[nabs-l] Questions About Accessing/Watching Television

[Kerri Kosten]

Hi All:

When I was younger, (many years ago) I used to watch TV all the time.
I loved and primarily watched shows on channels such as ABC Family,
MTV, and the CW (formerly the WB) so they had a lot of talking in them
so I could follow along with what was going on pretty well just by
listening to the context clues.
I would like to get back into watching television.
First, are popular television shows described? Could I go to a certain
setting or something on my TV and access an audio described version of
the shows?
For those of you who love and regularly watch TV, do you just listen
and try to use context clues to figure out what is going on or how do
you keep yourself interested in the show when there is usually so much
action and shows are very visual?
Also, being that I likely won't be home when the shows I want to watch
air, is there any way to access on demand through Exfinity/Comcast (my
cable provider)? I know sighted people can access on demand through
the menus on the remote control but of course neither my remote nor
Television have speech so I can't access the menus or anything like
that. For those of you who watch tv regularly, how do you get around
this?
Is there an app I could download on the Iphone or something to maybe
somehow control my TV using the Iphone to access the on demand menus?
I know these questions may sound weird, but I haven't really watched
TV in so long the times have sort of changed. Television seems to be a
huge thing for sighted people and I'd like to get back into watching
popular TV shows again. I know I can access TV listings through NFB
Newsline.
Thanks,
Kerri