This is very exciting indeed!
Sandy
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From: ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Marty Rimpau
Sent: August-08-16 8:46 AM
To: our place list
Subject: [ourplace] Exciting News!
Hello All,
Im pleased to share the below announcement regarding the 2016 Summer
Olympics in Rio. For the first time, NBC is offering video description on
primetime Olympics coverage. Please share the below information with your
email lists and friends far and wide. Try testing your television set-up
with audio description now to prepare for next weeks coverage. For more
information about how to set up your television, visit the ACB Audio
Description website at www.acb.org/adp'
I want to express my thanks to NBC Universal and Comcast for making this
accessibility to audio description for the Olympics available to the blind
community for the first time. This is a tremendous step forward in access .
and we look forward to continuing coverage of this type to come in the
future.
Rio Olympics for Everyone
Comcast and NBC Universal will deliver the most comprehensive and
technologically advanced Olympics in history for Rio 2016. For fans with
sensory disabilities that also means the most accessible Olympics experience
ever, including:
-Live video description on NBCs Primetime show available across the country
on your local NBC station wherever SAP (Secondary Audio Program) audio feeds
are available. XFINITY customers can also enjoy the Rio Opening and Closing
Ceremonies OnDemand with video description the day after they air.
. Unprecedented closed captioned Olympics content including all linear
television and all live events and replays on the NBC Sports app.
. An XFINITYR X1 experience that enables you to explore Olympics content
using accessibility features like Voice Guidance, the XFINITY Voice Remote
and easy access to closed captioning and video description set-tings.
X1, GET ACCESSIBILITY
XFINITYR on the X1 Operating System has accessibility features built right
in. Were bringing you innovations like the industrys first talking guide,
video description, accessible mobile apps and the XFINITY Voice Remote. All
designed to bring the magic of entertainment to everyone. If XFINITY is
available in your area, visit xfinity.com/accessibility to learn more and
call the Comcast Accessibility Support Center for Customers with
Disabilities at 855-270-0379 to get X1.
Sincerely,
Tom Wlodkowski
Vice President, Accessibility
Comcast
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