Martin Wilde is an award-winning professional Audio Description writer, narrator, and producer based in Chicago, IL.
The breadth of Martin’s Audio Description work is unparalleled in the industry. Across all Audio Description practice areas, including Live, Media, Museums, Parks, and Extemporaneous, Martin has extensive, practical, and direct experience in all aspects of Audio Description including:
- Writing
- Voicing/narration
- Audio and video production, and
- Quality control
He along with his colleague Bridget Melton received the 2021 American Council of the Blind Vernon Henley Media Award for their work extemporaneously co-describing the 2021 United States Presidential Inauguration.
We also offer a whole host of Audio Description training opportunities for individuals and organizations. Find out more on our Audio Description Training page.
Martin is the Co-Chair of Audio Description Subject Matter Expert (SME) Committee of the Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation & Education Professionals (ACVREP) working to establish the first-ever US certification process for Audio Description Specialists (CAUDES). Find out more on our Audio Description Certification page.
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Education and Experience
Martin’s formal Audio Description training includes:
- Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability (LEAD) Conference
- Capacity Building Workshop – The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
- National Museum of American History
- Developing Audio Description Skills Workshop – Washington, D.C.
- American Council of the Blind
- Audio Description Institute – Columbus, OH
- Audio Description Project Conference – Las Vegas, NV
- Facing the Challenge Workshop – Describing uncomfortable & difficult content
- Steppenwolf Theatre Company – Chicago, IL
Martin’s has been providing Audio Description for decades, as he described the visual world for his low-vision father as far back as he can remember. Find out more about Martin’s re-discovery of Audio Description here.
In past lives Martin:
- had a distinguished career in the Audio Engineering and Mobile Technology industry
- had a career as a professional Voice Actor
- was awarded two diplomas from Northwestern University
- Bachelor’s Degree in Acoustics and Audio Science
- Master’s Degree in Computer Music
- was awarded two US patents in the field of acoustics and audio processing
- U.S. Patent No. 5,121,433 – “Apparatus and Method for Controlling the Magnitude Spectrum of Acoustically Combined Signals”
- U.S. Patent No. 5,235,646 – “Method and Apparatus for Creating Decorrelated Audio Output Signals and Audio Recordings Made Thereby”
Contact us to explore Audio Description for your next project or event.