<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>You just need to go through the menu of your TV, you should see a choice of Second Audio <span id="misspell-0"><span>Programming</span></span> [SAP], turn that on and you are done. When Jason was little we or the <span id="misspell-1"><span>childcare</span></span> provider would <span id="misspell-2">turn</span> on the SAP for shows like "<span id="misspell-3"><span>Arthur:.</span></span></span></div><div> </div><div>Susan T. Polansky<br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr"
contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> "Wendynusba@yahoo.com" <wendynusbaum@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Maryland Parents of Blind Children List <mdpobc@nfbnet.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, June 16, 2012 8:28 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Mdpobc] Fwd: [nabs-l] Audio Description<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv1752106409"><div><div>Does anyone know how to turn on the audio description? This post says several shows already have description but I don't know how to turn on this service.</div><div>Wendy<br><br>Sent from my touch </div><div><br>On Jun 15, 2012, at 6:50 PM, Trudy <span id="misspell-6" class="mark">Pickrel</span> <<a href="mailto:tlpickrel@hotmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:tlpickrel@hotmail.com">tlpickrel@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><br><br>Trudy L <span id="misspell-7" class="mark">Pickrel</span><div>President MD Parents Blind Children</div><div>Owner TLC by the Lake poodles</div></div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Chris <span id="misspell-8" class="mark">Nusbaum</span>" <<a href="mailto:dotkid.nusbaum@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
ymailto="mailto:dotkid.nusbaum@gmail.com">dotkid.nusbaum@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> June 15, 2012 5:25:20 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> <<a href="mailto:mdpobc@nfbnet.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:mdpobc@nfbnet.org">mdpobc@nfbnet.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:mdabs@nfbnet.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:mdabs@nfbnet.org">mdabs@nfbnet.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:troubleclark@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:troubleclark@gmail.com">troubleclark@gmail.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:tlpickrel@hotmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:tlpickrel@hotmail.com">tlpickrel@hotmail.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:cmdayrdh@aol.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:cmdayrdh@aol.com">cmdayrdh@aol.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:gary.legates@comcast.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:gary.legates@comcast.net">gary.legates@comcast.net</a>>,
"Ninette Legates" <<a href="mailto:ninette.legates@comcast.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:ninette.legates@comcast.net">ninette.legates@comcast.net</a>>, <<a href="mailto:mike@insightondisability.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:mike@insightondisability.com">mike@insightondisability.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b><span id="misspell-9" class="mark">FW</span>: [nabs-l] Audio Description</b><br><br></div></blockquote><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>-----Original Message-----</span><br><span>From: <a href="mailto:nabs-l-bounces@nfbnet.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:nabs-l-bounces@nfbnet.org">nabs-l-bounces@nfbnet.org</a> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces@nfbnet.org] On Behalf</span><br><span>Of David Andrews</span><br><span>Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 6:05 AM</span><br><span>To: <a href="mailto:blindtlk@nfbnet.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
ymailto="mailto:blindtlk@nfbnet.org">blindtlk@nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span>Subject: [nabs-l] Audio Description</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Beginning July 1, ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC, plus the top five cable networks</span><br><span>will begin providing audio descriptions of some of their programming for</span><br><span>blind or sight-impaired viewers. The shows to be described range from ABC's</span><br><span>Modern Family to <span id="misspell-10" class="mark">CBS's</span> <span id="misspell-11" class="mark">NCIS</span> to Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer to <span id="misspell-12" class="mark">USA's</span></span><br><span>Royal Pains.</span><br><span></span><br><span>For now, stations in the top 25 markets and cable systems with 50,000 or</span><br><span>more subs will be required to offer about four hours a week of the new</span><br><span>service. The number of stations and hours will gradually
increase.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Starting July 1, the country's 21.5 million visually impaired people will be</span><br><span>able to enjoy TV more than ever before.</span><br><span></span><br><span>On that day, the Big Four broadcast networks and the top five-rated cable</span><br><span>networks will begin offering four hours a week of so-called video</span><br><span>descriptions that clue in blind and partially sighted viewers on what's</span><br><span>going on when the characters aren't talking. The descriptions, audible only</span><br><span>to viewers who want them to be audible, are squeezed in between the dialog.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Video descriptions have been part of</span><br><span>broadcasting, cable, home video, but never to the extent on TV as they will</span><br><span>be beginning next month.</span><br><span></span><br><span>It's not altruism driving the surge in</span><br><span>descriptions. They were mandated by
Congress in the 21st Century</span><br><span>Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010.</span><br><span></span><br><span>According to the <span id="misspell-13" class="mark">FCC's</span> implementing rules, the Big Four O&Os and affiliates</span><br><span>in the top 25 markets will have to air 50 hours each quarter - or roughly</span><br><span>four hours a week - of described programming.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Cable and satellite systems with at least 50,000 subscribers have to offer</span><br><span>the same amount of described programming for the top five-rated cable</span><br><span>networks - currently Disney, Nickelodeon, TBS, TNT and USA.</span><br><span></span><br><span>And with just weeks to go before the deadline, the described programming</span><br><span>plans of nine affected networks are shaping up.</span><br><span></span><br><span>ABC's plan is to provide descriptions on some of its Tuesday and
