Understanding Audio Description
Early in my audio career I was helping a company set up a large assistive listening system for Audio Description for the movie Forrest Gump. Several hundred receivers were needed so the audience could experience what it was like to only hear and not see a movie - the way visually impaired people experience a movie. Vince Scully did the voice narration that played along with the regular audio sound track to listen to a movie with descriptive narration was an amazing experience and reminds me of the importance of audio in our lives. In fact, I learned more about this movie with the narrative and it enhanced the experience greatly. I had already seen the movie but the enhancement I received through the narration left a much stronger impression on me.
