Dear colleagues – creators and distributors of art
Dear friends,
We are pleased to inform you, that at the invitation of Theatre Tsvete and with the financial support of National Culture Fund the famous American expert Dr. Joel Snyder, president of Audio Description Associations LLC, will conduct training on audio description of art events for the blind. The rare chance to experience the same cultural event at the same time – a theatrical performance, exhibition, film - will enable blind people to communicate, to discuss and share impressions, to feel connected and motivated for new social contacts. Mixing audiences with and without special needs will create opportunities for regular theater audiences to meet and get to know representatives of a deeply isolated social group. – the blind in Bulgaria.
Dr. Joel Snyder is internationally known as one of the first in the world "audio
descriptors", a pioneer in the field of audio description. From 1981 r. he introduced audio description techniques to over 40 the state and 64 countries
and has created thousands of live events, media projects and museums
available. Recently Dr. Snyder was declared a Fellow of Fulbright.
Dr. Snyder is the winner of the award of American Council of the Blind/Audio Description/ The project's highest award, The memorial career of Bari Levin
Achievement in audio description, the media award of ACB Vernon Henley "to promote and expand the availability of audio description", and the prestigious Access Award of American Foundation for the Blind.
Dr. Snyder received his PhD in Audiovisual Translation and Audio Description from Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
His book, The Visual Made Verbal: A Comprehensive Training Manual and "A Guide to the History and Applications of Audio Description" was published by American Council of the Blind and is now available as an audiobook and on Braille from the Library of Congress Division of the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Separate version, voiced from Dr. Snyder, and the book is available in print in English, Polish, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish (with World Union of the Blind) and Chinese (with Hong Kong Arts and Disability Association) publications;
