----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Acosta" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "blindad" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 11:55 AM
Subject: [Blindad] Fw: Digital Television and Video Description
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mary Watkins" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 9:16 AM
> Subject: Digital Television and Video Description
>
>
> The WGBH - Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible
> Media
> (NCAM) has published a new Outreach and Policy Paper, Digital Television
> and
> Video Description: Service Continues, Consumer and Industry Efforts
> Required
>
> Most consumers are just now becoming aware of the mandated transition from
> analog to digital broadcasting scheduled for February of 2009 and how it
> will affect the TV viewing that they rely on daily. Blind or deaf
> consumers
> who purchase digital TV sets, and subscribe to cable, satellite or
> fiber-optic TV services have expressed frustration with set-up, reception
> and incompatibility problems regarding access services (captioning and
> video
> description), few of which are understood or even documented by
> manufacturers and retailers.
>
> In addition, people who want to continue receiving free over-the-air
> broadcasts using their analog sets and an antenna must purchase a set-top
> converter box to do so - and figure out how to make captions and
> descriptions work for them. NCAM previously published an overview of
> problems confronting deaf or hard-of-hearing people trying to access
> captions via DTV or through a converter box. The "DTVCC" paper can be
> found
> on NCAM's Web site listed below.
>
> This new paper focuses on challenges facing blind or low vision viewers
> who
> rely on video description to enjoy and fully understand television
> programming. Topics covered include:
>
> - Set-top Converter Boxes
> - Accessible Menus
> - Tips for Finding Video Description in DTV
> - Troubleshooting
> - and a Technical Note about PSIP (or Program and System Information
> Protocol)
>
> This paper, along with much more information about the DTV conversion from
> a
> variety of resources, can be found at NCAM's DTV Access site,
>
> http://dtvaccess.org or http://ncam.wgbh.org/dtv
>
> We want to hear from you...
> NCAM has established a one-way e-mail address, [log in to unmask], as an
> aggregator of complaints and problems related to the DTV rollout. If you
> send a report about a DTV access problem to this address, you will receive
> an automatic response that says that your report has been received and
> that
> we are gathering information but cannot respond to your inquiry, and that
> we
> will pass along common issues to relevant parties.
>
> --
> Mary Watkins
> Director of Communications and Outreach
> Media Access Group at WGBH
> [log in to unmask]
> http://access.wgbh.org
> One Guest Street
> Boston, MA 02135
> 617 300-3700 v/fax
> 617 300-2489 TTY
>
> WGBH Boston informs, inspires, and entertains millions through public
> broadcasting, the Web, educational multimedia, and access services for
> people with disabilities.
>
>
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