Networks and studios these days are experimenting with text-to-speech technology to create synthetic speech that can then be used as Audio Description for different shows and movies. Today we talk with Valerie Hunter from Valerie H Productions and Melissa Hope from Descriptive Video Works and discuss this new technology and how it’s being used, the controversy it’s caused in the Blind and Partially Sighted communities, and some of the pros and cons of using it.
Show Transcript: https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/at-banter-podcast-episode-237-audio-description_-human-or-synthetic_.pdf
Show NotesValerie H Productions
http://www.valerie-h.com/
Descriptive Video Works
https://www.descriptivevideoworks.com/
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