Current state of audio description in the United States: television, movies and DVDs

Media Access Australia Project Manager, Chris Mikul, provides an overview of the current state of audio description on television, movies and DVDs in the United States. This includes the background of audio description rules set by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for US television, The Americans with Disability Act and its relation to cinema access and a comparison of Australian and American audio described DVD/Blu-ray distribution.