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News from the National Captioning Institute, Inc.

November 10, 2005

NCI Partners with Public Television Networks, Program Producers and Cable Networks to Describe a Wide Range of Programming

Descriptions Made Possible by Funding From the U.S. Department of Education

NCI Described Video (also known as audio description or video description) provides access to television programming for people who are blind or have low vision, an estimated Amerian audience of about 14 million. Through a detailed processs that provides concise yet vivid descriptions of a program's visual elements during pauses in the dialogue, NCI Described Video helps people who are visually impaired to "paint a picture" in their minds of those images that others take for granted. The visual is made verbal.

Descriptions can be heard through the Secondary Audio Programming (SAP) option on the Multi-channel Television Sound (MTS) feature on most newer televisions and usuallly accessed through the remote. Check your local listings to see if the following programming is available in your area with descriptions.

Public Television – Regularly Scheduled Series
0 to 5 in 30 Minutes
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Clifford’s Puppy Days
Dragon Tales
Everyday Food (2005-6)
Globe Trekker
Health Sense
Keeping Kids Healthy
Maya and Miguel
One Stroke Painting with Donna Dewberry (500 series)
Plaza Sesamo (new episodes in 2005)
Reading Rainbow (new episodes in 2005)
Real Wheels
Secrets of the Dead (2005-6)
Sesame Street
Terry Madden’s Wonderful World of Watercolor
The Creative Life
The Eyes of Nye (2005)

Public Television – Specials & Limited Duration Series
The Appalachians (2005)
The Balancing Act: Security and Liberty
Beyond Brown: Imagine the Promise
Character Studies (2005)
The College Track: America’s Sorting Machine
Come Fly with Dragon Tales (2005)
The Cure
Die Fledermaus
First Light (2005)
From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall
Hemingway in Cuba
Horatio’s Drive
In Search of Myths and Heroes (Nov. 16 and 23, 2005 debut)
Innovation
The Jeeter Bug: Mission over Iwo Jima (2005)
King of Stonehenge
Lost Childhood: Growing Up in an Alcoholic Family (2005)
Queen Victoria: Secrets of a Queen
Reporting America at War
The Royals and Their Pets
Slavery and the Making of America (2005)
The Standard of Perfection (2005)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2005)
Water’s Journey: The Hidden Rivers of Florida
With All Deliberate Speed
The Woodwright's Shop (2005)
World Class Trains
WWII: The Complete History
X-Power

Nickelodeon
Chalkzone
Ned’s School Survival Guide

Noggin/The N
64 Zoo Lane (2005)
A Walk in Your Shoes
Degrassi: The Next Generation
Girl Stuff/Boy Stuff
Girls v. Boys
Jack's Big Music Show
Miffy and Friends (2005)
O’Grady
Tiny Planets

Ovation
Australia: Beyond the Fatal Shore
Chuck Close
Walter Mosely
Private View
Theatre Biz
Dare to Dance
Homage to Astor Piazzola
Sunflowers
Arthur Miller
Roy Lichtenstein
Elgar's 10th Muse
Harmony in Hanoi
Aria Madame Butterfly
Modern Time Bare
Daniel Libeskind
Maria Callas
Matisse & Pacasso
Annie Proulx – Way Out West
Lee Strasberg
Van Dyke Undressed
Dawn At Dusk
Mystery of Charles Dickens
Township Opera
From Clare to Here
James Galway: Profile
Howard Goodall’s Choir Works (series)
William Forsythe: Just Dancing Around
Le Planete Decoufle
Magic in the Air
Kay Mellor: Profile
Paul Merton: Profile
Royal Ballet of Cambodia
Over the Top with Franz
Simunye: We Are One
Lost Treasure of Kabul
Kodo: Live at the Acropolis
Hamlet
Working of Utopia
Boticelli
Pavarotti
Never Ending Stories

Syndicated Series
Amazing America
Liberty's Kids
Real Life Teens (2005-6)

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Editor’s note: From October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2005, funding of $2.0 million from six grants awarded to NCI by the U.S. Department of Education have paid or will pay 100% of the cost of describing the programming listed above. Some post-production costs and closed captioning costs are paid for by the networks and producers.

For More Information:

Contact: Jay Feinberg

703-917-7600 (V/TTY)

703-917-9853 (FAX)

jfeinberg@ncicap.org

 

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