Audio Description

Arts Access and Audio Description 

Arts Access has been providing Audio Description services since the mid-1990s. Currently, Arts Access employs a roster of 15+ contract Audio Describers in North Carolina who describe live theater, visual art and dance performances for patrons who are blind or have low vision. Contact  audiodescription@artsaccessinc.org  for more info.

In 2019, our Audio Describers described 80+ events for 175 patrons.

To learn more about how to request Audio Description as a patron or as a venue, please visit this page.

To see the schedule of upcoming Audio Described performers in the Triangle, Triad and Sandhills, please visit this page.

Arts Access provides annual training for potential audio describers. Visit our training page to learn more.