[NAGDU] Fwd: audio description of the solar eclipse

[Danielle Ledet]

Just in case ya'll didn't get this info.

For Immediate Release

Contact: Joel Snyder, Director, Audio Description Project

(202) 467-5083








Audio Description to Allow the Blind To “See” the Total Eclipse



WASHINGTON, August 10, 2017 — The Audio Description Project, an
initiative of the American Council of the Blind (ACB), along with the
Mid-Tennessee Council of the Blind, the Tennessee School for the Blind
and the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, announces an opportunity for
blind people world-wide to experience the upcoming total eclipse of
the sun.



On Monday afternoon, August 21, at exactly 1:27 p.m. (CDT), the Sun
above Nashville, TN will disappear from view. The sky will go
completely dark. But through the use of succinct, imaginative and
vivid language – audio description –the event will be accessible to
the millions of people who are blind or have low vision, or anyone who
wishes to experience a verbal version of the visual.



Between 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. (CDT) on August 21, Dr. Joel Snyder
will host “A Total Eclipse — Audio Described!” on ACB Radio.  Snyder,
the director of ACB’s Audio Description Project, will present an hour
of songs (“Ain’t Got No Sunshine,” “Here Comes the Sun,” “Blinded by
the Light,” “When The Sun Goes Down,” etc.), interviews and special
guests — with the main event being described live from the Tennessee
School for the Blind between 1:15 p.m. and 1:45 p.m. (CDT). Trained
audio describer, Nashville-based Julia Cawthon, will describe the
eclipse as it happens and provide a vivid “translation” of the visual
event into words for the benefit of anyone who tunes in.



“Audio description uses the spoken word to provide access to visual
images that would otherwise not be accessible to people who are blind
or have low vision,” stated Kim Charlson, president of the American
Council of the Blind. “Audio describers help make so many aspects of
our culture accessible.  We’re delighted to sponsor this program on
August 21 and help people experience this important event.”



How to access the broadcast: Go to http://www.acbradio.org/interactive
and select “Click Here to Play.” Then be sure to select the link that
opens the player that you use to listen to music or stream internet
radio stations. You can also listen on any telephone by dialing (605)
475-8130 and select option 4. If you are using an iOS device such as
an iPad or iPhone, install “ACB Link”; open the app, select the radio
tab and then tap on the menu button. Select “live streams” and “ACB
Radio Interactive,” select the play button and the stream will launch.



Additional information about ACB’s Audio Description Project is available at:

www.acb.org/adp.



About the American Council of the Blind



The American Council of the Blind is a national membership
organization. Its members are blind, visually impaired, and fully
sighted individuals who are concerned about the dignity and well-being
of blind people throughout the nation.



Formed in 1961, the ACB is one of the largest organizations of blind
people in the world, with more than 70 state and special-interest
affiliates and a nationwide network of chapters and members spanning
the globe.



For more information about the American Council of the Blind, contact:
Eric Bridges, Executive Director, American Council of the Blind, 1703
N. Beauregard S., Suite 420, Alexandria, VA 22311; phone (202)
467-5081 or toll-free, 1-800-424-8666; or visit the web site,
www.acb.org.





Sharon Lovering, Editor

American Council of the Blind

1703 N. Beauregard St., Suite 420

Alexandria, VA 22311

slovering at acb.org

Learn more about us at www.acb.org

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