Roy Samuelson

Author, coach, speaker, performer

Audio Description

Audio Description

Accessing Audio Description

For additional details, go to audio description project

Netflix iOS
start playing the content
touch screen
bottom center, touch “Audio & Subtitles”
along bottom left, click on English – Audio Description
click the top right X to return to video
(to turn off, touch screen, touch Audio & Subtitles, touch English – Audio Description to uncheck, touch top right X)

Amazon Prime iOS
start playing content
touch screen
touch top right icon in the shape of a text bubble (2nd from the top right corner)
along top right column, touch English [Audio Description]
touch top “Close”
(to turn off, touch screen, touch top right icon of text bubble, touch English [Audio Description] to uncheck, touch close

Live Television (thanks to audio description project)

Go into the menu system of your television set or your cable box and locate the Audio menu.
Under Audio, you will find an option to turn on SAP.
(Sometimes the remote control will have a button labeled Audio or MTS or even SAP, and by pressing this button you can rotate through the two or three audio options generally provided).

But if you must go to a menu and select the audio functions, you may find the option you are looking for listed under Languages. There you may find that your two options are most likely English and Spanish (or Español), depending on how the manufacturer wishes to present this. (The option Spanish or Español is there because Spanish language is sometimes made available via the SAP channel. So the SAP or Secondary Audio Program audio channel can be either Spanish-language or audio description — or nothing.)

Cable Box (again thanks to audio description project)
satellite or cable box, don’t make any changes on your television: the control of the second audio program comes exclusively through the cable box itself. If you happen to be using what’s called a Broadcast Digital Converter Box to translate over-the-air digital signals for your old analog television, then you will need to activate a separate feature on that box to activate the SAP feature; however not all converter boxes that are available have this capability.

Theatrical Movies (again thanks to audio description project)
To access the description, ask for an audio description headset when you purchase your ticket at the box office

Make sure that they didn’t misunderstand you and are giving you an Assisted Listening Device (ALD) headset for people who are hearing-impaired! You don’t want an ALD headset: you want the audio description headset

Audio Description, Clients

The Last O.G. Season 2 (2019)

The Last O.G. cast members Tiffany Haddish and Tracy Morgan

The Last O.G., Season 2 – TBS

Episode Titles 201 – 207, 209 & 210

Ladies First
Git Up Git Out & Git Something
A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays
Scenario
Sound of Da Police
Keep Their Heads Ringing
Criminal Minded
Your Mom’s In My Business
Fight The Power

Audio Description, Audio Samples

Pulp Fiction Audio Description Sample

Pulp Fiction Audio Description Video link and script below

[PICTURE UP]

A young man unlocks an apartment door. Vincent and Jules step inside. A second young man eats at a table. [“HEY KIDS. HOW YOU BOYS DOIN’? HEY, KEEP CHILLIN’.”] Jules motions for a young man on a couch to prop up his foot. He gives the “okay” sign, then turns to the man at the table.

00:24

00:33

(“…business partner, don’t you?)

The man glances up uneasily. [“NOW LET ME TAKE A WILD GUESS HERE.”] Jules looks at the man on the couch, then points to the one at the table.

00:42

00:49

(“…Wallace, don’t you, Brett?”)

Brett nods.

00:51

00:59

(“…’bout that. Whatcha havin’?”)

Vincent steps to the kitchen.

01:01

01:28

(“…try one of yours?”)

Brett shakes his head. [“THIS IS YOURS HERE, RIGHT?” (FAINT) “YEAH.”] The young man gestures and nods. Watching him, Jules grabs the cheeseburger. He takes a bite.

01:40

02:18

(“…they call it that?”)

Brett shrugs.

02:20

02:30

(“…that’s right, the metric system.”)

Jules points at a cup.

02:33

02:42

(“…down? Go right ahead.”)

Jules grabs the cup. [PAUSE] Keeping his eyes on Brett, he takes a long drink through the straw. [SLURP][SIGH] He puts the cup down. [“THAT HIT THE SPOT.”] Jules steps to the couch.

02:58

03:10

(“…you a goddamn thing.”)

The man who answered the door wears a stunned look. Jules keeps is eyes on him. [“YOU WERE SAYING?” “IT’S IN THE CUPBOARD.”] Vincent opens a kitchen cabinet. [“NO, THE ONE BY YOUR KNEES.”] He lowers out of view behind the counter. The man on the couch looks anxiously to Jules. Brett glances toward the kitchen. With a cigarette in his mouth, Vincent sets a briefcase on the countertop. He spins the dials of the combination lock to read: “six-six-six.” [PAUSE] Vincent opens the lid, and a golden glow shines on his face.  He takes the cigarette from his mouth as he stares. [“WE HAPPY?” “VINCENT?”]