[mac4theblind] Re: Audio Description with your IPhone!
- From: Sarah k Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mack for the blind list blind list <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 12:05:21 -0800
I guess we’ll se. I’m not from there, but I guess ask if canada has described
videos and stuff. I’m not from there as I stated so i don’t know.
Take care and be blessed.
On Nov 21, 2013, at 10:38 AM, Leo Bissonnette <leo.bissonnette@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Indeed, it would be great to have this option too.
>
> Leo
>
>
>
> On Nov 21, 2013, at 1:16 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> give 'em a shout.
>>
>> On Nov 21, 2013, at 13:11, Kerri <shalom75@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I wonder if this will be available in Canada and when?
>> On Nov 21, 2013, at 8:41 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> Many theaters around the country are starting to offer the visually
>>>> impaired the
>>>> option of listening to the descriptive audio track while they're
>>>> watching a film.
>>>> Sadly though, this technology is not available everywhere, and
>>>> sometimes it doesn't
>>>> work. The team at Solo-DX wants to make the experience better by
>>>> having the blind
>>>> film-goer use a smart phone app to listen to the descriptive audio
>>>> track instead.
>>>> Last week, I had the opportunity to test out the new MovieReading app.
>>>> The interface
>>>> is very simple. Once you're logged in, you visit the Marketplace,
>>>> download the descriptive
>>>> audio track for the film you're going to go see at your theater, and
>>>> than start the
>>>> track when your film begins. The app will listen to the audio in the
>>>> theater and
>>>> sync the audio track with where the film is so that the user doesn't have
>>>> to try
>>>> and match the two tracks themselves. to test the app, I downloaded the
>>>> Princess Bride
>>>> track and then watched some Youtube clips from the film. In all three
>>>> cases, the
>>>> sync option worked perfectly. The MovieReading app's latest version is
>>>> expected to
>>>> be released before November 22nd, the opening day of the film
>>>> "Philomena" which will
>>>> be the first movie to use the app's new features. MovieReading is
>>>> currently available
>>>> on iOS, and they hope to have an Android version soon. Pasted below is
>>>> a press release
>>>> from Solo-DX about the MovieReading app and "Philomena".
>>>> As exclusive U.S. partners with Universal Multimedia Access, Hollywood
>>>> Access Services
>>>> is releasing Solo-Dx on MovieReading, the first ever auto-syncing
>>>> audio description
>>>> app available for first-run movies. The debut title on this exciting
>>>> new platform
>>>> will be The Weinstein Company¹s Philomena, in theaters November 22.
>>>> Using acoustic
>>>> fingerprinting technology, this new auto-syncing method will
>>>> completely change moviegoing
>>>> for the blind and visually impaired via their smartphones. It's really
>>>> easy to use
>>>> -- download the app, download the description track, go to the movie
>>>> theater, and
>>>> enjoy! Even if you arrive late, you can simply hit "sync" and your
>>>> audio description
>>>> will pick up in the right place. Right now, if a visually impaired
>>>> person wants to
>>>> go the movies, they either have to have someone next to them explain
>>>> what is happening
>>>> on the screen, try to enjoy the movie just by listening to it, OR
>>>> request audio description
>>>> headsets sometimes offered by theaters. These headsets pick up an
>>>> infrared signal
>>>> from the projector that plays audio description through headphones.
>>>> However, they're
>>>> not currently available for every movie or at every theater, and even
>>>> when they are
>>>> available, they oftentimes don't work correctly. These obstacles make
>>>> going to the
>>>> movies too much of a hassle for many blind and low vision individuals.
>>>> Solo-Dx on
>>>> the MovieReading app makes moviegoing simple and enjoyable! Hollywood
>>>> Access Services
>>>> is thrilled to provide unprecedented access to blind moviegoers across
>>>> the country
>>>> with Philomena, the first film to be made available in the U.S. on
>>>> this new auto-syncing
>>>> audio description platform. Starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan, and
>>>> based on the
>>>> book "The Lost Child of Philomena Lee," Philomena is the true story of
>>>> one mother's
>>>> search for her lost son. Philomena is directed By Stephen Frears and
>>>> written by Steve
>>>> Coogan and Jeff Pope and opens in New York and Los Angeles on November 22
>>>> before
>>>> going nationwide on November 27.
>>>> Go to this Site
>>>
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