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 | | At a minimum, we believe that there is now a universal agreement that described programming is desired and needed by a segment of the American public that is anywhere from 10 to 25 million people strong, a segment which to date has been denied full access to the most dominant medium in American culture. |
| | Until the audio descriptions were actually made available to audiences of blind and visually impaired persons, very few suspected the degree to which such a service was essential to full access to the living theater. |
| | As the American population ages, we anticipate that there will many millions of people who are sighted in the technical sense but who will want and need described programming as their vision deteriorates. |
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