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BUSINESS PROFILE STASHA BOYD & MIKE LUTZ audio description for the visually impaired. “Audio description is to visual accessibility what closed captioning and sign language is for the hearing impaired,” commented Stasha. “It’s really become an area that I personally have a lot of love for, because there are people who would love to experience museums, and we help them to become involed and more fully enjoy those experiences.” Having completed specialty training in this area, Q Media works to insert descriptives and reference points into tours to enhance the experience for those that are blind or visually impaired. “One of the best parts of doing this has been having the opportunity to travel to all these places,” said Mike, “and to experience them and get a better education about things we had no clue about. And then to convert that knowledge into a shareable story that achieves a specific emotional goal for others to experience.” Mike and Stasha are excited for their next project, developing the audio described tour for the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. Locally, you can experience their productions at the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida in Maitland, Modernism Museum Mount Dora, Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, the Exploration Tower at Port Canaveral, the A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway (Ponte Vedra to Flagler Beach, FL), Sarasota’s Ringling Museum of Art, and many others. Q media has also produced a walking tour for the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, which you can experience by scanning the QR code on this page, or by visiting http://bit.do/qtours. Learn more and experience snippets of their enriched storytelling experiences from Q Media Productions at www.qmediaproductions.com. SCAN FOR A WINTER GARDEN WALKING TOUR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WINTER GARDEN HERITAGE FOUNDATION continued from pg. 39 JUNE 2018 | WINTER GARDEN MAGAZINE |   51