<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Is “video description” completely accurate? <div><br></div><div>First of all, what we are talking about is <b style="color: rgb(17, 5, 59);">audio</b>; the purpose of the <b>audio</b> is to <font color="#11053b"><b>describe</b></font> content presented <font color="#11053b"><b>visually </b>in a <b>video</b> presentation.<b> </b>This description leads me to prefer “audio description."</font></div><div><br></div><div>(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.</div><div><br><div>Sheryl</div><div><br>On May 3, 2017, at 7:02 AM, Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT) <<a href="mailto:sarah.bourne@mass.gov">sarah.bourne@mass.gov</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">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><br>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">sarah.bourne@mass.gov</a> <br><a href="http://www.mass.gov/MassIT">http://www.mass.gov/MassIT</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>athen-list mailing list<br>athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu<br>http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list<br></blockquote><br></div></div></body></html>