Event Details

Media accessibility has been growing in prominence over the past decade, and the growth of online platforms and changes in regulation around the world have led to a recent boom in audio description. However, many people are still unaware that audio description exists, as a service or as a possible career. This objective of this panel is to provide first-hand insight into the profession and interactive discussion about audio description with several experienced audio description writers.

Speakers

  • Simon Constable (SVP Language Services at Visual Data Media Services)

    Simon Constable

    SVP Language Services at Visual Data Media Services

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  • Sonali Rai (Broadcast and Audio Description Manager at Royal National Institute of the Blind)

    Sonali Rai

    Broadcast and Audio Description Manager at Royal National Institute of the Blind

  • Pauline Cavilla (Audio Describer at Red Bee Media)

    Pauline Cavilla

    Audio Describer at Red Bee Media

  • Brian Gebhart (Description Manager at Captionmax)

    Brian Gebhart

    Description Manager at Captionmax

  • Leslie Moni (Audio Description Manager at ONEXTRA INC.)

    Leslie Moni

    Audio Description Manager at ONEXTRA INC.

  • Shak Yousaf (Audio Description Manager at Iyuno  SDI  Group)

    Shak Yousaf

    Audio Description Manager at Iyuno SDI Group