Identify the access service attached to the episode
Česká televize describes audio description as an additional spoken account of visual information, carried in a separate audio track alongside the programme sound. Its caption guidance instead describes text that conveys speech and significant sounds. Those services answer different questions about the same scene, so finding a captioned episode alone does not establish that spoken description is present.
Start a viewing note with the programme title, episode date and direct page address. Then add two independent entries: whether captions are offered and whether audio description is offered. ČT's published programme-data specification uses separate indicators for description, captions and an inserted sign-language interpreter. Treat each indicator as a property to check for that particular programme.
Choose the described track for the actual viewing route
For the web player, ČT's help directs viewers to the gear icon, then Zvuková stopa, and the option Pro nevidomé. It also documents the A keyboard shortcut for audio description. Keep those words in the note if an English-speaking family member is helping someone navigate the Czech interface; translating only the programme title will not identify the audio option.
Consider a worked example: a viewer can follow an argument between characters but cannot tell which character silently leaves the room. Select the described audio track and return to a scene with visual action between lines of dialogue. The useful comparison is whether that action receives spoken context. Switching Czech captions on and off would test a different access service.
Make the next viewing session reproducible
Record the selected audio label beside the episode reference, rather than writing only that accessibility was enabled. If another episode offers different options, repeat the episode-level check. ČT's help distinguishes the website, mobile application and television application routes; an option found in one interface should not be described as proof of every other interface's current state.
If the documented option is absent or does not give the expected description, prepare a concise note for ČT with the episode address, viewing route and exact audio label shown. Include a short scene reference explaining the missing visual information. That gives the broadcaster a concrete programme and access-service issue to investigate, while preserving a usable reference for the viewer's next attempt.
Questions about this guide
Does the Czech subtitle option turn on spoken description?
ČT documents captions and audio description separately. Use the audio-track choice for spoken descriptions of visual action.
Does every ČT programme have the described track?
The broadcaster says some programmes have audio description. Check the specific episode and the options offered in its player.