Radio versus TV

This is one of the more frequent questions that I am asked:  As a blind person, which do I prefer?  Great question and I will say that there are benefits to both for me.

 

TV has brought and continues to bring me countless benefits; and despite having to deal with several infomercials that do not always announce information on the screen, I continue to use TV as a main source of information.  More and more movies and programs are now including audio descriptions as part of their content and this helps lots.  As a whole, commentators and sports announcers do a great job at describing events and things as they happen.

 

I still use the news stations on the radio to gain much of my information and there is no problem here.  Radio describes everything for after all, they have no choice and they do a terrific job as well.  I also use radio stations to gain much of my information and with the advent of Internet radio, this makes it even more exciting for me.

 

Having both TV and Radio around me helps to enrich my environment and I like hearing the sound of both as I work in my office and go about my daily chores.  For TV:  I enjoy the news channels, the sports events, the cooking shows, and of course my favorite Soap Opera!  I also enjoy movies.  As for radio:  It's the news and the easy rock and classical music stations.

 

I'm Donna J. Jodhan your friendly accessibility advocate wishing you a terrific day and inviting you to go out there and share my blogs with others.  If you would like to learn more about descriptive audio then please visit www.wgbh.org.