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summary
Claims that audio description supply is abysmal and quantifies it: Apple+ has 35 titles and adds about 3 titles per month, while the industry contains 5,000,000 TV episodes 500,000 movies 5,000 AD titles per the Audio Description Project and IMDb. Explains delivery approaches — receiver-mixed vs broadcast-mixed — cites tools and resources (Wistia player demo, Unified Streaming guide, 3Play Media list), contrasts computer‑generated versus human narrators, and shows a working Wistia description track.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Start
- 1:01How can our industry be more inclusive?
- 1:28What about those that have a visual disability?
- 1:46Walkthrough an Example
- 3:10Conceptualized in 1960 and "Invented" in 1981
- 6:28Shout about sleeping people!
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