Process for associating and delivering data with visual media

A process for associating and delivering data with video media, comprising the steps of:

• digitizing an analog data signal;
• compressing the digitized data;
• transcoding the compressed digitized data into a format compatible with a video source signal;
• encoding the video source signal with the data by inserting the data into unused video lines of the video source signal;
• transmitting the encoded video source signal;
• decoding the encoded video source signal to separate the inserted data from the video source signal;
• transcoding the inserted data into its original format;
• decompressing the inserted data;
• converting the inserted data from a digital format to an analog signal;
• and
• visually displaying or audibly delivering the analog data signal to an end user.

A process for associating and delivering data with video, comprising the steps of:

• encoding a video source signal with data comprising an audio narrative description of visual media associated with the video source signal by inserting the audio narrative description data into unused video lines of the video source signal;
• transmitting the encoded video source signal;
• decoding the encoded video source signal to separate the inserted audio narrative description data from the video source signal;
• and
• delivering the audio narrative description data to an audio speaker.