PD ISO/IEC TS 20071-21:2015 PDF

1 Scope This part of ISO/IEC 20071 provides recommendations for describing audiovisual content in an auditory modality for use in recorded video presentations, broadcast television, cinema, live or recorded drama, museum and art gallery exhibits, heritage tours, news, and comedies, regardless of the language and technology being used to transmit and present the recorded or live audiovisual content. NOTE 1     There are many secondary users of audio description, but the primary and intended users of audio description are blind persons or persons with low vision and their friends and family. This part of ISO/IEC 20071 provides guidance on the subjective nature of creating audio description. It also provides guidance for audio description developers (script writers, voice narrators, and organizations or groups responsible for delivering audio description) in faithfully and accurately representing audiovisual content. NOTE 2     It might not always be possible to provide an equivalent experience due to limitations in the amount of time available for audio description depending on the content being described. This part of