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Resources: Living With Vision Loss:Audio Description Services

Descriptive Video Service/Descriptive Video Information (DVS/DVI) is a means of making movies and television more accessible to the visually impaired by providing a spoken description of a program's key visual elements.DVS/DVI uses stereo technology to transmit a second, separate audio channel.Settings, actions scene changes and body language can be described without interfering with the program's dialog. To receive DVS/DVI, viewers must have a stereo TV or a stereo VCR that includes the Second Audio Program (SAP) channel.Most TV's and VCR's now sold include this feature.

Call the Descriptive Video Services hotline (800) 333-1203.