OOONA Partners with Audio Description Associates, LLC

OOONA, a leading provider of professional management and production tools for the media localization industry, announced today a partnership with Audio Description Associates, LLC. This collaboration will introduce the first-ever multilingual and assessment-based certification in audio description developed via AVTpro.

Joel Snyder expressed his enthusiasm at this partnership: “Advocating for people who are blind or have low vision has been a lifelong passion of mine. This partnership makes a long-standing aspiration of mine come true – to establish a certification that recognizes expert audio describers in the industry worldwide.”

“The addition of audio description to the AVTpro certification is a natural extension of its mission to uphold professional standards in the media localization market,” adds Professor Jorge Díaz-Cintas from the Centre for Translation Studies (CenTraS) at University College London. “While we started the initiative by acknowledging the professional proficiency of certified subtitlers, integrating audio description has always been a priority. Partnering with Dr Snyder allows us to achieve this milestone and take a very significant step towards standardizing and advancing the profession of audio description in media localization, ensuring inclusivity and excellence for audiences worldwide.”