As aid to blind and visually impaired, Panasonic is expanding ava...
As aid to blind and visually impaired, Panasonic is expanding availability of its remote controls with single-button access to Second Audio Program (SAP) on TV stereo broadcasts. SAP is simultaneously-broadcast auxiliary channel that can offer program in 2nd language…
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or provide “video descriptive service” in which narrator describes program’s action and key visual elements during pauses in dialog -- thereby enabling sight-impaired to better follow program. Single-button SAP access is located at upper right of Panasonic remotes and has 3 raised dots to distinguish it by touch. Feature was in remotes for 46 Panasonic video products last year, and now will be included on remotes for almost all of company’s products with TV stereo broadcast reception.