Picture this - five ladies, two blind and three sighted and from Canada, the States, and Europe; getting together in a group to practice the skill of creating good quality audio description. Practice requires we now put our training into practice.

Introducing “PICTURE THIS ADC (Audio Description Collaborative)”

This week on Outlook, find out who the founders of Picture This are as individuals and the skills they bring to the collaboration - join in with Kerry Kijewski, Stephanie Johnson, Kristina Cosumano, Maureen Austen, and Lolly Lejewski. The five of them gather for a group chat to share what experiences with audio description have taught them, how each came to the group initially, the art and the craft of it, and the mission undertaken collaboratively to make audio description clear and inclusive.

Picture This (in the mind’s eye) creates quality audio description for blind people...for short films and documentaries, streaming programming, along with exhibits, museums, and galleries. Their combined experience, knowledge, and skill pooled together has made the collaborative they now are and they care deeply about making art, culture, and media accessible for blind users, coming together from across North America and Europe to do just that.

For inquiries email the team at: picturethisadc@gmail.com

Check out Kerry’s previous work on behalf of audio description availability:

https://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/2018/03/21/woodstock-resident-hopes-to-help-blind-people-enjoy-the-movies-with-better-descriptive-audio

And check out links for where you can find some of us and our work:

https://www.stephaniejohnson.pro

https://kayconsulting.ca

https://licustranslation.com

Thanks to Brian Kijewski and Nick Marrs for their audio engineering.