Describer Training

There are very limited opportunities to get trained as an audio describer.  Training is often held in conjunction with conferences.  Here we list the few opportunities that we know about, and we solicit information from anyone who is offering training opportunities for audio describers anywhere in the world!

Audio Description:  The Visual Made Verbal, September 6 to November 11, 2011, at Montgomery College's Takoma Park / Silver Spring Campus.  This is a 45-hour noncredit certificate course taught by Joel Snyder, President of Audio Description Associates and Director of the ACB's Audio Description Project.  Course Code FLM027, CRN # 25841.  To Register, go to www.montgomerycollege.edu/wdce/ce/filmmusic.html and click on "Film & Theater Classes" at the end of the first paragraph.  Reduced rate for seniors.  [We are leaving this entry here because this class occasionally repeats -- you may wish to look it up anyway.]

Iif you can't get to an in-person training class, try the free Online Course at Fractured Atlas.

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Educational Description (NEW Jan 12, '11)

Here we list pointers to information about audio description in education, both for training and for acquisition of the end product.  DCMP refers to the Described and Captioned Media Program.

• Recent Described Educational Videos from DCMP - a listing which can also be subscribed to as an RSS feed
• DCMP Media Library - over 4,000 free-loan described and captioned media titles available to registered Level 2 members
• PBS Programs With Audio Description - a listing of videos available via WGBH Media Access
• Description Vocabulary Project - a partnership between the DCMP and the ACB to develop lists of grade-appropriate vocabulary words to be used in description
• Listening Is Learning - a DCMP project devoted to raising awareness about the learning benefits of listening to description of video-based educational media

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In the future, we would also like to list information about audio description in academia on this page.  If you have any contributions for this project, please send them to the webmaster.