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Descriptive Video Service: Media Access Group at WGBH

General Information

Descriptive Video Service: Media Access Group at WGBH
One Guest Street
Boston, MA 02135
(617) 300 3600
amanda_moment@wgbh.org
http://access.wgbh.org

Services Offered

  • Audiodescription
    • Makes television programs, feature films, DVD and Blu-ray discs and other visual media accessible to people who are blind or have low vision by providing descriptive narration. Produces audio description for PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) and TCM (Turner Classic Movies) as well as CBS and Fox. Provides description in first-run theatres as well as well as specialty theaters (Disney attractions, National Park Visitors Centers, IMAX theaters).

  • Community Outreach Programs
    • Outreach to blind and visually impaired consumers as well as parents, teachers, and the general public.

  • Assistive Products
    • Description of TV programs on PBS, CBS and Fox. Links to mainstream DVD and Blu-ray discs that include description tracks, information on movies and theaters that offer DVS Theatrical, description via headsets of feature films.