Audible Sight - An AI Powered Tool for the Visually Impaired and Blind

Audible Sight is an exciting, new AI powered web application that is designed for the visually impaired and blind. Audible sight specializes in using AI to automatically generate audio descriptions for your videos. It is intuitive and very user friendly. The best part about Audible Sight is that no technical skills are required. It’s streamlined process incorporating AI and intuitive use make it an application that anyone can use no matter their technical background.

So what are audio descriptions and why are they important? Audio descriptions are the verbal depictions of key visual elements in media. Audio descriptions are designed to make visual content more accessible to users who are either blind or visually impaired. Normally, there is a substantial amount of detail in visual media that can only be conveyed through sight, leaving those who are visually impaired or blind unable to gain a complete understanding of what is happening in a scene. Audio descriptions were designed to alleviate this problem. So what do audio descriptions do? Audio descriptions verbally describe character actions, physical gestures, and scenery to those who are visually impaired or blind.

So where does Audible Sight come into play? Traditionally, the production of audio descriptions requires multiple components: a writer who is experienced in writing audio descriptions, a voice actor, and a video editor. Audible Sight is able to streamline this process by using AI!

So how do you use Audible Sight? Using Audible Sight is very simple. Once you sign up for free on their website, you can upload your video by simply dragging and dropping the file into the upload videos box. From there, audible sight will dissect your uploaded video into scenes and generate text based descriptions of the visual content in each scene. Once audible sight has dissected your video into scenes with their accompanied audio descriptions, you are free to edit these descriptions by simply clicking in the text box and typing your changes. Audible Sight also has a wide array of customizable voice options including 25 different voices with various styles and accents depending on your preferences.

Once your are satisfied with your uploaded video, Audible Sight will create a new .mp4 file with audio descriptions. You can use this new file however you see fit. You can upload it to YouTube, embed it into a PowerPoint presentation, or use it however you want to.

Audible Sight can be very useful for schools and families in their distribution of accessible learning content. Teachers or parents can upload their educational videos to audible sight and generate accurate audio descriptions for their kids who are visually impaired or blind. Additionally, Audible Sight generates audio descriptions that are compliant with Section 508, WCAG, and the ADA.

If you are interested in reading more about Audible Sight or would like further instructions on how to use it, please visit their website here.

Janice Reese

My name is Janice Reese and I LOVE assistive technology! I worked as an Occupational Therapist for more than 15 years, earned a Master’s degree in Education Technology, and I’m RESNA certified as an Assistive Technology Profession (ATP). I have worked in the school system for many years now and I love using technology to enhance the lives of children with disabilities. Since my first love is teaching, I’ve spent just as much time training wonderful teachers everywhere to use these tools in their classrooms. AT4Kids, llc was founded in 2008 in an effort to provide quality instruction and resources for teachers, therapists, student users and parents who wanted to know more about using AT.

I currently serve as Director of the Center for Assistive Technology, a state-supported program of the Little TN Valley Educational Cooperative. LTVEC is a non-profit agency whose goal is to provide rehabilitation services and accessibility supports for students with special needs in east Tennessee. My AT4Kids blog is designed to be as a one-stop resource for ideas and information for those wanting to learn more about the use of AT with children in the special education setting.

I hope to offer helpful hints, program and product reviews, AT recommendations, links to great new finds on the web, and lists of resources for “all things AT”.

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