Wednesday</span><br><span>shows. This summer, those shows include sitcoms Last Man Standing, The</span><br><span>Middle, <span id="misspell-14" class="mark">Suburgatory</span>, Modern Family, Happy Endings and Don't Trust the B----</span><br><span>in Apt. 23.</span><br><span></span><br><span>In the fall, ABC will likely include most of those shows and new sitcom The</span><br><span>Neighbors and new drama Nashville.</span><br><span></span><br><span>CBS has been providing audio descriptions for several programs since 2002.</span><br><span>The lineup is <span id="misspell-15" class="mark">CSI</span>, Criminal Minds, <span id="misspell-16" class="mark">NCIS</span>, <span id="misspell-17" class="mark">NCIS</span>: <span id="misspell-18" class="mark">Los</span> <span id="misspell-19" class="mark">Angeles</span>, plus movies and</span><br><span>miniseries.</span><br><span></span><br><span>NBC has broadcast a slew of shows with</span><br><span>descriptions,
including the Betty White reality show Off Their Rockers,</span><br><span>drama Grimm and the summer series Saving Hope. Described sitcoms include The</span><br><span>Office, Up All Night and Parks and Recreation.</span><br><span></span><br><span>At Fox, The <span id="misspell-20" class="mark">Simpsons</span> has been audio described for several years. Beyond the</span><br><span>animated sitcom, Fox isn't prepared to say what it would be offering.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Disney Channel's described shows will include hit sitcoms Jessie, A.N.T.</span><br><span>Farm and the animated Phineas and <span id="misspell-21" class="mark">Ferb</span>.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Nickelodeon will offer descriptions for some of its biggest hits, like the</span><br><span>long-running animated Dora the Explorer and preschool educational show Team</span><br><span><span id="misspell-22" class="mark">Umizoomi</span>.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Turner
Broadcasting will have described movies as well as TV series. Among</span><br><span>the series: <span id="misspell-23" class="mark">TNT's</span> The Closer and <span id="misspell-24" class="mark">TBS's</span> Tyler Perry comedies House of Payne</span><br><span>and For Better or Worse.</span><br><span></span><br><span><span id="misspell-25" class="mark">USA's</span> described programs will include off-network shows <span id="misspell-26" class="mark">NCIS</span> and Law &</span><br><span>Order: <span id="misspell-27" class="mark">SVU</span>, plus originals like Royal Pains and Suits.</span><br><span></span><br><span>"My hope is that more and more networks will embrace these accessibility</span><br><span>initiatives," says Joel Snyder, president of Audio Description Associates.</span><br><span>He serves as director of the American Council of the <span id="misspell-28" class="mark">Blind's</span> audio</span><br><span>description project and is an
adviser to the FCC.</span><br><span></span><br><span>"If they do it right, they'll find ways to make money from it. If they make</span><br><span>their shows accessible to these folks, there is a bigger market for</span><br><span>advertisers to sell their products."</span><br><span></span><br><span>For the most part, video-described programs won't include live shows or</span><br><span>news. The networks, which are providing most of this content to their</span><br><span>affiliates, need time to write description scripts for voice artists to</span><br><span>record.</span><br><span></span><br><span>"It takes longer to get that done than closed captioning," says one network</span><br><span>executive. "It also requires us to look at how our post-production schedules</span><br><span>are set up. We have to work very closely with the folks at the</span><br><span>post-production houses to make sure we get the programming to our vendors</span><br><span>with
sufficient time to get the video description correct."</span><br><span></span><br><span>Producing the descriptions costs between $2,000 to $4,000 per hour.</span><br><span></span><br><span>The networks and some associations for the blind are helping to ensure that</span><br><span>people with vision problems know that descriptions are coming.</span><br><span></span><br><span>"It's great for the networks to comply, but what's more important is getting</span><br><span>the information out to folks," says Helena Berger, <span id="misspell-29" class="mark">EVP</span>-COO of the American</span><br><span>Association of People with Disabilities. </span><br><span>She is also a member of <span id="misspell-30" class="mark">Comcast</span>-<span id="misspell-31" class="mark">NBCUniversal's</span> joint diversity council.</span><br><span></span><br><span>"What we can do on our end at <span id="misspell-32" class="mark">AAPD</span> is to use our communication
channels,</span><br><span>like our newsletter, our website and social media to get the word out to the</span><br><span>community."</span><br><span></span><br><span>Some of the networks are creating logos and audio tones so that people with</span><br><span>vision problems know when a program has audio descriptions. So far, there</span><br><span>isn't an industry standard.</span><br><span></span><br><span>And TV listing providers like Tribune Media Services will provide data to</span><br><span>programming services to let them know if a program is audio-described. Then,</span><br><span>it's up to individual cable systems to add symbols or sounds to their</span><br><span>on-screen listings.</span><br><span></span><br><span>These described programs are the culmination of a 12-year battle by the FCC</span><br><span>and groups such as the Audio Description Institute. They thought they had</span><br><span>won the battle in 2000 when the FCC adopted rules
similar to the 2010 act,</span><br><span>but a court agreed with broadcasters that the agency had overstepped its</span><br><span>authority.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Now backed by law, the new FCC rules gradually expand the description</span><br><span>obligations to other TV stations. By July 1, 2015, major network affiliates</span><br><span>in the top 60 markets will have to broadcast the descriptions. The FCC may</span><br><span>require additional stations to air descriptions at a rate of 10 markets a</span><br><span>year if it deems the cost is reasonable.</span><br><span></span><br><span>According to broadcasters, it costs stations anywhere from $10,000 and</span><br><span>$25,000 to install the gear necessary to handle the extra audio channel.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Just because someone has a disability doesn't mean they don't want to be</span><br><span>included in life," </span><br><span>says Debra <span id="misspell-33"
class="mark">Ruh</span>, chief marketing officer at <span id="misspell-34" class="mark">SSB</span> Bart Group, a firm that helps</span><br><span>companies make their computer services and websites fully compliant and</span><br><span>accessible to people with disabilities. "Part of participating in life is</span><br><span>being able to experience television. TV is a very important part of our</span><br><span>culture."</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>nabs-l mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:nabs-l@nfbnet.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:nabs-l@nfbnet.org">nabs-l@nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span>To <span id="misspell-35"
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