Naina Saini dancer

screen reader, or a braille display. The viewer may use the text-based description to provide additional context for what they are watching or to help fill in blanks after watching a video, ultimately answering the question “what did I just watch?” Video descriptions can also be a helpful educational tool for dancers wishing to learn new choreography or discuss a video with others.

The primary difference between audio description and video descriptions in this context is that audio descriptions describe everything going on except for what is communicated bysound or verbal description; the focus is on what isn’t being said or heard. For video descriptions, the audio may be mentioned when it comes to describing song choice or writing a transcript of spoken content, but the primary focus is still on describing visual elements of the video.