[blindkid] Is anyone finding any DVS on their local PBS affiliate?

Thu Jun 2 20:02:55 UTC 2011

Great! 

Just in case something doesn't come up that should under that, I'd immediately check other languages, Spanish first. I have no idea why, but I keep finding DVS under Spanish through TiVo. 

Richard Holloway, Vice President
Georgia Organization of Parents of Blind Children
www.gopbc.org

On Jun 2, 2011, at 3:56 PM, Penny Duffy wrote:

> Yes that's what I did. I picked the option "use descriptive video service
> when available". The per my local pbs station it listed that program having
> dvs.   I may have to make some calls but my daughter loves the afterschool
> pbs programs.  We realized at the movies this weekend how much she misses.
> There is parts of the movie she just missed completely
> On Jun 2, 2011 3:25 PM, "Richard Holloway" <rholloway at gopbc.org> wrote:
>> You're looking for an audio setting or audio menus setting somewhere in
> the box or on the menus of your TV or your cable box.
>> 
>> On my Cable Box for Comcast (this is the HD box) I go to
>> 
>> You might call your cable company, but you'll probably get more useful
> information if you ask how to get to Spanish simulcasts.
>> 
>> Menu:
>> Setup:
>> Audio Setup:
>> There you can select various options.
>> 
>> Here's a strange little thing there-- I just found "Descriptive Video
> Service" under options in that l location, just below the Spanish option.
> I've been using TiVo instead to decode the DVS so far and that is quite
> different. (I'll explain later if there are any TiVo users wanting to know.)
> I'll check this option on cable the next time I find a live feed running and
> tell you what I find.
>> 
>> On Jun 2, 2011, at 3:09 PM, Penny Duffy wrote:
>> 
>>> Oh I looked at my local pbs schedule and they offer a lot of DVS
> programing.
>>> I haven't found out how to get it to work. It thought i figured out how
> to
>>> turn it on my cable box but its not working. . My tv doesn't have dvs
>>> setting but it should work through my cable box.
>>> I told my daughter and she wants me to figure it out.
>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Richard Holloway <rholloway at gopbc.org
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I'm finding enough DVS programs broadcast now that I have some
> confidence
>>>> that I'm looking in the right place, but I'm still getting nothing from
> PBS
>>>> in Atlanta on either local PBS affiliate (we have two). I have found DVS
> on
>>>> shows from Nickelodeon, TBS, and TCM broadcast all within the last week.
>>>> 
>>>> I'm wondering if anyone else is finding any DVS on their local PBS
> shows,
>>>> while I wait for one local PBS station to tell me what they believe they
> are
>>>> actually broadcasting with DVS available.
>>>> 
>>>> If anyone could tell me (on or off list) what they happen to get with
> Audio
>>>> Description (DVS) and what PBS affiliate they get it from, I'd really
>>>> appreciate it!
>>>> 
>>>> Here is a list of shows that WGBH site says are described on PBS:
>>>> 
>>>> Animalia
>>>> Arthur
>>>> Barney and Friends
>>>> Between the Lions
>>>> Curious George
>>>> Cyberchase
>>>> Design Squad
>>>> Dragon Tales
>>>> Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman
>>>> Franny's Feet
>>>> It's A Big Big World
>>>> Martha Speaks
>>>> Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (select episodes of the series air with
>>>> description)
>>>> Real Simple
>>>> Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat
>>>> Simply Ming (select episodes of this series air with description)
>>>> Thomas and Friends
>>>> The Victory Garden (select episodes of this series air with description)
>>>> 
>>>> I just checked Curious George here this morning and I wasn't getting DVS
> on
>>>> that, for example.
>>>> 
>>>> I'll keep checking what I'm able but it seems like if they were sending
>>>> here at all, I'd have found something by now.
>>>> 
>>>> I have read that Sesame Street (on PBS) is described in one source but
> not
>>>> in another so I'm particularly confused about Sesame Street. (Apparently
>>>> WGBH did not do the descriptions but Children's Television Workshop
>>>> definitely offers DVS on at least some Sesame Street DVDs-- I have seen
>>>> "Described" Sesame Street samples on-line as well). So, if anyone can
> check
>>>> Sesame Street on their local PBS affiliate, that would be really helpful
> as
>>>> well.
>>>> 
>>>> Note that the same shows may not be described on one network while they
> are
>>>> on another. For example, Nickelodeon sends Dora the Explorer out with
> DVS
>>>> but Nick Jr., (also a Nickelodeon station) is not sending Dora with DVS
> at
>>>> this time. Likewise, I suspect Sprout, a PBS station (PBS is a partial
> owner
>>>> of Sprout) may not be sending DVS even on shows that PBS itself may send
>>>> with DVS (such as Thomas and possibly Sesame Street).
>>>> 
>>>> Again, if anyone can tell me what shows they find DVS on (or if the show
> is
>>>> on the list but you don't get it with DVS) and the PBS affiliate that is
>>>> broadcasting, that would be really helpful. I'd love to build a picture
> of
>>>> what is really going on with PBS and DVS programming at this time. (Oh,
> and
>>>> please also tell me if you're getting it over the air or what cable
> system
>>>> is feeding it, apparently that can be an issue as well.)
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks so much!
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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