Originally Aired on ACB Media

Presenters shared new practices in performing arts accessibility using audio description. The session examined strategies for evolving those practices and possibilities for access in live performing arts venues.

Panelists: Stasha Boyd, Founder/Executive Director, Audio Description Initiative Foundation, Inc., Orlando, FL; Magan Harms, Director, Audio Description and ADA Coordinator, MindsEye Radio, Belleville, IL; Sam Gould, Co-Founder, Think Outside the VOX, and President, Open Door Theatr

Originally Aired on ACB Media

Participants previewed BRAILLED IT, a film in which young braille readers and writers documented their experiences at the Braille Challenge in Los Angeles. The event brought together leading under-18 braille readers and writers from the English-speaking world. By giving participants cameras, the film enabled them to tell their own stories. Their sometimes-disorienting cinematography challenged sighted audiences to follow the action on the young filmmakers' terms, while audio description and binaural sound provided nonvisual cues. Personal and emotional footage conveyed the human drama of the experience and the power of literacy. A panel discussion followed the film.

Moderators: Dianna Leonard, ACB Audio Description Project Coordinator, Virginia Beach, VA; and Ricardo Salazar, President, ACB Students, Miami, FL

Post Film Panelists: David Grabias, film director, Los Angeles, CA; Lynn Wu (Student), Los Angeles County, CA

Originally Aired on ACB Media

The session examined the Audio Description Project website, which had been redesigned in 2025 around a modern content management system. Its database brought together information about movies, series, and television programs for visitors. Presenters explained how users could customize visits and make the best use of the website's features.

Panelists: Fred Brack, ADP Webmaster, Raleigh, NC; and Dianna Leonard, ACB ADP Coordinator, Virginia Beach, VA

Originally Aired on ACB Media

Industry experts and consumers discussed Next Generation broadcast television, which combined over-the-air broadcasting with internet technology. The session examined enhanced picture, sound, interactive capabilities, and accessibility, and explained what viewers needed to know to prepare.

Moderator: Carl Richardson, Co-Chair, ACB Audio Description Project, Brighton, MA

Panelists: Matt Kaplowitz, President, Bridge Multimedia, New York, NY; Renee Arrington-Johnson, ADP Steering Committee Member, Cleveland, OH; Louis Johnson IV, MBA, PMP, CPBE, Cleveland, OH; Timothy Wynn, ADP Media Subcommittee Member, Arlington, VA

Originally Aired on ACB Media

The session explored why a film or television program could lose access to an existing audio description track when distributed in another setting. Topics included the description file's journey through the broadcast pipeline, copyright issues, file-format conflicts, and other complications.

Moderator: Carl Richardson, Co-Chair, ACB Audio Description Project, Brighton, MA

Panelists: Mark Francisco, CTO, Infinite Access PBC, Millstone Township, NJ; Rhys Lloyd, Studio Head, Descriptive Video Works, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

20250709 1000 ADP Awards - ACB Focus Audio Description.mp3 Originally Broadcasted July 9, 2025, on ACB Media 1

20250708 1600 Audio Description and Gaming Accessibility Originally Broadcasted July 8, 2025, on ACB Media 2 Participants learned from gaming accessibility experts what the current state of access for gaming, including audio description, is for blind and low vision individuals. Presenters: Aaron Spelker, Co-Chair ADP Gaming Sub-Committee, Natick, MA, Cory Kadlik, Assistive Technology Manager, Perkins Library, Watertown, MA, and others

20250706 1030 Audio Description Peoples Choice Awards Final Voting Kick-Off Originally Broadcasted July 6, 2025, on ACB Media 3 The nominations have been counted and it's time to vote for the best audio description of the last year. Participants experienced clips of each nominated film and series, and then cast their vote during the convention or when you get home for the two you like most. Learn more about the awards at adawardsgala.org.