Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for audio description. Search instead for maximizing subscriptions.

audio description

British  

noun

  1. a facility provided for visually impaired people in which a film, television programme, or play is described through audio technology

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

However, in the event, audio description did not happen.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2023

Most productions don’t have the opportunity to work with the audio description.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2023

But he is joined onstage by Dickie Hearts, who performs the same tales in American Sign Language, and Alejandra Ospina, who provides audio description.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2023

Movie goers who are blind or low vision can use audio description receivers at AMC and other theaters, which feed through headphones a description track of the movie created by the studio.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2023

Perhaps The Post can learn from audio description techniques.

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2022