How one company helps visually impaired Olympics fans enjoy the games
Hungary's Viktoria Madarasz competes during the women's 20km race walk at the 2024 Summer Olympics. (Vadim Ghirda/AP)
People with visual impairments who view the Olympic Games who cannot see what’s happening on the field, the pool, or on the balance beam. But they’re getting help in visualizing it. A Canadian company called Descriptive Video Work has announcers who specialize in describing the games to a visually impaired audience. They speak in between comments by the regular NBC announcers.
Tony Ambrogio and Norma Jean Wick took time from calling the Olympics in Paris to talk with host Lisa Mullins about what it takes to do the job.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
