Audio Description Training

Audio description (AD) provides access to artistic and educational visual images through succinct and vivid descriptions of elements that are crucial to understanding the creator’s intention. Learning the best practices of AD expands audience impact and demonstrates a commitment to equity and inclusion.

Audio Description Institute

Lawrence Arts Center

Training Details

Dates: March 12-13, 2026
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Lawrence Arts Center (10th & Mass Studios | 1000 Massachusetts St., Suite D)
Trainer: Joel Snyder, Ph.D. | Audio Description Institute

Anyone interested in:

working as a freelance description writer for film, series, advertising, etc.
working as a describer in a local performing arts program or for visual art galleries, museums, or exhibitions
refreshing existing AD skills
adding value to their own or employer’s inclusion and accessibility initiatives

audio description history and theory
the Four Fundamentals of Audio Description
active seeing/visual literacy; how to develop skills in concentration and observation
the art of editing what you see
vivid language: The Visual Made Verbal™
“Speak the speech, I pray you” – using the spoken word to make meaning

$200 / participant

*Contact Audio-Reader about scholarship opportunities

Day 1 | Thursday, March 12

9:30 am – 12:30 pm: Opening Workshop- Welcome/Introductions & Training Modules
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: LUNCH
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm: Continue Training Modules

Day 2 | Friday, March 13

9:30 am - 12:30 pm: Practicum (Small group description sessions with selected video scenes)
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: LUNCH
1:30 pm - 5:00 pm: Practicum (Small group description sessions with selected video scenes)
Review – open discussion
Graduation!

Registration

Registration for the March 12 & 13 Audio Description Training will open December 1, 2025

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