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Audio Described TV/Movies

• Accessing Video Description, Step By Step - AFB answers the question: How Do I Access Video Description on My Television?
• Media Access Group  - At WGBH's Media Access Group offers a variety of services that help to make television, movies and more accessible for all

• MoPix Motion Picture Access - DVS movie listings at movie theaters

• Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library offers audio described videos (DVD and VHS) to loan to patrons
• Netflix - The Audio Description Project, 
  an Initiative of the American Council of the Blind, has compiled this information about streaming videos with audio description tracks

• Described Videos at Local Library or through MA Inter - Library Loan Program

Use Key Word Search: "DVS".

• NOBLE Web Catalog North of Boston Library Exchange
• C/W MARS Central & Western MA Public Libraries
• Cape Library DVS Home Video Search Page
• Old Colony Library Network Web Catalog Offerings of DVS
• SAILS Library Network, serving Southeastern MA - Current Library Issues
• Minuteman Library Network - Web Catalog
• Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
• Metro Boston Catalog

Hobbies

• Recreation and Leisure for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired by Vision Aware
• Needlecrafts, Pottery, Woodworking by American Foundation for the Blind

Get Outdoors

• Universal Access Program by Department of Conservation and Recreation
• Accessible Trails and Wildlife Sanctuaries by Mass Audubon Accessibility
  • ​​Download the Accessible Trails Manual
• Audio Program from NPR Station WCAI: The Joys and Challenges of Adaptive Sports 
  
• Audio Presentation: Sensory Trails - What's New in Massachusetts by Jerry Berrier & Marcy Marchello

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See Also:

Local and National Organizations: Vision Loss

News & Information Access

Strategies for Everyday Situations​

Products for Accessibility

Orientation & Mobility Techniques
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MCB/DDS Services & Resources

Technology for Low Vision & Blindness