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 Magalie  Roman  Salas 
 Office  of  the  Secretary 
 445  Twelfth  Street  S.  W.,  TW-  A325 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 Dear  Ms.  Salas: 
 RE  COMMENTS  ON  NOTICE  OF  PROPOSED  RULEMAKING  IN  THE  MATTER  OF  VIDEO  DESCRIPTION 
 OF  VIDEO  PROGRAMMING 


 MM  Docket  No.  99-  339 
 I'm  glad  for  the  chance  to  comment  on  the  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  which 
 would  mandate  use  of  audio  description  of  visual  images  by  television  networks 
 and  stations  using  the  Secondary  Audio  Programming  (SAP)  channel.  I  am  in  favor 
 of  voluntary  audio  description,  but  am  against  making  it  mandatory. 


 What  I  really  want  is  access  to  emergency  information  scrolled  across  the 
 screen,  sports  scores,  and  printed  identification  of  speakers  and  other  vital 
 messages  during  newscasts,  commercials,  and  other  national  and  local  programs. 


 While  I  like  descriptive  video  during  movies  and  other  entertainment,  I  seldom 
 take  such  things  in,  with  or  without  description.  As  a  blind  mother,  I  want 
 access  to  the  same  information  my  sighted  peers  have  available  to  them  free  on 
 TV--  school  closings,  scores,  weather  watches  and  warnings,  health  and  safety 
 tips,  etc.  I  would  appreciate  your  making  this  kind  of  thing  mandatory,  but  not 
 descriptive  video. 


 Thank  you. 
 Barbara  Walker 
 2224  S.  35th  Street 
 Lincoln,  NE  68506-  6011 
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