Sep 17, 2021
In the first of a 2-part episode, Brian and Carl are excited to
interview Dr. Maria Victoria Diaz of the Dicapta Foundation.
Dicapta has been producing audio description in Spanish for the
last 15 years mainly with funds from the US Department of Education
Office of Special Education (OSEP). They have been pushing and
advocating for Spanish audio description to be incorporated as part
of the implementation of the CVVA. Hear about the many issues they
face regarding passing through the Spanish AD in the video stream,
even though they have fantastic broadcast and cable partners such
as Canal 22 International, Senilities, PBS, POV, New Day Films, and
NickLA among others. Despite these issues, they have delivered more
than 3,000 hours of audio description in Spanish. Additional
information regarding Dicapta’s work with OSEP can be found
following this link: https://dicapta.com/tvaccess/.
In our next episode with Dr. Diaz, we will discuss the need for an
audio description clearinghouse! This has been on Brian’s and
Carl’s wish list for a long-time, so come back!
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