Posted by Bill Vermillion on 10/09/07 13:12

In article <h7zOi.3118$Cd7.2582@trnddc03>, nick <nick@NOSPAM.ORG> wrote:
>Senior moment here -- trying to turn a feature off, but can't
>figger what it's called. No idea when or how it got turned on.
>
>Whatdyacallit when -- watching a program and listening to the dialog,
>but a ghostly voice comes over describing the scene, as in "Mabel
>walks to the door" while in the picture Mabel walks to the door.
>
>It's obviously a feature for hearing impaired "watchers" who listen as
>the video scene is described. I wanna turn it OFF but can't remember
>wot itz called. Kina like an audio closed-captioning.
>
>nick

On cable it's often called 'Descriptive Video Services' DVS.

It only puts in words between the dialog so that you can hear the
whole film and know what's going on.

On cable systems one that does it quite often is TBS. It uses
the secondary audio channel.

You didn't say what you were seeing it on, so other posters
comments about having commentary on in a DVD may be correct.

More information always helps determine the problem.

Bill

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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com

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