Netflix has committed to providing audio descriptions for its visually impaired users on the new Marvel series Daredevil. In a blog post, the streaming service said the new feature would also roll on the likes of House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Marco Polo.

NetflixNetflix has added audio description to its new series Daredevil

Audio Description adds verbal narration that describes the visual elements being shown on screen.

The move comes after the streaming service was criticized in a petition that noted that despite Daredevil being blind himself, the show didn't cater for the visually impaired.

"I really like Daredevil, which I started watching the same weekend Netflix released it," said the man behind the petition Ryan Dyck.

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"But after I finished the first episode, I realized how unfair it is that blind and visually impaired people aren't also able to experience this great storytelling about a blind crimefighter, especially when the problem is so easy to fix!"

"This is a significant step towards making content more accessible for consumers who are blind or have a vision impairment," said ACCAN Disability Policy Advisor, Wayne Hawkins after Netflix announced the new feature.

"However, our initial experience viewing content using a screen reader on the Netflix platform presented accessibility issues."

"People who are blind or vision impaired need to be able to access the service independently and with the same functionality that sighted users have when navigating the platform. We look forward to improvements in the service that will make it accessible to all consumers."

Netflix said that it will look at adding Audio Description in other languages in the future and that it will work with studios and content owners to increase the amount of description available. 

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