An Overview of Video Description: History, Benefits, and Guidelines. (March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Packer, Jaclyn; Vizenor, Katie; Miele, Joshua A.
• Is Part Of: Journal of visual impairment & blindness. Volume 109:Number 2(2015)
• Page Start: 83
• Page End: 93
• Publication Date: 2015-03
• Subjects: Blind -- Periodicals; People with visual disabilities -- Periodicals; Blindness -- Periodicals; Vision disorders -- Periodicals; Blind; Blindness; People with visual disabilities; Vision disorders; Blindness; Vision Disorders; Periodicals; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 362.4105
• DOI: 10.1177/0145482X1510900204
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0145-482X

Abstract

This article provides an overview of the historical context in which video description services have evolved in the United States, a summary of research demonstrating benefits to people with vision loss, an overview of current video description guidelines, and information about current software programs that are available to produce video description.