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UK Audio Described Shows in the US? (self.Blind)
submitted by razzretina
Hello everyone! I recently watched HBO’s Chernobyl and kind of just squinted through it. The show is really good and I’d love to see it with audio description but I’m in the US and it appears that the audio description is only available in the UK. Does anyone know if there’s a way to get it right now? The show isn’t on Audiovault so far and Blind Mice Mart isn’t hosting tv shows.
While I’m here, do any of you know where Blindy TV got their shows? I heard so many things on there that I’ve never been able to find like South Park and the later Star Trek series. Honestly, the state of audio description in the US is still pretty terrible. I feel like I’ve stumbled on a treasure whenever I can find it. Thanks for any help!
While I’m here, do any of you know where Blindy TV got their shows? I heard so many things on there that I’ve never been able to find like South Park and the later Star Trek series. Honestly, the state of audio description in the US is still pretty terrible. I feel like I’ve stumbled on a treasure whenever I can find it. Thanks for any help!
Nandflash 1 points 4y ago
Thought I'd make a post in this old thread to let you know that Audio Vault has Chernobyl now. I just saw it on the recent releases.
razzretina [OP] 1 points 3y ago
Thank you! I saw it too and grabbed it right away, haha! It’s not very good unfortunately, but it’s better than nothing.
smarlow_productions 1 points 4y ago
Use a VPN and just have the location point to UK
annibear 1 points 4y ago
As I recall BBC usually has audio described versions of their stuff, but you have to either be in the UK or have a VPN. I also found their audio description generally worse quality--and if you're watching it with sighted people, beware that they say what happens in the audio description before it appears on screen! Found that out the hard way when a character died in the audio description before their death was shown.
razzretina [OP] 1 points 4y ago
I've seen that happen with some US audio description, too. I guess they just have to put it in where ever it fits sometimes. Thankfully, I don't watch much with sighted people. As far as the UK versions being worse, well...worse is better than none, which is what you get most of the time in the US, heh. There is no US audio description for Chernobyl, for example.
Nandflash 1 points 4y ago
Unfortunately I'm not sure where you can find Chernobyl with description. It seems there are a number of shows that have description that are only available in the UK.
Blindy.tv paid to have certain shows described so the description was never released anywhere else.
Blindy.tv paid to have certain shows described so the description was never released anywhere else.
razzretina [OP] 1 points 4y ago
Really? I had no idea! Man, that stinks that Blindy TV can't release any of those shows now. When it shut down, I know the owner said we had enough audio described tv these days, but we really don't. With them and the Blind Mice Mart tv shows gone, we've lost a huge resource for described tv.
preiman790 1 points 4y ago
When the blind mice movie vault stop posting TV shows, we lost a great resource for the community.
ErtaySh 1 points 4y ago
You should check out audiovault.Net
preiman790 1 points 4y ago
I’ll do that. Is it veing actively updated or just an archive of the old Blind Mice vault?
ErtaySh 1 points 4y ago
It is updated.
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razzretina [OP] 1 points 4y ago
We really did. TV stations here in the US only have to show five hours of audio described tv a year. For the entire country and across all channels. Just five hours. It sucks.
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