Audio description (AD)
Audio description narrates key visual or non-verbal content in videos and other visual media. It's also called video description.
What this service is
Audio description adds spoken narration that describes visual content. If you have an approved accommodation, the Office for Disability Equity (ODE) arranges this service through third-party vendors, who process requests in the order they arrive.
Format options
- Audio files (MP3)
- Original media with audio descriptions embedded
- Text descriptions in Word
How to request audio descriptions
If this is your first request
- Connect with ODE.
- Choose a format: audio files, embedded audio description, or text description in Word.
- Send your course schedule and format choice to the contact below.
If you've requested this service before
- Send your course schedule and format choice to the contact below.
What happens next
ODE
- Notifies your faculty that you require audio description.
- Connects the vendor with your faculty.
- Confirms faculty receives the finished files from the vendor.
The vendor
- Requests course materials from your faculty.
- Shares a sample script with faculty to confirm accurate language.
- Delivers the finished audio or video files to your faculty.
Your responsibilities
Keep the contact below informed. Let them know:
- Your finalized course schedule as soon as it is available.
- Any changes to your schedule (adds, drops, and withdrawal).
- If you no longer need the service.
- If you have concerns about the audio description you received.
Contact
Brandy Reinhardt Assistant Director of Interpreting and Communication Accessibility
Email: brandy.reinhardt@mso.umt.edu
Phone: 406-243-5136