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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">My vote is for video description…unless we used the adjectives aural and visual in which case I would vote for aural description!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>steve.noble@louisville.edu<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 3, 2017 10:07 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] correct terminology -- audio description or video description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">My recollection of the history is that "audio description" was indeed the original terminology, but it was initially used only at live in-person events, like a play where the description
was broadcast over headphones provided to blind patrons attending the event. When the same concept was later applied to TV programming, the term for that usage was changed to "video description" to make a distinction. Thus, both terms have stuck with us over
the years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">--Steve Noble<br>
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502-969-3088<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> athen-list [athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu]
on behalf of Sheryl E. Burgstahler [sherylb@uw.edu]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 03, 2017 10:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] correct terminology -- audio description or video description</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Is “video description” completely accurate?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">First of all, what we are talking about is </span><b><span style="color:#11053B">audio</span></b><span style="color:black">; the purpose of the
<b>audio</b> is to </span><b><span style="color:#11053B">describe</span></b><span style="color:black"> content presented </span><b><span style="color:#11053B">visually
</span></b><span style="color:#11053B">in a <b>video</b> presentation.<b> </b>This description leads me to prefer “audio description."</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">(grin) However, I can argue pros and cons for each terminology!!! As you can tell I have given this topic
<b>way</b> to much attention…I know, get a life, Sheryl.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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On May 3, 2017, at 7:02 AM, Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT) <<a href="mailto:sarah.bourne@mass.gov" target="_blank">sarah.bourne@mass.gov</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Besides liking to align with the federal government terminology, I prefer "video description" because it refers to *what* is being described. "Audio description" refers to the format that description is being
provided in, which leaves hanging the question of what I should call a text version of that description when needed by, for instance, someone who is deaf/blind.<br>
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Sarah E. Bourne<br>
Director of IT Accessibility, MassIT <br>
Commonwealth of Massachusetts<br>
1 Ashburton Pl. rm 811 Boston MA 02108<br>
617-626-4502 <br>
<a href="mailto:sarah.bourne@mass.gov" target="_blank">sarah.bourne@mass.gov</a> <br>
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