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While all the world is talking about AI, Artificial Intelligence, the Blind community has been dealing with what appears to be the eminent take over for the past few years. That’s the adoption of AI and Text to Speech in Audio Description. In this last BCAD Chat of 2022 we wanted to discuss the pros […]
moreWe continue the conversation around cultural competence – even though competence is setting the bar kind of low… Representation matters. That’s on screen, stage and everywhere. For Audio Description users, our experience of visual content is filtered through AD. That includes the voice of the narrator. In this edited recording from November 2022, hear how […]
moreSelf-description continues to be a controversial subject, especially among those who are Blind or have low vision. We invited the community to come share their opinions; pro and con. Join Us Live The BCAD Live Chats can take place on a variety of platforms including Twitter and Linked In. To stay up to date with […]
moreSelf-description continues to be a controversial subject, especially among those who are Blind or have low vision. We invited the community to come share their opinions; pro and con. Join Us Live The BCAD Live Chats can take place on a variety of platforms including Twitter and Linked In. To stay up to date with […]
moreWord had gotten out: Samuel Coleman, who happened to be blind, could foresee the future. It all began one night when Coleman and his friends were hanging out and deciding on a restaurant for dinner. “Given these options, I think the Thai place sounds the best!” said Coleman, who had a hankering for a plate of pad thai and some tom yum soup.
The next day, his friends were abuzz with excitement as they chatted online. “Did you hear how Samuel predicted the Thai restaurant last night would be a hit?” wrote Mason Pullman. “Gosh, you know, I’ve heard about this before. Blind people have an amazing sixth sense, and they can see and feel things us non-blind people can’t. It’s obviously true!”
Coleman’s friends got together and started recalling previous events where he had displayed remarkably spot-on predictions. “Last week, I was about to cross the street when Samuel suddenly stopped me!” said Jennifer Brown, who omitted the part where she had been texting. “How did he know the light was red and the traffic was busy?! The dude’s blind, but he saved my life! I swear Samuel’s a psychic and could foretell the danger I was in!”
After exchanging countless stories, they ultimately agreed Coleman had supernatural foresight. “We should ask him to make football predictions so we can win the office football pool,” said Pullman. “Or pick out lottery numbers for the billion-dollar jackpot!” added Brown.
Coleman soon learned of his friends’ mistaken beliefs about his clairvoyant powers. “I may be blind, and I’m not aware of any supernatural powers, but I CAN hear the traffic light beeping,” he said, shaking his head. “That’s how I knew when it was safe for Jennifer and me to cross the street. Duh!”
While he couldn’t really attest to any psychic abilities, Coleman didn’t want to disappoint his friends either. He was, however, always able to predict one thing, and decided to prolong his friends’ fantasy about him. So over dinner he told them, “Someone tonight is going to stare at me and my white cane, or say I don’t look blind or that I’m an imposter, or better yet start praying for me.”
And before the night was over, his friends were astounded when they noticed glares from another table, and again when a couple placed a St. Lucy medallion in Coleman’s hands as they left the restaurant. “Wow, that’s incredible,” they cried, wide-eyed. “How could you foresee all that?!”
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moreAdding on to our last conversation, we continue discussing how more Blind people can get involved in Audio Description. What are the available training options and ways to find opportunities? Join Us Live The BCAD Live Chats can take place on a variety of platforms including Twitter and Linked In. To stay up to date […]
moreAdding on to our last conversation, we continue discussing how more Blind people can get involved in Audio Description. What are the available training options and ways to find opportunities? Join Us Live The BCAD Live Chats can take place on a variety of platforms including Twitter and Linked In. To stay up to date […]
morePrior to this live chat, we polled the AD Twitter Community to see which one of three pre-selected topics most interested the people… The winner… Blind professionals in the audio description business. Whether we’re talking about narration, quality control, audio editing and writing, many want to know how they can get started. During this conversation […]
morePrior to this live chat, we polled the AD Twitter Community to see which one of three pre-selected topics most interested the people… The winner… Blind professionals in the audio description business. Whether we’re talking about narration, quality control, audio editing and writing, many want to know how they can get started. During this conversation […]
moreThe following recording is an edited version of a conversation from August 26, 2022 on Twitter Spaces. A week or so prior to this recording, Nefertiti Matos Olivares, Cheryl Green and I (Thomas Reid) decided we wanted to hear from others in the community in regards to the many important topics we discuss around Audio […]
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