{"id":15046,"date":"2025-04-09T12:15:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T16:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/audio-description-quality-best-practices-and-legal-standards\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T21:43:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T21:43:20","slug":"audio-description-quality-best-practices-and-legal-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/audio-description-quality-best-practices-and-legal-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio Description Quality: Best Practices and Legal Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-dark alignfull p-post-header has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained has-background is-style-dark--1\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);background-image:url(&#039;\/wp-content\/themes\/core\/assets\/media\/backgrounds\/hero-wave-blog.svg&#039;);background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group aligngrid has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligngrid is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-ghost is-style-reversed is-style-ghost--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"\/blog\">Blog<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity aligngrid\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:0\"\/>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center aligngrid is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-008400e6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:0;padding-top:0;\" class=\"is-style-category wp-block-tribe-terms\"><ul class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__list\"><li class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__term\"><span class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__link t-category\">Audio Description<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<h1 style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-title\">Audio Description Quality: Best Practices and Legal Standards<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9116416d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/author\/michalnowicki\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Michal Nowicki<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u2022<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-date has-10-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2025-04-09T12:15:39+00:00\">April 9, 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"alignfull alignfull wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AD.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"border-radius:1rem;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AD.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AD-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AD-1024x366.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AD-768x274.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n                                                <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This blog was written by Michal Nowicki. It has been updated for relevance and accuracy by AJ Beltis in conjunction with Michal Nowicki.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.3playmedia.com\/wp-ada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How the ADA Impacts Video Accessibility [Free eBook]<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Video is everywhere. It\u2019s on our TVs, computers, smartphones, tablets, and even some smart refrigerators. But have you ever wondered how blind and low vision viewers access video content?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To fully enjoy all the movies, TV shows, and other video content we so much love to watch, people with vision loss rely on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/learn\/popular-topics\/audio-description\/\"><b>audio description (AD)<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to access the visual elements of a video.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately, the quality of AD varies significantly among its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/select-audio-description-vendor\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">providers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 and so do consumer preferences on what visual information should be described, in how much detail, and how the descriptions should be voiced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not surprisingly, then, while <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/quick-guide-audio-description-laws-lawsuits\/\"><b>several U.S. laws require audio description<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, none of them currently impose minimum quality standards on AD providers. However, that minimum isn\u2019t out of the realm of possibility.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) \u2014 the country\u2019s leading AD regulator \u2014 hosted an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/news-events\/events\/2022\/03\/video-programming-accessibility-forum-online-audio-description\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AD forum in 2022<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in which the public was specifically invited to weigh in on AD quality, among other topics. The discussion generated a diverse range of insightful comments on the subject, reaffirming that viewers who depend on AD remain deeply divided on the preferability of human narrators over text-to-speech voices. Therefore, it is possible that the FCC will initiate rulemaking proceedings to examine what AD quality standards, if any, should be adopted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rJIl_zMSl4A?si=Kzw3pa_9xM6RDJ8I\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Independent of its legal requirements, the quality of audio description is of utmost importance to those who rely on it. Imagine if the only way you could understand something is by listening to a description of it, but the sound was dulled and filled with pops and skips, while the descriptions themselves didn\u2019t offer enough detail to paint the full picture of what\u2019s happening. This is what consuming video content with poor audio quality audio description is like for those who are blind and have low vision.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this post, I will discuss best practices for high-quality AD and will share my thoughts on whether legal AD quality standards are on the way. I will focus primarily on the ongoing contentious debate over human vs. synthetic AD.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But first, let\u2019s define audio description, clarify how it works, and briefly explain how it is regulated in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/services\/audio-description\/\"><b>Learn More About 3Play Media\u2019s Audio Description Services<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is Audio Description?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audio description (also referred to as \u201cdescription\u201d or \u201cvideo description\u201d) is the verbal depiction of key visual elements \u2013 such as the action, settings, facial expressions, costumes, and scene changes \u2013 in video productions. It is primarily an accommodation that allows blind and low vision viewers to gain a complete understanding of the program, so that every viewer can maintain the same level of situational awareness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, let\u2019s explore the various available types of audio description.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Standard vs. Extended Audio Description<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you need <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/does-your-video-need-extended-or-standard-description\/#:~:text=3Play%27s%20Recommendation&amp;text=If%20minimal%20audio%20is%20detected,processed%20with%20extended%20audio%20description.