Movies For the Blind
@moviesfortheblind.com
A podcast that turns public-domain movies into audiobooks.
NOW ON EVERGREEN PODCASTS! 🥳
Remember to alt-text!
https://evergreenpodcasts.com/movies-for-the-blind
NOW ON EVERGREEN PODCASTS! 🥳
Remember to alt-text!
https://evergreenpodcasts.com/movies-for-the-blind
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👀 WATCH THIS SPACE! 🚨
Have plans right after the ball drops in Times Square? 🪩 Join us here!
At 12:01am ET, we’ll start rolling out highlights for #PublicDomainDay2026 — iconic books, films & music newly free for reuse + where you can find them.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
Have plans right after the ball drops in Times Square? 🪩 Join us here!
At 12:01am ET, we’ll start rolling out highlights for #PublicDomainDay2026 — iconic books, films & music newly free for reuse + where you can find them.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
December 29, 2025 at 11:45 PM
👀 WATCH THIS SPACE! 🚨
Have plans right after the ball drops in Times Square? 🪩 Join us here!
At 12:01am ET, we’ll start rolling out highlights for #PublicDomainDay2026 — iconic books, films & music newly free for reuse + where you can find them.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
Have plans right after the ball drops in Times Square? 🪩 Join us here!
At 12:01am ET, we’ll start rolling out highlights for #PublicDomainDay2026 — iconic books, films & music newly free for reuse + where you can find them.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
New episode in which Johnny learns winning isn’t everything. Also tales of a weird movie remix (including Jason Sudekis?) and Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando as next-door neighbours. megaphone.link/FPMN2943054853
Episode 005 - The Wild Ride, part 2 of 2 by Movies For The Blind
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December 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
New episode in which Johnny learns winning isn’t everything. Also tales of a weird movie remix (including Jason Sudekis?) and Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando as next-door neighbours. megaphone.link/FPMN2943054853
New episode, new movie! 🥳
A jazzy score, lots of hipster talk and an early entry in Jack Nicholson’s grand tradition of playing raging jerks.
The Wild Ride on Movies For the Blind! 🏎️
#AudioDescription megaphone.link/FPMN5230568132
A jazzy score, lots of hipster talk and an early entry in Jack Nicholson’s grand tradition of playing raging jerks.
The Wild Ride on Movies For the Blind! 🏎️
#AudioDescription megaphone.link/FPMN5230568132
Episode 004 - The Wild Ride, part 1 of 2 by Movies For The Blind
megaphone.link
December 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
New episode, new movie! 🥳
A jazzy score, lots of hipster talk and an early entry in Jack Nicholson’s grand tradition of playing raging jerks.
The Wild Ride on Movies For the Blind! 🏎️
#AudioDescription megaphone.link/FPMN5230568132
A jazzy score, lots of hipster talk and an early entry in Jack Nicholson’s grand tradition of playing raging jerks.
The Wild Ride on Movies For the Blind! 🏎️
#AudioDescription megaphone.link/FPMN5230568132
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Making small choices that make information more easily understood by everyone is not a radical concept; it's simply best practices.
If you didn't know, sans serif fonts are often more accessible for individuals with dyslexia, folks with low or partial vision, and the ADHD community.
If you didn't know, sans serif fonts are often more accessible for individuals with dyslexia, folks with low or partial vision, and the ADHD community.
December 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Making small choices that make information more easily understood by everyone is not a radical concept; it's simply best practices.
If you didn't know, sans serif fonts are often more accessible for individuals with dyslexia, folks with low or partial vision, and the ADHD community.
If you didn't know, sans serif fonts are often more accessible for individuals with dyslexia, folks with low or partial vision, and the ADHD community.
Gang, I'm vaguely pleased to announce the Meghan Holiday Special (with AD I wrote) is on Netflix now! Cloth advent calendars! Hand-painted cookie plates! Handmade Christmas Crackers! So much handwriting! (Audio: English with Audio Description) www.netflix.com/title/819480...
