Arscht Center
2025 Workshop – Emotionally Engaging Audio Description.
From Art School to Accessibility Strategist: Erin Lucas’ Career Journey in Inclusive Design
What does an accessibility strategist do? It’s a question Erin Lucas never expected to answer when she began her career in design. But after years in government tech, startups, and at Microsoft, she’s focused on building accessibility that centers on people. In a recent conversation with The ADNA Presents, Erin shared how her design roots […]
Beyond Sight: The Power of Non-Visual Storytelling at Comic-Con 2025
This year at Comic-Con, accessibility in media and audio description are featured. I’m proud to host a panel alongside Anna Capezzera, Serina Gilbert, and Colleen Connor, three brilliant leaders whose work amplifies accessibility for blind and low vision audiences. But that’s not all. I’m also honored to return as a panelist myself, joining blind adventurer […]
Audio Description Performer Rates: From Wild West to Professional Standard
The Rate Philosophy Framework If you work in Audio Description as a performer in film and TV, you already know how frustrating it can be. One project pays one way, the next is completely different. Studios work on their own timelines, with their own systems, and often without clear expectations about what your role actually […]
What I’m Building
Over the years, I’ve worked on a wide range of audio description projects. Some I deeply believed in fully, for the craft, the process, and the audience, and some that revealed just how unsustainable this work can be when quality is expected but not resourced. That experience has shaped where I put my energy now: […]
What if audio was your only signal of trust in a digital world saturated with AI
The Voice Behind the Trust: How Audio Description Illuminates Our AI Future In the latest episode of The ADNA Presents, host Roy Samuelson chats with Dr. Tanusree Sharma, a Penn State assistant professor who’s tackling one of today’s biggest digital puzzles: How do we know what’s real when AI keeps getting better at fooling us? […]
Performer‑Driven Audio Description: Why It Matters
Watching Rebecca Davis light up Dying For Sex with her audio description performance? Absolutely wild. In the best way. As her friend, collaborator, and someone who’s been saying “performance matters” in audio description for what feels like forever, seeing her get this recognition feels huge. For years, audio description has been treated like a checkbox. […]
What Are We Scaling: Or, Why Human Experience Still Sets the Standard in the Age of AI
AI can do a lot. It gives people real-time access, helps researchers in medicine, supports rescue teams, and makes communication easier across languages. For speed, reach, and efficiency, it works. But when we use AI in creative work, like storytelling, performance, or communication, the question shifts. It’s how far we can go, sure. It’s also what we’re bringing […]
Empathy, Audio Description, and Folding Laundry with People In It
https://theadna.libsyn.com/233-jeremy-seda-a11y-camp-2025 Podcast Spotlight Blog: Jeremy Seda on ADNA Presents Podcast Spotlight: Jeremy Seda on ADNA Presents Empathy, Audio Description, and Folding Laundry with People In It Jeremy Seda lives what he talks about. He works as the IT Accessibility Coordinator at North Idaho College. He’s also a Jiu-Jitsu teacher, a dad, and someone guided by […]
The Science Catches Up: Emotive AD Wins the Audience
(links in BOLD below) Emotive Audio Description: It’s Not New, But It’s Being Studied. A newly published case study on neutral vs. emotive audio description (AD) has confirmed something many of us have known (and practiced) for years: emotion matters. Not just in what we describe, but in how we describe it. Researchers in Iran […]