[blindkid] PBS Station Frustration

[Penny Duffy]

Richard,

I still haven't gotten it to work on my end. I have shows that are label dvs
and I thought I turned it on at my cable box. Still nothing. I think one of
the biggest issues with dvs is there is NO standard yet. Close captioning
has had a standard for years.

Are you going to the convention Richard? Maybe we can talk about it.
Regardless I am really interested and I imagine we can figure it out LOL.
When we get it all figured out maybe we can write something up for other
parents.

I have found that when the transition to digital happened that
many channels lost the way the used to do it and there is a lot of
confusion.

-- 
--Penny
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On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 3:56 AM, Richard Holloway <rholloway at gopbc.org>wrote:

> Could anyone who is finding DVS (audio described) programming on their
> local PBS affiliate please email me (on or off list) and help me determine
> at least what PBS affiliates / cities are actually broadcasting with DVS?
> (Or if you are trying but can't find it on your local affiliate that would
> be good to know as well.)
>
> I finally got an answer about the "technical problems" with DVS in Georgia
> from PBS. I learned today that Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) simply
> turned off their DVS feeds for programming a while back. According to the
> General Manager of GPB,  they "ran into a significant amount of confusion
> among viewers who received it, didn’t want it, and didn’t know how to turn
> it off..." so they "...eventually abandoned the practice of delivering DVS."
>
> I'd really like to get a sense of whether this something that happened
> mainly here in Georgia or of this is more widespread. I find it pretty
> frustrating that their main concern is apparently the time and effort spent
> by their engineers telling people who don't want DVS how to turn it off.
>
> I am told they may look back into offering this again now that the delivery
> is different (over digital TV), but first they need to determine "...what
> the likely impact would be for viewers who don’t want it." Sounds like they
> got very little response from people who wanted DVS when they turned it off,
> but I think that is probably because so few potential users were even aware
> the service had been offered.
>
> Your feedback here on the list or directly would be really appreciated. I
> would very much like to get DVS running here in Georgia on PBS again and if
> this problem is widespread, to start addressing this on more of a national
> level. As much as my daughter appreciated the DVS programs, I can't imagine
> there would not me a lot more kids and adults who would benefit from
> increased numbers of shows being broadcast with audio descriptions...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Richard
> rholloway at gopbc.org
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