[mac4theblind] Re: Audio Description with your IPhone!
- From: Kerri <shalom75@xxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 13:59:39 -0800
Canada does have described movies but certainly the option is not in theaters
as it might be in the States?
On Nov 21, 2013, at 12:05 PM, Sarah k Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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