Well about three years ago, those of us who were interested formed a
committee made up of interested blind people and deaf to help set up a
system whereby there would be descriptive audio for movies using headsets,
and a system where deaf individuals could watch using closed captioning. We
got involved with a theater chain who we helped get this started in one of
these theaters. It was indeed a collaboration with the theater and
ourselves! We put up half of the money, along with the theater putting up
the other half. It has been successful, and I'm able to hear the
descriptions with nobody else the wiser. I think we would have liked to
have had this in all the theaters in this area, but I'm at least satisfied
that there's one place I can go to get this!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean Masters" <dwmast...@earthlink.net>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: Descriptive Video on Commercial DVDs and Downloads
my state office of the NLS sends VHS with DVs. I would have to travel 100
miles to catch something in a theater that is described.
Dean
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Wood" <k8...@comcast.net>
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Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 3:07 AM
Subject: Re: Descriptive Video on Commercial DVDs and Downloads
|I haven't seen this yet, but my State Library for the blind has
descriptive
| videos on DVD's, and they have them in such a way that when you put a
DVD
| in, the descriptions come up automatically. This sounds great, and I
watch
| these in a movie theater that has video description on headsets that are
| provided that give these prescriptions.
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Kane Brolin" <kbroli...@gmail.com>
| To: <j...@freelists.org>
| Cc: "Blind iPod Mailing List" <blindi...@freelists.org>;
| <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
| Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 4:41 PM
| Subject: Descriptive Video on Commercial DVDs and Downloads
|
|
| > Hi, folks.
| >
| > I'm probably about to ask a question that's painfully obvious to many.
| > But I'm showing up at the descriptive video/SAP party much later than
| > some. I'm writing to the JAWS list because I am a JAWS user. I'm
| > writing to the Blind iPod list because purchasing video content on
| > iTunes is now accessible through use of the J-tunes interface. So I
| > hope others view this question as at least somewhat relevant.
| >
| > I'm presuming, first of all, that most Hollywood feature films on DVD
| > come with a descriptive video track encoded somewhere on them. I'm
| > presuming the same could be true with downloadable films and TV shows,
| > too, as from iTunes. Certainly, most DVDs representing TV programs
| > where action was described in the first place, should have that same
| > DVS output on the subsequent DVD release. If this is true, I'm
| > wondering about the following:
| >
| > 1. How can I be sure, if a film or TV show is downloaded, to get the
| > download version that has descriptive video encoded? Is there a good
| > source for such material? Is there a way I can know for sure about
| > this feature before I buy?
| >
| > 2. When playing such downloaded or DVD content on the computer, is
| > there a software player that is fairly accessible and which also has a
| > menu option I can invok for activating or turning off the
| > descriptions? I've not seen this in RealPlayer or Windows Media
| > Player, but maybe I'm just not looking in the right place.
| >
| > 3. Am I being completely naive here? Obviously, I know a lot of
| > stuff isn't accessible on its face, and I realize legislation in front
| > of Congress is attempting to make much of this universal. I've heard
| > of some people going to a place like the Serotek network to download
| > versions of films that have been uploaded specifically for those
| > wanting video description. But is this truly necessary? Or can the
| > same content be obtained through regular channels with just a little
| > bit of work on the part of the blind consumer?
| >
| > Just trying to get a handle on this issue, for my own benefit and for
| > others I may encounter.
| >
| > Kind regards,
| >
| > -Kane
| >
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