I've heard textual description tracks on television programs before. They come fast, but not screen-reader fast. To the untrained ear a blind person's screen reader sounds like when you somehow get the TI-99/4A's speech synthesizer to read from invalid memory.

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isityettime 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The audio description tracks are a different genre than screenreadera perform. They're acting, by actors, carefully written and performed to fit into the gaps in the dialogue while preserving the mood and flow of the show. I think speeding them up or making them robotic would ruin them, while both of those traits are actually desirable for screenreaders.

	▲	RobMurray 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Ideally that is what AD should be like. too often you set the volume right for a movie so the characters can be heard, then the AD is like an insanely boomy voice that shakes the room. Plus for some reason the also turn the movie audio down, as if that would be necessary.

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Barbing 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

How did you come across those tracks? Never have myself.

	▲	bitwize an hour ago \| parent [-]
		My in-laws once misconfigured their television and it came blaring through.