Description
Audio describers depict orally what happens on the screen or on stage for the blind and visually impaired so that they can enjoy audio-visual shows, live performances or sports events. They produce audio description scripts for programmes and events and use their voice to record them.
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Theoretical Knowledge
Practical Skills
present during live broadcastswrite in conversational tonecooperate with colleaguesstudy media sourcessupport people with hearing impairmentwrite voice-oversapply grammar and spelling rulessynchronise with mouth movementsreport live onlinewrite work-related reportsstudy roles from scriptslisten activelyintegrate content into output mediause audio reproduction softwareuse office systemsmanage a good dictioncoordinate activities in audio recording studioadd elocution techniques to recording audio materialsoperate audio equipmentplan audiovisual recordingperform improvisationattend read-throughrecord audio materialsadapt voice register to the audio materialwork with a voice coachuse microphone