Joel Snyder
Audio Description Associates, LLC-Audio Description Project of the American Council of the Blind President--Director
Takoma Park, Maryland
Dr. Joel Snyder is known internationally as one of the world’s first “audio describers,” a pioneer in the field of Audio Description, a translation of visual images to vivid language. Since 1981, he has introduced audio description techniques in over 44 states and 62 countries; in 2014, the American Council of the Blind published Dr. Snyder’s book, The Visual Made Verbal – A Comprehensive Training Manual and Guide to the History and Applications of Audio Description, now available as an audio book voiced by Dr. Snyder, and in English, Polish, Russian and Portuguese. A Spanish version is under development.