[infoshare] Re: Fwd: From ACB National: Audio Description of Inauguration
- From: "Hope Povenmire" <audiomirror@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: infoshare@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:25:03 -0500
Hi Ellen,
Wow! Thanks so much for this. That is such fantastic news! It's
really about time that this happens, and I sincerely hope this
continues in this positive direction. Thank you for sending this, as
the link will be especially useful.
Take care.
Hope
On 1/17/09, Ellen Rubin <ellenr5@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> 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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