<![CDATA[KLM Newsroom]]> https://news.klm.com/ en Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:16:11 +0200 Wed, 16 Oct 2019 10:25:44 +0200 <![CDATA[KLM Newsroom]]> https://content.presspage.com/clients/150_162.jpg https://news.klm.com/ 144 KLM introduces films with audio description for blind and visually impaired passengers https://news.klm.com/klm-introduces-films-with-audio-description-for-blind-and-visually-impaired-passengers/ https://news.klm.com/klm-introduces-films-with-audio-description-for-blind-and-visually-impaired-passengers/252374As of today, KLM will offer films with audio description via its inflight entertainment system aboard intercontinental* flights. This will ensure that blind and visually impaired passengers can also enjoy films during their flight. This reflects KLM’s ambition to offer passengers memorable experiences when travelling.

]]>The first films with audio description are: Home Again, Kingsman, The Golden Circle and Lego Ninjago Movie. More films will be added in the coming months.

Audio description is a means of making films and television programmes accessible to blind and visually impaired people. A narrator describes all the visual elements during breaks in dialogue. The narrator describes the characters, facial expressions, their location and plot developments.

*Available aboard all of KLM’s Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 aircraft.

 

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