Welcome to the Audio Description Awards Gala! We’re only days away from the 2026 AD Awards Gala, which will take place on Thursday, November 12, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. ET. Created in 2021 to recognize out...

Audio description writer Ashleigh Braggs had a full schedule when asked to write the description for Finding Your Laughter. She had every intention of declining the request, “But then I read what the documentary was about: * Chicago (my current city). * A Black daughter (my identity). * An ailing parent (my life).” Finding Your Laughter is a personal documentary about Arlieta, a daughter who becomes caregiver to her father Milton. She learns to use improv to affirm and validate his experiences. Ashleigh continues. “Arlieta Hall’s story of caregiving felt so much like my story, and I knew I wanted to be a part of telling it through audio description no matter what else I was committed to doing.” Some continue to insist that objectivity is the goal of an AD writer. Ashleigh reminds us that we shouldn’t disregard the value of personal connections to subject matter, culture and identity. “For Arlieta, the moments that find her are so dynamic and varied. We find her in her moments of caregiving, running moisturizer up and down Milton’s legs to popping her chest and dancing onto stages across Chicago as a standup comedian. As a Black audio describer, depicting the full range of Blackness in the documentary, including hairstyles Arlieta shows us in the film – from the braids hanging down her back to the curls on top of her head, to her afro with shaved sides – felt important, too.” For more on the team behind this project and where you can catch it at a film festival near you, visit FindingYourLaughter.com. ## AD Team: Writer: Ashleigh Braggs Blind Quality Control: Kwaku Darco Project Lead, Narrator and Audio Mix: Thomas Reid ### _Related_

Audio description writer Ashleigh Braggs had a full schedule when asked to write the description for Finding Your Laughter. She had every intention of declining the request, “But then I read what the documentary was about: * Chicago (my current city). * A Black daughter (my identity). * An ailing parent (my life).” Finding Your Laughter is a personal documentary about Arlieta, a daughter who becomes caregiver to her father Milton. She learns to use improv to affirm and validate his experiences. Ashleigh continues. “Arlieta Hall’s story of caregiving felt so much like my story, and I knew I wanted to be a part of telling it through audio description no matter what else I was committed to doing.” Some continue to insist that objectivity is the goal of an AD writer. Ashleigh reminds us that we shouldn’t disregard the value of personal connections to subject matter, culture and identity. “For Arlieta, the moments that find her are so dynamic and varied. We find her in her moments of caregiving, running moisturizer up and down Milton’s legs to popping her chest and dancing onto stages across Chicago as a standup comedian. As a Black audio describer, depicting the full range of Blackness in the documentary, including hairstyles Arlieta shows us in the film – from the braids hanging down her back to the curls on top of her head, to her afro with shaved sides – felt important, too.” For more on the team behind this project and where you can catch it at a film festival near you, visit FindingYourLaughter.com. ## AD Team: Writer: Ashleigh Braggs Blind Quality Control: Kwaku Darco Project Lead, Narrator and Audio Mix: Thomas Reid ### _Related_

Whilst there could be advantages to using synthetic speech for audio description it is not always popular with AD users. RNIB conducted a study alongside UK broadcasters to objectively determine whether the quality of synthetic speech is currently good enough to voice audio description. Using a MOS-

For the third year in a row, SADC produced audio description for the Easterseal’s Disability Film Challenge (EDFC) finalists. Similar to all of the filmmakers participating in the film challenge, SADC produces the AD within a tight deadline. Despite only having 8 days to create audio description for up to 16 films, we make sure to employ our full process. That includes crafting precise descriptive scripts, narration and a level mix, all performed by qualified human professionals. And of course all scripts are reviewed by Blind Quality Control specialists. ## Accessing the AD EDFC is now able to upload a second track for each film. That means this year, there’s no separate upload for the films with audio description. Accessing the AD on YouTube is similar to other streaming platforms. 1. After selecting the film to view, hit Pause 2. Navigate to “Settings” 3. Arrow down to the option titled Audio Track. 4. Hit enter 5. Select English Description from the list. Hit Enter 6. Hit Play You’re now watching with audio description! ## Where to watch. Now, head on over to EDFC 2026 Finalist Playlist to enjoy all of the films with AD! ## AD Team Roles. Big shout out to the SADC team ### Writers: * Sean Collins * Valerie Hunter * Kensuke Nakamura * Kyle Rocco East * Felicia Teter ### Blind Quality Control: * Robert Kingett * Nefertiti Matos Olivares * Tanja Milojevic * Pamela Sabaugh * Tristen Snyder ## Narrators: * Barbara Faison * Valerie Hunter * Nefertiti Matos Olivares * Tanja Milojevic * Thomas Reid * Tristen Snyder * April Watts ## Audio Edit/Mix * Valerie Hunter * Kensuke Nakamura * Thomas Reid * Tristen Snyder Thomas Reid served as Project Lead. Learn more about the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge on their website. View other EDFC AD by SADC ### _Related_

