Mnet will have a live to air Audio Description test movie called GREEN LANTERN which will be available on MNET HD (this is channel 170) this Sunday night (26 August) at 8pm. Audio Description is only available if the user has an HD decoder. The SA National Council for the Blind would like to urge all visually impaired persons with access to MNet HD to make use of the opportunity and to provide information on the experience. This is a first in SA, but internal testing on MNet’s side appears positive.

Visually impaired viewers may access the Audio Descriptive Tracks for the movie on Sunday night by following the following prompts.

 The Visually Impaired viewer will be able to access these tracks by:

• Tuning in to Mnet HD (Channel 170) on Sunday night at 8pm
• Press the LANGUAGE button (which is the second button down on the top right of the remote)
• The Language Pop-up appears
• The viewer then needs to scroll down 3 times (1. English – Family, 2. English – Original, 3. Surround Sound, 4. ADT) to the last option which will say Language 4 of 4 (this is the Audio Descriptive Tracks)
• Select the OK button
• The viewer will then be able to watch/listen to the movie with these audio descriptive tracks.
• Once the movie ends there will be complete silence(as the next program will not contain the ADT)
• The viewer will then have to press the LANGUAGE button once more and click up to select one of the other options (1. English – Family for example) in order to hear the regular audio viewing.

The SA National Council for the Blind believes that the step taken by MNet is a step in the right direction towards full inclusion and accessibility for all South Africans. We applaud MNet for taking into consideration the challenges and needs of visually impaired users.