[infoshare] Fwd: From ACB National: Audio Description of Inauguration
- From: Ellen Rubin <ellenr5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: infoshare@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:27:44 -0800
Inaugural, the Media Access Group at WGBH will provide live
descriptive
narration and captioning for broadcast coverage of Inauguration 2009 on
PBS.
The Lehrer NewsHour will be broadcasting the events live from 11:00AM
to
1:30PM EST on Tuesday, January 20. We will have a team of
describers
providing narration of visual elements of that coverage (accessible via
the
SAP channel on most televisions), and stenocaptioners providing
captioning
of the audio. Live television description is still very rare, and
we are
pleased to say that long-time corporate sponsor of local news captioning
in
the Boston area, Dunkin' Donuts, is providing funding for the
description.
And, a first this year, the live described coverage will
also be available
simultaneously on the web site of the Joint Congressional Committee
on
Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC): <
http://www.inaugural.senate.gov/
> Our
thanks to MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, Dunkin' Donuts and the JCCIC
for
making full access to this historic event possible.
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