[Nfbofsc] FW: [open] Audio Description to Allow the Blind To "See" the Total Eclipse

[Steve & Shannon Cook]

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 pm and 2:00 pm (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 pm and 1:45 pm (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://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:

http://acb.org/adp

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