For the third year in a row, SADC produced audio description for the Easterseal’s Disability Film Challenge (EDFC) finalists. Similar to all of the filmmakers participating in the film challenge, SADC produces the AD within a tight deadline. Despite only having 8 days to create audio description for up to 16 films, we make sure to employ our full process. That includes crafting precise descriptive scripts, narration and a level mix, all performed by qualified human professionals. And of course all scripts are reviewed by Blind Quality Control specialists. ## Accessing the AD EDFC is now able to upload a second track for each film. That means this year, there’s no separate upload for the films with audio description. Accessing the AD on YouTube is similar to other streaming platforms. 1. After selecting the film to view, hit Pause 2. Navigate to “Settings” 3. Arrow down to the option titled Audio Track. 4. Hit enter 5. Select English Description from the list. Hit Enter 6. Hit Play You’re now watching with audio description! ## Where to watch. Now, head on over to EDFC 2026 Finalist Playlist to enjoy all of the films with AD! ## AD Team Roles. Big shout out to the SADC team ### Writers: * Sean Collins * Valerie Hunter * Kensuke Nakamura * Kyle Rocco East * Felicia Teter ### Blind Quality Control: * Robert Kingett * Nefertiti Matos Olivares * Tanja Milojevic * Pamela Sabaugh * Tristen Snyder ## Narrators: * Barbara Faison * Valerie Hunter * Nefertiti Matos Olivares * Tanja Milojevic * Thomas Reid * Tristen Snyder * April Watts ## Audio Edit/Mix * Valerie Hunter * Kensuke Nakamura * Thomas Reid * Tristen Snyder Thomas Reid served as Project Lead. Learn more about the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge on their website. View other EDFC AD by SADC ### _Related_

For the third year in a row, SADC produced audio description for the Easterseal’s Disability Film Challenge (EDFC) finalists. Similar to all of the filmmakers participating in the film challenge, SADC produces the AD within a tight deadline. Despite only having 8 days to create audio description for up to 16 films, we make sure to employ our full process. That includes crafting precise descriptive scripts, narration and a level mix, all performed by qualified human professionals. And of course all scripts are reviewed by Blind Quality Control specialists. ## Accessing the AD EDFC is now able to upload a second track for each film. That means this year, there’s no separate upload for the films with audio description. Accessing the AD on YouTube is similar to other streaming platforms. 1. After selecting the film to view, hit Pause 2. Navigate to “Settings” 3. Arrow down to the option titled Audio Track. 4. Hit enter 5. Select English Description from the list. Hit Enter 6. Hit Play You’re now watching with audio description! ## Where to watch. Now, head on over to EDFC 2026 Finalist Playlist to enjoy all of the films with AD! ## AD Team Roles. Big shout out to the SADC team ### Writers: * Sean Collins * Valerie Hunter * Kensuke Nakamura * Kyle Rocco East * Felicia Teter ### Blind Quality Control: * Robert Kingett * Nefertiti Matos Olivares * Tanja Milojevic * Pamela Sabaugh * Tristen Snyder ## Narrators: * Barbara Faison * Valerie Hunter * Nefertiti Matos Olivares * Tanja Milojevic * Thomas Reid * Tristen Snyder * April Watts ## Audio Edit/Mix * Valerie Hunter * Kensuke Nakamura * Thomas Reid * Tristen Snyder Thomas Reid served as Project Lead. Learn more about the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge on their website. View other EDFC AD by SADC ### _Related_

Dragons' Den is a reality TV show where aspiring entrepreneurs pitch their business concepts and products to a panel of Canadian business moguls, who have the cash and the know-how to make it happen.

For the third year in a row, SADC produced audio description for the Easterseal’s Disability Film Challenge (EDFC) finalists. Similar to all of the filmmakers participating in the film challenge, SADC produces the AD within a tight deadline. Despite only having 8 days to create audio description for up to 16 films, we make sure to employ our full process. That includes crafting precise descriptive scripts, narration and a level mix, all performed by qualified human professionals. And of course all scripts are reviewed by Blind Quality Control specialists. ## Accessing the AD EDFC is now able to upload a second track for each film. That means this year, there’s no separate upload for the films with audio description. Accessing the AD on YouTube is similar to other streaming platforms. 1. After selecting the film to view, hit Pause 2. Navigate to “Settings” 3. Arrow down to the option titled Audio Track. 4. Hit enter 5. Select English Description from the list. Hit Enter 6. Hit Play You’re now watching with audio description! ## Where to watch. Now, head on over to EDFC 2026 Finalist Playlist to enjoy all of the films with AD! ## AD Team Roles. Big shout out to the SADC team ### Writers: * Sean Collins * Valerie Hunter * Kensuke Nakamura * Kyle Rocco East * Felicia Teter ### Blind Quality Control: * Robert Kingett * Nefertiti Matos Olivares * Tanja Milojevic * Pamela Sabaugh * Tristen Snyder ## Narrators: * Barbara Faison * Valerie Hunter * Nefertiti Matos Olivares * Tanja Milojevic * Thomas Reid * Tristen Snyder * April Watts ## Audio Edit/Mix * Valerie Hunter * Kensuke Nakamura * Thomas Reid * Tristen Snyder Thomas Reid served as Project Lead. Learn more about the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge on their website. View other EDFC AD by SADC ### _Related_

From editing rooms to training programs to Netflix's global workflows, blind and low vision experts are shaping how silent visuals are described in the US and the UK.In 2021, Nefertiti Matos Olivares,...

VIDÉO - Chaque dimanche, retrouvez sur BFMTV l'actualité de la semaine en audiodescription.

VIDÉO - Chaque semaine, retrouvez sur BFMTV l'actualité de la semaine en audiodescription.

Video accessibility requires more than captions. WCAG 1.2.3 ensures blind and low-vision users can access visual information through audio description or text alternatives.