A Thousand Words: Audio description for all!

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Dallas Taylor

Music, Design, Arts, Music Commentary

4.8 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Audio description allows you to enjoy a movie or TV show without the need for any visuals. But how do these narrators strike the right tone for a scene? How do the writers decide what needs to be described? And what’s in store for the future of described audio? In honor of Blindness Awareness Month, this is a brand new story about the world of Audio Description. Featuring AD Narrator Roy Samuleson and AD experts Thomas Reid and Melody Goodspeed. Follow Dallas on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn. Watch our video shorts on YouTube, and join the discussion on Reddit and Facebook. Sign up for Twenty Thousand Hertz+ to support the show & get our entire catalog ad-free. If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at mystery.20k.org. Subscribe to Thomas’ podcast Reid My Mind Radio, and Roy’s podcast, The ADNA Presents. Subscribe to Björk's Sonic Symbolism show wherever you get your podcasts. To start hiring now, visit indeed.com/hertz. Find the right doctor, right now with at zocdoc.com/20k. Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/athousandwords Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	One of the best choices I ever made for my health was prioritizing regular checkups,
0:05.7	because when it comes to health, knowledge is power.
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0:20.0	That's Z-O-C-D-O-C.com slash H-E-R-T-Z.
0:24.3	Zocdoc.com slash Hertz.
0:30.0	You're listening to 20,000 Hertz.
0:35.8	This is a clip from Fast and Furious Nine.
0:38.3	As you can tell, it's pretty intense.
0:43.3	It has a lot of cool sound design.
0:46.3	And it looks pretty awesome too.
0:53.3	Oh, right, it's probably hard to tell what's going on without the video.
0:59.9	So let's rewind and try this again.
1:02.2	But first, let's pull up the settings and turn on the audio description.
1:08.1	Mines explode behind the various vehicles.
1:10.8	One blast takes out a military truck and another hits the front of Roman's vehicle.
1:14.6	A tire bursts.
1:16.6	Dom wears a tense look and let he narrowly avoids a mine.
1:20.6	Tej accelerates as a mine jostles the back end.
1:24.6	In his car, Dom looks in the rearview mirror.
1:30.2	A military truck explodes behind him.
1:33.8	In slow motion, it flips through the air.
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