Watch With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration | Netflix Official Site
'Tis the season! Meghan shares her favorite holiday traditions, seasonal crafts and family recipes with friends old and new in this festive special.
www.netflix.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Gang, I'm vaguely pleased to announce the Meghan Holiday Special (with AD I wrote) is on Netflix now! Cloth advent calendars! Hand-painted cookie plates! Handmade Christmas Crackers! So much handwriting! (Audio: English with Audio Description) www.netflix.com/title/819480...
“I’m not remarkable, because everybody is.” Pretty great message about students with disabilities from the Apple folks in a very fun package, and of course with Audio Description on YouTube. (Go to the Settings gear -> Audio track -> English Descriptive.) youtu.be/KmFPWxjmnqE
Accessibility | I’m Not Remarkable | Apple
YouTube video by Apple
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
“I’m not remarkable, because everybody is.” Pretty great message about students with disabilities from the Apple folks in a very fun package, and of course with Audio Description on YouTube. (Go to the Settings gear -> Audio track -> English Descriptive.) youtu.be/KmFPWxjmnqE
The conclusion of His Girl Friday is here on the podcast! So if you want to binge the whole movie at once, it’s ready to go! megaphone.link/FPMN6829645339
Episode 003 - His Girl Friday, part 3 of 3 by Movies For The Blind
megaphone.link
December 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The conclusion of His Girl Friday is here on the podcast! So if you want to binge the whole movie at once, it’s ready to go! megaphone.link/FPMN6829645339
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One of the biggest impacts I’ve seen from the unproven idea that people are wrongfully using disability accommodations is that people stop trusting people with disabilities and in fact further restrict, remove, and demonize accommodations for people with disabilities in general
December 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
One of the biggest impacts I’ve seen from the unproven idea that people are wrongfully using disability accommodations is that people stop trusting people with disabilities and in fact further restrict, remove, and demonize accommodations for people with disabilities in general
Hey, considering places to donate for Giving Tuesday or just before the end of the year? Check out these places!
Canadian National Institute for the Blind: helping provide accessible media is just one of their zillion services for blind, vision-impaired and print-restricted folks. www.cnib.ca/en
Canadian National Institute for the Blind: helping provide accessible media is just one of their zillion services for blind, vision-impaired and print-restricted folks. www.cnib.ca/en
CNIB
Changing what it is to be blind today.
www.cnib.ca
December 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Hey, considering places to donate for Giving Tuesday or just before the end of the year? Check out these places!
Canadian National Institute for the Blind: helping provide accessible media is just one of their zillion services for blind, vision-impaired and print-restricted folks. www.cnib.ca/en
Canadian National Institute for the Blind: helping provide accessible media is just one of their zillion services for blind, vision-impaired and print-restricted folks. www.cnib.ca/en
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Also, check out @sarasoueidan.com's guide on various screen readers and how to set them up on your computer. This resource is hugely helpful, as manual testing with a screen reader will help you catch and fix accessibility issues that can't be identified by automated tests.
Setting up a screen reader testing environment on your computer
— The personal website of Sara Soueidan, inclusive Web UI engineer
www.sarasoueidan.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Also, check out @sarasoueidan.com's guide on various screen readers and how to set them up on your computer. This resource is hugely helpful, as manual testing with a screen reader will help you catch and fix accessibility issues that can't be identified by automated tests.
