Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

audio description

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables
au-dio de-scrip-tion
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An audio track on a video recording, timed to the footage of a film, that typically consists of a narrator describing what is happening in the film being shown.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The process of making such tracks.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

audio descriptions (plural) audiodescription (alternative) audio-description (alternative)

Derived Forms

AD

Phrases

described audio closed caption closed captioning

Frequently Paired Words

described audio ST subtitle subtitling CC closed caption closed captioning described video

Synonyms

AD video description

Questions

What does audio description mean?
An audio track on a video recording, timed to the footage of a film, that typically consists of a narrator describing what is happening in the film being shown.

How to pronounce audio description

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “audio description”.
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  4. Repeat and practice — Say “audio description” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.