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.