What is audio description?
Audio description description is an audible description of the show’s key visual elements, such as gestures, facial expressions, costumes or scene transitions. This TV description enables blind or visually impaired persons to get information they would have otherwise missed.
You can easily access this feature on your television, computer or mobile device, whether you’re watching direct TV, a recording or on-demand content.
Warning: Broadcasters determine which content features audio description .
How to enable or disable audio description on the Helix TV terminal?
While watching a program, you can enable or disable audio description by voice command, on the video control panel, or in the Accessibility Settings.
With the voice control remote
- Hold down the micro
on the voice remote and say “Audio description.”
While watching a program
- Press
or the middle button on the Voice remote to display the video control panel. - Select the audio description icon
and press the middle button to enable or disable it.
In the Accessibility Settings
- Press the « b » square to open the Accessibility Settings
- Select Audio description, then press the middle button to enable or disable it.
- Press Exit
to go back to watching your show. If the show has an audio description track, you should now hear it.
Good to know
Note that there will be no audio description during commercials or scenes with dialogue with little action.
How to find content with audio description?
You can easily find shows and movies with audio description by browsing the TV Listings. Shows with audio description have the logo
. If voice guidance is enabled, it indicates that audio description is available, if applicable, when viewing information on a show.
Good to know
The audio description logo is often displayed at the beginning of a show.