Meanwhile, a doc I wrote Audio Description for, about the absurdities of "active shooter preparation" at US schools, might be a fun watch with the family on HBO Max. 😁 www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Documentary ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ explores industry built around school security
A new documentary on HBO Max looks at how gun violence has led to lockdown drills in schools becoming a universal part of childhood in America. Those drills and the creation of active shooter prepared...
www.pbs.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Meanwhile, a doc I wrote Audio Description for, about the absurdities of "active shooter preparation" at US schools, might be a fun watch with the family on HBO Max. 😁 www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Oh hey, US people, want to listen to a not-annoying (hopefully) podcast to drown out family chatter? My podcast is in the middle of His Girl Friday as an audio drama, just saying. megaphone.link/FPMN1282292754
Episode 002 - His Girl Friday, part 2 of 3 by Movies For The Blind
megaphone.link
November 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Oh hey, US people, want to listen to a not-annoying (hopefully) podcast to drown out family chatter? My podcast is in the middle of His Girl Friday as an audio drama, just saying. megaphone.link/FPMN1282292754
Woohoo! Episode 1 is up! His Girl Friday! Go get it!
evergreenpodcasts.com/movies-for-t...
evergreenpodcasts.com/movies-for-t...
Movies for the Blind | Evergreen Podcasts
People with blindness or low vision always have to try to enjoy visual stuff without looking at it. Sometimes they get help from something called audio…
evergreenpodcasts.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Woohoo! Episode 1 is up! His Girl Friday! Go get it!
evergreenpodcasts.com/movies-for-t...
evergreenpodcasts.com/movies-for-t...
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The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
November 15, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
MOVIES FOR THE BLIND IS BACK! 🥳
A network wanted me to re-boot and we hashed out a deal.
First episode 11/20!
Old movies and tv shows with Audio Description, as a podcast!
Check out the trailer here: evergreenpodcasts.com/movies-for-t...
(Alt-text: a mic wrapped a curling strip of film.)
A network wanted me to re-boot and we hashed out a deal.
First episode 11/20!
Old movies and tv shows with Audio Description, as a podcast!
Check out the trailer here: evergreenpodcasts.com/movies-for-t...
(Alt-text: a mic wrapped a curling strip of film.)
Movies for the Blind | Evergreen Podcasts
People with blindness or low vision always have to try to enjoy visual stuff without looking at it. Sometimes they get help from something called audio…
evergreenpodcasts.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
MOVIES FOR THE BLIND IS BACK! 🥳
A network wanted me to re-boot and we hashed out a deal.
First episode 11/20!
Old movies and tv shows with Audio Description, as a podcast!
Check out the trailer here: evergreenpodcasts.com/movies-for-t...
(Alt-text: a mic wrapped a curling strip of film.)
A network wanted me to re-boot and we hashed out a deal.
First episode 11/20!
Old movies and tv shows with Audio Description, as a podcast!
Check out the trailer here: evergreenpodcasts.com/movies-for-t...
(Alt-text: a mic wrapped a curling strip of film.)
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Sobbing at our desks at the Waitrose Christmas ad this morning. 😭
And not just because of the noughties-romcom-worthy romance between Joe Wilkinson and Keira Knightley...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFDV...
And not just because of the noughties-romcom-worthy romance between Joe Wilkinson and Keira Knightley...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFDV...
The Perfect Gift | Audio Described | Waitrose | Christmas Ad 2025
YouTube video by Waitrose & Partners
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Sobbing at our desks at the Waitrose Christmas ad this morning. 😭
And not just because of the noughties-romcom-worthy romance between Joe Wilkinson and Keira Knightley...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFDV...
And not just because of the noughties-romcom-worthy romance between Joe Wilkinson and Keira Knightley...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFDV...
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When creating PDFs, avoid using "Print to PDF." A screen reader user may still be able to access the text of PDFs created this way, but heading structure, alternative text, and any other tag structure will be lost. Using "Save As" or "Export" can preserve these tags.
November 13, 2025 at 3:32 AM
When creating PDFs, avoid using "Print to PDF." A screen reader user may still be able to access the text of PDFs created this way, but heading structure, alternative text, and any other tag structure will be lost. Using "Save As" or "Export" can preserve these tags.
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Libraries matter. Access matters.
After years of legal battles, the Internet Archive is still here—and still fighting for a world where everyone can read, learn, and remember.
@arstechnica.com tells the story: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
After years of legal battles, the Internet Archive is still here—and still fighting for a world where everyone can read, learn, and remember.
