Audio description training for the visual arts aims to provide you with essential skills that can be used to make your venue and its collections more accessible to visitors. This will enable you to improve customer care in general, and in particular for visitors who are blind or partially sighted. Emphasis is given to delivering spoken descriptions in situ and building confidence in leading live tours to audiences with sight loss. Broader issues of accessibility are also considered, with the aim of maximising existing resources. The training is suitable for all types of participants, including volunteers, gallery staff and curators.

Training will cover:

• Visual impairment awareness, customer care and guiding
• The principles of description
• Describing paintings, objects and artefacts
• Using other senses to engage blind and partially sighted visitors
• Improving access to your collection, including leading an audio described tour

We have provided audio description training at the following venues:

• The Science Museum
• Museum of London Docklands
• The Geffrye Museum
• Historic Royal Palaces: Hampton Court, Kensington Palace, Kew Palace and The Tower of London
• Museum of London
• The Lightbox
• Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service
• Lanarkshire Museums and Galleries

To read a full case study on the training at The Lightbox, visit our Case Studies page to download the full document The Lightbox - Case Study.

Please contact the VocalEyes Office on 020 7375 1043 or email enquiries@vocaleyes.co.uk to find out more about our audio description training courses.