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• S2 Ep1348: RNIB Accessible Media Symposium- Professor Sabine Braun, AI for AD

  The RNIB’s Accessible Media Symposium (16 - 17 September 2025) brought together broadcasters, streamers, technology companies, creatives, researchers and people with lived experience to explore the future of accessible media. As storytelling, platforms and technologies evolve, so too must the ways we think about access. This two-day event is a chance to share ideas, highlight innovation, and shape what accessible media looks like in the years ahead. RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with Professor Sabine Braun from the University of Surrey to discuss the findings of the AI Generated AD Project report.  The project explored how AI could be used to generate AD for factual content, and what that meant for quality, creativity and viewer experience. It engaged blind and partially sighted audiences and highlighted where human input remains essential.   (Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB’ written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio’ is written in black in a smaller font)

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• S2 Ep1350: RNIB Accessible Media Symposium- Jonathan Penny from Channel 4

  The RNIB’s Accessible Media Symposium (16 - 17 September 2025) brought together broadcasters, streamers, technology companies, creatives, researchers and people with lived experience to explore the future of accessible media. As storytelling, platforms and technologies evolve, so too must the ways we think about access. This two-day event is a chance to share ideas, highlight innovation, and shape what accessible media looks like in the years ahead. RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with Jonathan Penny, Access Services Manager at Channel 4 to find out how the last two days of the symposium have been for him and what he might take back to Channel 4. (Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB’ written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio’ is written in black in a smaller font)

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• S2 Ep1349: RNIB Accessible Media Symposium- Marie Campbell from Red Bee Media

  The RNIB’s Accessible Media Symposium (16 - 17 September 2025) brought together broadcasters, streamers, technology companies, creatives, researchers and people with lived experience to explore the future of accessible media. As storytelling, platforms and technologies evolve, so too must the ways we think about access. This two-day event is a chance to share ideas, highlight innovation, and shape what accessible media looks like in the years ahead. RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with Marie Campbell, Audio Description Excellence Lead at Red Bee Media about how audio description might be having to change in line with more streaming services and the impact of AI on AD from the Describers point of view.  (Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB’ written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio’ is written in black in a smaller font)

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• S2 Ep1345: Staging Theatre Picasso at Tate Modern

  Tate Modern is inviting visitors to enter ‘Theatre Picasso’, a major exhibition marking the centenary of Picasso’s painting ‘The Three Dancers’ 1925. The exhibition will bring together around 50 works by one of the most influential figures of the 20th century, exploring how he imbued his work with a sense of theatricality.  Coinciding with Tate Modern’s 25th anniversary year, ‘Theatre Picasso’ will continue the gallery’s history of presenting foundational figures from art history in fresh light. At the Press view of ‘Theatre Picasso’ on Monday 15 September 2025 RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with Andrew de Brún, Assistant Curator for International Art at Tate for an insight into the ‘Theatre Picasso’ exhibition looking at Picasso’s work, maybe going behind the mask of the Artist himself and looking at the influence of his work today too. The ‘Theatre Picasso’ exhibition continues at Tate Modern until 12 April 2026.  Audio described tours of the exhibition with one of Tate’s Visitor Engagement Assistants can be booked in advance by either emailing [email protected] or calling 020 7887 8888.   More details about the ‘Theatre Picasso’ exhibition can be found on the following pages of the Tate website - https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/theatre-picasso Image shows: 'Bottle of Vieux Marc, Glass, Guitar and Newspaper' (1913) Tate. © Succession Picasso DACS, London 2025. 

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• S2 Ep1347: RNIB Accessible Media Symposium- Sonali Rai Reflects on Day One

  The RNIB’s Accessible Media Symposium (16 - 17 September 2025) brought together broadcasters, streamers, technology companies, creatives, researchers and people with lived experience to explore the future of accessible media. As storytelling, platforms and technologies evolve, so too must the ways we think about access. This two-day event is a chance to share ideas, highlight innovation, and shape what accessible media looks like in the years ahead. RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with Sonali Rai, RNIB’s lead on Media, Culture and Immersive Technology to find out how day one went and some of the highlights for day two. (Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB’ written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio’ is written in black in a smaller font)

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