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		Descriptive videos are like the ones available at your local video store, but with the enhancement of a narrator that describes the visual elements of the movie - the action, characters, locations, costumes and sets - without interfering with the movie's dialogue or sound effects.
		Videos may be requested in person at the library, by telephone, email or by mail.
		Abuse of the video lending service, such as repeated overdues or damaged tapes, may result in suspension of video service to a borrower.
	blindlibrary.utah.gov /descriptive_video/index.html (425 words)

	Descriptive Video Service: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		The public broadcasting service (pbs) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member tv stations in the united states....
		Audio description refers to an additional narration track for blind and visually impaired viewers of visual media, including television and movies, dance,...
		(ip-relay) is an operator service used by deaf persons and those with other hearing difficulties,...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/de/descriptive_video_service.htm (879 words)

	The Development of the Descriptive Video Service
		In fact, the screen in the auditorium was larger than the one in her room and had descriptions on the soundtrack.
		The woman denied that the descriptions had any bearing on her understanding the program, saying she did not even hear them, a testament to the inobtrusiveness of descriptive video.
		Descriptive Video Servicesm is a Service Mark of the WGBH Educational Foundation.
	www2.edc.org /NCIP/library/v&c/Cronin.htm (4033 words)

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		Video description (sometimes also referred to as audio description) refers to a means of making television, movies (particularly on home video), and other video programming accessible to people who are blind or visually impaired.
		Video description did not flourish as did closed captioning because the Federal government did not fund start-up costs and does not continue annual contributions to the extent allotted to closed captioning.
		Video on demand offered by telephone companies will be an especially important source of described video material because it eliminates the need to travel to and from a video store often an obstacle for the visually impaired.
	www.washear.org /fccc.htm (10349 words)

	WGBH - Media Access Group - DVS® Services
		Descriptions make television programs, feature films, home videos, and other visual media accessible to people who are blind or visually impaired by providing descriptive narration of key visual elements in programs.
		Live description is a relatively new service that has been offered in limited situations, most notably the last two presidential inaugurations.
		Descriptions can be edited or reformatted to match new versions of a program or film -- a service that costs a fraction of original description.
	main.wgbh.org /wgbh/pages/mag/services/description (808 words)

	TPT - Twin Cities Public Television
		Many television viewers are now familiar with Closed Captions, a service for viewers who are deaf or who have severe hearing loss.
		Descriptive Video Service (DVS) is a way television stations can enhance the television experience for another group -- those who are blind or who have greatly reduced vision.
		Viewers who wish to hear Descriptive Video Service can select SAP on their television sets.
	www.ktca.org /about/tech_zone/dvs.html (318 words)

	WGBH - Media Access Group - DVS® FAQ
		Descriptive Video Service (DVS) is a national service that makes television programs, feature films, home videos, and other visual media accessible to people who are blind or visually impaired.
		When they encounter visual images that are unfamiliar to them, they take the time to research and create description that give the viewer a more complete image of what is happening onscreen, without interfering with the audio or dialogue of a program or movie.
		For example, if a producer wishes to describe and televise a film initially described on home video, the description track for the film would need to be reformatted to include commercial fls.
	main.wgbh.org /wgbh/pages/mag/services/description/dvs-faq.html (1035 words)

	WGBH About: Access: Services for People with Disabilities
		It just wasn't all that useful for them...until WGBH invented TV captioning and video descriptions.
		Get home videos enhanced by WGBH's Descriptive Video Service.
		Sign up for e-mail updates about WGBH services and activities for people with disabilities.
	main.wgbh.org /wgbh/access (170 words)

	axxlog: July to December 2003 archives
		In 2000, there were so few receivers for audio description that even a broadcaster didn’t have one.
		service is not up to the standard we have come to expect in the north.
		The dialogue is mostly banal, the characters providing us with a sort of Descriptive Video Service (after Tony and Debbie head for NYC, there’s a cut to a shot of the two of them in bed, and Debbie says “Finally, we’re in an apartment in New York!”).
	www.joeclark.org /axxlog/2003/2003b.html (5837 words)

	AMC Theatres
		With theatre amenities like Open Caption (OC), Closed Caption (CC), Descriptive Video Services (DVS) in select theatres and assisted listening devices available at all locations, it's easy to see why AMC provides each of our guests with the ultimate moviegoing experience.
		Closed Caption (CC) and Descriptive Video Service (DVS)
		With theatre amenities like Open Caption (OC), Closed Caption (CC), Descriptive Video (DV) in select theatres and assisted listening devices available at all locations, it's easy to see why AMC provides each of our guests with the ultimate moviegoing experience.
	www.moviewatcher.com /jsp/amg.jsp (1506 words)

	NCAM/Summary of WWW8 Developer's Day Track - Accessibility
		In 1990 they developed a Descriptive Video Service that adds additional narration about the video's key visual elements into natural pauses during the dialogue.
		QuickTime was the first video technology to incorporate captions and descriptions.
		QuickTime also contains extended descriptions; because it is digital video, the video can be paused if necessary to fully play these descriptions.
	ncam.wgbh.org /news/webnews8.html (2620 words)

	Lots of Links
		The following websites contain useful information related to the services, needs, and issues of concern to people with visual impairments.
		Video TIM (Tactile Imaging Machine), similar to Optacon:
		Further, the inclusion of links or pointers to particular items in hypertext is not intended to reflect their importance, nor is it intended to endorse any views expressed, or products or services offered, on these outside sites, or the organizations sponsoring the sites.
	www.vesid.nysed.gov /lsn/lol2.htm (1260 words)

	Descriptive Video Service - DVS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		Check these quick reference links for the availability of audio described TV programs and the availability of audio described movies.
		Many thanks also to WGBH Descriptive Video Service who conceptualized the process in 1990.
		Additionally, be sure to visit the FCC Rule page, which makes descriptive video a reality for the blind and visually impaired.
	www.acb.org /nebraska/dvs (55 words)

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