On Friday’s edition of AMI Today, host Jacob Shymanski spoke with audio describer JJ Hunt. They talked about all things audio description, including the process, highlights, and evolution of the industry. 

Highlights:

• JJ Hunt Introduction with Nisreen Abdel-Majid (00:00)
• Welcome to JJ Hunt (3:20)
• What is audio description? (4:00)
• How did JJ’s career begin? (5:45) 
• What was the first piece of audio description that JJ created? (9:30)
• Step-by-step walkthrough of how to describe a movie (11:56)
• Special skills that audio describers need to do their job (19:28)
• What needs to be described, and what doesn’t? (21:54)
• Audio description philosophies (25:18)

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