Audio description

Anna Matamala
Autonomous University of Barcelona
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An audio description (AD) converts images into words: visual elements – and sounds which cannot be understood without the images – are transferred into AD units, i.e., aural linguistic elements which are inserted when there is no significant speech or relevant sound in the source content (the so-called “silent gaps”).

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