#142: The ADESI Project

Doctor Lucía Pintado Gutiérrez, is our guest this week. Dr Gutiérrez is the author of a new report on audio description (AD) in Ireland – ‘The ADESI Project’. Her research is not just confined to broadcast but rather covers audio description in all aspects of life including sports, film, theatre, museums, and education. Dr Gutiérrez, shares with us the reasons why she decided to do this research, what the media accessible landscape looks like in Ireland, and shares the results of her research with us.

Jan has info on an app from UEFA where you can access AD commentaries for soccer matches and Óran has information on an Audio Description Association event coming up at the end of March.

So, throw away your winter blues and woolly scarf; convince yourself that spring has sprung, and warmer weather is here at last even if it’s lashing rain; and listen to the number 1 podcast as recently voted by climatologists; Blind Guys Chat. 9 out of 10 audio describers prefer it to subtitles!

Links for this episode:

·        The ADESI Project:

·        European Qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup: All you need to know

·        Live Audio Description for Football: Making the UEFA U21 Championships Accessible to All Fans:

·        The Audio Description Association (ADA) bulletin (downloadable Word doc):

·        ADA VI User Group event registration page:

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