\"><b>standard or extended audio description<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? Short answer: standard works if time allows it \u2013 but when it\u2019s needed, extended should be used.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Standard AD<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> inserts verbal narrations of the visual elements of a video into natural pauses of the described content, such as gaps in a film\u2019s dialogue. Standard AD is ideal for videos with long pauses between meaningful auditory cues or that do not contain speech at all. Describers add concise descriptions of visual elements where space allows.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Extended AD<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allows the video to be paused, as needed, to make room for the description. Extended description is preferable over standard description when a video contains significant visual content, but few natural pauses to squeeze in meaningful descriptions without pausing the video. It\u2019s an ideal accommodation for blind and low vision students taking cinema classes, in which they must analyze artistic effects of lighting, camera movements\/angles, and other visual characteristics of specific scenes that standard description could never capture adequately.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Standard AD is more popular and more widely used than extended AD, because standard AD does not interrupt the video stream \u2013 it\u2019s also easier and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/how-much-does-audio-description-cost\/\"><b>cheaper to implement<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than extended description.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How is Audio Description Legally Regulated in the United States?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Various U.S. laws require audio description. Let\u2019s look at some of the most notable ones below.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CVAA and FCC Requirements<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) implemented <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecfr.gov\/current\/title-47\/chapter-I\/subchapter-C\/part-79\/subpart-A\/section-79.3\"><b>FCC audio description regulations<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that require top broadcast and nonbroadcast networks to provide at least 87.5 hours of audio-described TV programming each calendar quarter. They also require cable, satellite, and telecommunications providers to pass on AD to their subscribers whenever the networks offer it. Finally, video playback and recording equipment must decode and pass through AD.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ADA Requirements<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under Title II, The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ada.gov\/law-and-regs\/regulations\/title-ii-2010-regulations\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Americans with Disabilities Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will soon require pre-recorded video content distributed online by public entities to come with audio description. Entities with populations of 50,000 or more must comply with this rule by April 24, 2026. Entities with populations smaller than that amount have until April 2027.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ADA <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ada.gov\/regs2016\/movie_rule.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also requires movie theaters<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to make AD available to blind and low vision patrons upon request whenever they show a digital movie that is distributed with AD.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, since streaming sites are considered \u201cplaces of public accommodation,\u201d they can be subject to lawsuits for failing to provide accommodations such as audio description. This is the situation that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acb.org\/hulu-lawsuit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hulu found itself in<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> back in 2017.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rehabilitation Act Requirements<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, the ADA along with Sections 504 and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.section508.gov\/create\/synchronized-media\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">508 of the Rehabilitation Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> broadly require AD as an auxiliary aid that is necessary to communicate effectively with blind and low vision individuals through video content.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Quality of Audio Description<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audio description is a subtle art that requires a creative approach to describing video content. Describers must constantly decide what should be described, what is not important enough to be described, and how to describe visual content accurately, objectively, and concisely.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>How Much Visual Content Should B<\/strong><strong>e Described?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The answer is not as clear as you might think. Some blind and low vision people are so dependent on AD that they will not even try to watch a video if they know that it has not been described. Others are more patient and adventurous, willing to make the effort to determine how much information they can gather from dialogue, sound effects, and other auditory clues.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generally speaking, however, most blind and low-vision viewers appreciate at least some description \u2013 therefore, when in doubt, always add AD to your videos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In particular, you should sufficiently describe the objective and observable behavior displayed on-screen. Focus on describing anything factual, like facial expressions, scene changes, and design elements. Remember, if you need more time to describe video than a scene allows, you can always rely on extended audio description.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, avoid describing that could be considered subjective, interpretive, or analysis. Speaking to a character&#8217;s thoughts, feelings, or motivations wouldn\u2019t be appropriate for audio description. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Choosing Between Human and Synthetic Audio Description<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Human description occurs when the description is voiced by a human narrator. Synthetic description is voiced by text-to-speech software.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Synthetic audio may be more appropriate in some non-entertainment settings, such as professional training videos. In education and work environments where efficiency is essential, synthetic description designed with customization in mind can still offer viewers the ability to change AD voices, as well as adjust the speed, pitch, and volume of AD independent of all other audio, as desired.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the contrary, my experience has taught me that human AD is typically preferred for videos whose purpose is to entertain. Synthetic AD quality can be lacking, and sound isn\u2019t always edited. Additionally, the prevalence of so-called \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnib.org.uk\/news\/evaluating-synthetic-speech-for-audio-description-insights-from-rnibs-latest-study\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">audio ducking<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d \u2013 lowering the volume of the video\u2019s audio while AD is playing \u2013 is more likely to happen without human review and can disrupt the viewing experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, however, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/launches-ai-enabled-solutions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI-enabled audio description software<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with expert human review has addressed many of these concerns. We\u2019re at the point where AI-enabled AD tracks are quality in sound and content and can be expeditiously reviewed and edited by humans before publishing online content.