@arstechnica.com tells the story: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost
“We survived, but it wiped out the library,” Internet Archive’s founder says.
arstechnica.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Libraries matter. Access matters.
After years of legal battles, the Internet Archive is still here—and still fighting for a world where everyone can read, learn, and remember.
@arstechnica.com tells the story: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
After years of legal battles, the Internet Archive is still here—and still fighting for a world where everyone can read, learn, and remember.
@arstechnica.com tells the story: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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An accessible gift can say everything, always.
Thank you to John Lewis for creating and sharing both audio described and non AD versions of your Christmas advert at the same time.
Love lives in gestures like this ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsi4...
Thank you to John Lewis for creating and sharing both audio described and non AD versions of your Christmas advert at the same time.
Love lives in gestures like this ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsi4...
Where Love Lives | John Lewis & Partners | Christmas Ad 2025 - Audio Described
YouTube video by John Lewis
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
An accessible gift can say everything, always.
Thank you to John Lewis for creating and sharing both audio described and non AD versions of your Christmas advert at the same time.
Love lives in gestures like this ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsi4...
Thank you to John Lewis for creating and sharing both audio described and non AD versions of your Christmas advert at the same time.
Love lives in gestures like this ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsi4...
Folks who use screen readers, etc., please let Sarah know how you use alt-text in bsky images and what your user experience is for reading it and entering alt-text yourself. Thanks! #a11y
So was training AI the actual reason for alt-text at BlueSky? I have no objection to alt-text as a means to help people with disabilities use online media. But BlueSky's tiny alt-text entry box is not easy for people with vision impairments to use. Helping people never seemed to be the point of it.
I don't even know what to say about @aaron.bsky.team announcing that actually they feed all images posted on Bsky into an AI that just a year ago they told everyone they had banned from using Bsky images
October 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Folks who use screen readers, etc., please let Sarah know how you use alt-text in bsky images and what your user experience is for reading it and entering alt-text yourself. Thanks! #a11y
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The Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA) has given millions of students across the United States access to an education. Learn how IDEA came to be, and more about what the law requires.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=89_P...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=89_P...
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - History & Evolution
YouTube video by U.S. Department of Education
www.youtube.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA) has given millions of students across the United States access to an education. Learn how IDEA came to be, and more about what the law requires.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=89_P...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=89_P...
"Several IDEA Part D programs...on Friday received notices from the department that they’ll get their funding only after they certify in writing that their projects align with the Trump administration’s priorities.” www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
Most—But Not All—Imperiled Federal Grants for Special Education Will Continue
The U.S. Department of Education says it wants projects aligned with Trump administration priorities.
www.edweek.org
September 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"Several IDEA Part D programs...on Friday received notices from the department that they’ll get their funding only after they certify in writing that their projects align with the Trump administration’s priorities.” www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
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There’s only one reason I’d link to something from Us Magazine and that is bc Meghan’s back and so am I writing Audio Description! 🥳 🍞 www.usmagazine.com/entertainmen...
With Love, Meghan Season 2: Complete Recap of Meghan Markle's Show
A full recap of all 8 episodes from Meghan Markle's 'With Love Meghan' season 2 featuring recipes, celebrity guests and lifestyle moments
www.usmagazine.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:53 AM
There’s only one reason I’d link to something from Us Magazine and that is bc Meghan’s back and so am I writing Audio Description! 🥳 🍞 www.usmagazine.com/entertainmen...
My pals at DCMP have free workshops for teaching with accessibility, & they’re available for continuing education credit, including RID (Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf) and ACVREP (Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation & Education Professionals). dcmp.org/learn/589-on...
August 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
My pals at DCMP have free workshops for teaching with accessibility, & they’re available for continuing education credit, including RID (Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf) and ACVREP (Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation & Education Professionals). dcmp.org/learn/589-on...
If paywalled, here’s the archive today link: archive.ph/g6Zgt
August 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
If paywalled, here’s the archive today link: archive.ph/g6Zgt