Blind and Low-Vision Viewers Care About Screen Style – So Why Does Audio Description Skip It?
March 16, 2022 at 05:05PM Image Source: Netflix “Emily scurries across the street wearing a short green coat.” That’s the vague audio description given to blind and low-vision viewers for one of Lily Collins’s first outfits in the season two opener of the hit Netflix series “Emily in Paris.” Unsurprisingly, what Emily is actually wearing is much more exciting. After an awkward exchange with her neighbor and love interest, Gabriel, Emily hurries off to work in a colorful, striped Versace polo and a Mugler blue-green miniskirt. It’s paired with a bold green belt and strappy heels, then layered with a green Elie Saab jacket. As you probably noticed, those are two very different descriptions. The first is what’s typically provided to those who rely on audio description - if a character’s outfit is described at all. Fashion is almost always left out of…