View User NameJoel Snyder, PhDLinkedIn Organization NameAudio Description Associates, LLC / Audio Description Project of the American Council of the BlindOrganization Websitehttp://www.audiodescribe.com www.acb.org/adp Resources Description A member of Actors' Equity Association, the American Federation of TV and Radio Artists, and the Screen Actors Guild, and a 20-year veteran of work as an arts specialist for the National Endowment for the Arts, Joel Snyder is best known internationally as one of the first "audio describers" (c. 1981) working with theater events and media at the world's first ongoing audio description service. He has presented on AD in 44 states and 63 countries.Dr. Snyder is the author of The Visual Made Verbal: A Comprehensive Training Manual and Guide to the History and Applications of Audio Description, published by the American Council of the Blind; it is now available from the Library of Congress in Braille and as an audio book, and in Polish, Portuguese and Russian--Spanish, Greek and Chinese editions are in development. Dr. Snyder has presented on description or trained describers in 44 states and 63 countries.