
ERIC Number: EJ706491
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Oct-1
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Ten Things TLs Should Know about Video Description
Chiari, Arnold
Teacher Librarian, v32 n1 p35 Oct 2004
There is a distinction between blindness, vision impairment and print-restriction. Blindness is the inability to see. Vision impairment is an inability to see clearly. Print restriction is an inability to see because of restricted access and/or physical impairment that makes the ability to focus and/or read impossible. All benefit from description, which is a passive activity. Arnold Chiari is a Toronto based writer and editor with extensive knowledge of disability issues. In this article, he explains that video description is an audible enhancement that helps people with no or low vision to enjoy the action in movies and TV productions in their mind's eye. Many have said this process does for people with restricted vision what closed-captioning does for the deaf that is to make films and other picture-based entertainment more accessible. The author describes how the process is done, why it is so valued by people who have no or low vision, and offers a partial listing of videos available in the market place. He also provides websites where two of the most notable suppliers in North America can be accessed.
Scarecrow Press, 4501 Forbes Blvd., Suite 200, Lanham, MD 20706. Web site: http://www.scarecrowpress.com.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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