audio description

noun

1. a facility provided for visually impaired people in which a film, television programme, or play is described through audio technology

Example Sentences

The term “open captions” refers to dialogue and audio description projected like subtitles on the screen.

From Los Angeles Times

Buggy cup-holder caption machines and ill-fitting glasses have long been the standard in movie theaters, which are required to provide captioning and audio description devices to moviegoers who need them.

From Los Angeles Times

Audio description, which they said had been promised, was not provided, while a request for subtitles for another contestant, who is neurodivergent, is understood to have been turned down.

From BBC

It is understood that the production team said subtitles were not possible but that audio description would be provided.

From BBC

However, in the event, audio description did not happen.

From BBC