The fifth season of House of Cards begins with a pair of dress shoes padding toward a doorway. They belong to President Frank Underwood, on his way to interrupt a congressional hearing. Most viewers ...

Voice actors have the power to transport audiences to other worlds. A particularly meaningful type of voice acting—audio description or description narration—is vital to making television, movies, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This year, Global Accessibility Awareness Day falls on May 19. And Netflix is using the occasion to announce major plans to expand ...

Big movies heading straight to streaming could be a boon for accessibility, but not until audio description is as ubiquitous as captions. Joan E. Solsman was CNET's senior media reporter, covering the ...

WASHINGTON—As streaming continues to grow around the world, the audio and visually impaired communities don’t want to be left behind. In a meeting in early March, representatives for these communities ...

Subtitles are a convenience for some, allowing shows to be watched with the audio muted for whatever reason that might be convenient, but for others they're a necessity. Netflix offers subtitles for ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. REECE, ROOKIE REPORTER: My name is Reece, and I am in grade 5 and I attend Austins Ferry primary school ...