Archive for category: Audio description

Correcting Jason Scott    (2008.04.27)

Jason Scott makes a few mistakes about captioning and audio description (and won’t let me leave a comment on his site)

‘Helvetica’ accessibility manifesto    (2007.08.14)

Reasons why Helvetica should have something other than cheap-ass captioning and description

Test the nation’s vision    (2007.03.25)

Test the Nation: Blind people can’t use it online or on TV

‘Reflections on Live Audio Description’    (2007.03.12)

An article submitted by Kelly Pierce on the topic of live audio description for theatre

CBC online video: Shall we do this properly?    (2006.12.04)

Some advice for CBC about captioning and description of downloadable video

Qualitative vs. quantitative    (2006.07.09)

Ideas for measuring accessibility

The freakonomics of audio description    (2006.07.02)

Like captioning, audio description is a field where numbers don’t tell you anything of much use

Problems facing audio description    (2006.06.16)

Just what it says. And some of them are bullshit problems

Fisking Eric Rothschild    (2006.03.28)

Correcting an interview with AudioVision Canada consultant Eric Rothschild on an AudioVision Canada–linked radio reading service