his work on increasing awareness of audio description with the Television Academy and the Emmys, his advocacy for quality audio description, and his belief that you cannot have quality audio description without the inclusion of blind and low vision talent, consumers, and professionals in the creation of audio description.
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Audio Description and Streaming Services Panel , Part II of II
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On this episode of Picture This, we feature the final installment of a panel discussion from the ACB Conference and Convention. Carl Richardson, Co-Chair of the Audio Description Project, speaks with representatives from the major streaming services. Featured guests include Melanie Goodman/Hulu, Martha Heller/CBS Viacom and Paramount+, Sarah Herrlinger/Apple, Mirka Pavlikova/Disney Studios, Allison Smith/Netflix, Andrew Larkin/HBO MAX, Thomas Wlodkowski/Peacock, and Daniel Kocmarek/Prime Video.
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Streaming Services and Audio Description, Part I
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On this episode of Picture This, we feature the first installment of a panel discussion from the ACB Conference and Convention. Carl Richardson, Co-Chair of the Audio Description Project, speaks with representatives from the major streaming services to discuss their products, services, programming, and offerings. Featured guests are from Hulu, CBS Viacom / Paramount+, Apple, Disney Studios, Netflix, HBO MAX, Peacock, and Prime Video.
info_outlineIn this episode, we interview Dr. Joel Snyder, Director of the Audio Description Project, and Susan Glass, Chair of the Benefits of Audio Description In Education (BADIE) Committee for the Audio Description Project. We learn what the BADIE Contest is and its important mission of trying to get blind and low vision children to learn the benefits of Audio Description early in life.