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 Mr.  Philip  Oliver 
 109  Nelson  Street 
 Leominster,  Ma  01453-  2161 


 March  23,  2000 


 Magalie  Roman  Salas 
 Office  of  the  Secretary 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 
 445  Twelfth  Street,  S.  W.,  TW-  A325 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 Dear  Ms.  Salas: 
 RE:  COMMENTS  ON  NOTICE  OF  PROPOSED  RULEMAKING 
 IN  THE  MATTER  OF  VIDEO  DESCRIPTION  OF  VIDEO  PROGRAMMING 


 MM  Docket  No.  99-  339 
 As  a  totally  blind  individual  who  relies  on  verbal  communications,  I  feel  strongly  that  if  the  Federal 
 Communications  Commission,  mandates  any  type  of  descriptive  audio  to  television  programming,  it 
 should  be  done  with  emergency  and  welfare  type  communications  long  before  it  worries  about  purely 
 entertainment  type  programming.  I  don't  need  to  know  the  color  of  someone's  tie  as  my  house  is  being 
 swept  away  by  a  high  wind  that  I  had  no  warning  about,  because  I  couldn’t  see  the  running  bar  at  the 
 bottom  of  my  television  screen.  I  also  feel  strongly  that  I  should  have  the  opportunity  to  know  the 
 telephone  numbers  that  flash  on  my  screen  while  a  voice  is  trying  to  get  information  to  me.  Also  living  in 
 the  northeast,  I  would  like  to  know  what  towns  have  called  off  school  because  of  snowy  conditions. 


 Thank  you  for  considering  my  opinion  in  this  matter. 
 Sincerely, 
 Philip  Oliver 
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