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This feature substantially reduces the cost of producing AD content and expands the overall availability of AD. Lily Bond, 3Play Media\u2019s Chief Growth Officer, explained the benefits of this approach for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessibility.com\/event\/sessions\/2025\/ai-and-digital-accessibility\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accessibility.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-quote su-quote-style-default su-quote-has-cite\"><div class=\"su-quote-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">AI Audio Description could turn something that has been an insurmountable cost and rarely available into something that\u2019s much more adopted &#8211; and that\u2019s really exciting!<span class=\"su-quote-cite\">Lily Bond &#8211; Chief Growth Officer, 3Play Media<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Are Legal Quality Requirements for AD on the Horizon?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under the current administration, it seems there are no legal requirements for audio description quality on their way. It is more likely that deregulation is on its way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In March of 2025, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.fcc.gov\/public\/attachments\/DA-25-219A1.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the FCC called for comments on the deregulation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of unnecessary rules that could cut costs. However, the public notice did ask for clarification in these comments, encouraging commenters to answer questions such as \u201care there rules that remain in the Code of Federal Regulations that no longer have any operative effect,\u201d and \u201chave the imposition of new rules or other regulatory requirements rendered a given Commission rule no longer necessary?\u201c For this deregulation to impact audio description, there would need to be a substantial proof point that AD has no operative effect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7258245\/disability-protections-section-504-texas-v-becerra-essay\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Texas v. Becerra<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lawsuit is challenging Section 504, which prohibits programs that receive federal funding from discriminating against those with individuals. While this filing may seem concerning, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adapacific.org\/update-on-the-texas-v-becerra-lawsuit-dealing-with-section-504\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pacific ADA Center reports<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that several attorneys general of the 17 states on the filing \u201csaid the lawsuit would be dropped or that their state would withdraw from it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In short, there don\u2019t seem to be any legal motions at this time to define quality requirements for audio description in the near future, and some efforts are in place that may jeopardize AD\u2019s requirements more generally. However, any changes to audio description \u2013 whether the imposition of new regulations or the rolling back of existing ones \u2013 would very likely face significant uphill battles to reach a compromise between government branches, media producers, programming distributors, and consumer advocates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, we continue to live in a world where legal AD requirements exist without specifying what steps providers must take to ensure that its quality is acceptable to all who benefit from it. Video creators and distributors should partner with an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/services\/audio-description\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">audio description vendor<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that ensures consistent quality to be ready if regulation does come into play.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>About this guest author<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/commlawgroup.com\/attorneys\/michal-j-nowicki\/\">Michal Nowicki<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a telecom, technology, and digital accessibility attorney at Marashlian &amp; Donahue, PLLC, The <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/commlawgroup.com\/attorneys\/michal-j-nowicki\/\">CommLaw Group<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He has a strong personal interest in accessibility and a life-long passion for audio description. Even well before joining the CommLaw Group, Mr. Nowicki worked closely with Comcast and DirecTV to ensure that both companies comply with the FCC\u2019s audio description regulations. More recently, he submitted public comments to the FCC on how its AD rules have been implemented, hoping that the FCC will expand its AD requirements to cover video-on-demand programming and TV broadcasts delivered online. He also provided a highly interactive, in-depth overview of AD requirements under U.S. laws at the 2021 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/resources\/recorded-webinars\/wbnr-03-27-2025-ai-ad-for-edu\/\">Learn more about 3Play Media&#8217;s Approach to Audio Description<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n                                                \n                                                <hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"margin-bottom:0\"\/>\n                                                \n\n                                                \n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c28011a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;\">\n\t<p style=\"margin-top:0\">Filed under<\/p>\n\t\n\n<span class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__empty-msg t-category\">No Tags<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n                                                \n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dda23514 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0\">About the author<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);\" class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b428aaad8570bd6d37bc6151bd846de9b38e9c287cf7f666ffdfebd49e634e0c?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b428aaad8570bd6d37bc6151bd846de9b38e9c287cf7f666ffdfebd49e634e0c?s=192&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo' height='96' width='96' \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/author\/michalnowicki\/\" target=\"_self\">Michal Nowicki<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__bio\"><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n                                                \n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe217b39 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0\">Share this page<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe217b39 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing has-normal-icon-size has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-outermost-social-sharing-is-layout-95ca00fe wp-block-social-sharing-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\"><li style=\"color: #767676; 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