NBCUniversal Partners with Descriptive Video Works to Bring The Paris Olympic Games 2024 to Visually Impaired Olympic Fans
More audio description services – interspersing broadcast audio with skilled voices describing Olympic and Paralympic scenes and context – will be available for viewers who are blind or visually impaired for the Paris Olympics than any previous Games.
August 08, 2024
People with visual impairments who view the Olympic Games cannot see what's happening on the field, in the pool, or on the balance beam, but they're getting help in visualizing it. NBCUniversal has partnered with a Canadian company, Descriptive Video Works that have announcers who specialize in describing the games to a visually impaired audience.
Tony Ambrogio and Norma Jean Wick took time from calling the Olympics in Paris to talk with NPR host Lisa Mullins about what it takes to do the job.
NBCUniversal Enhances Accessibility for The Olympic Games Paris 2024
NBCUniversal’s coverage of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 will be accessible to more viewers of all abilities than ever before, providing the excitement of the Olympic and Paralympic Games with enhanced closed captioning, extended audio description, and improved digital content accessibility.
