[mac4theblind] Re: Audio Description with your IPhone!
- From: John Harden <jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 22:59:42 -0500
It sounds like the app is going to be on your iPhone and you will be able to
use it anywhere. Even in Canada, grin.
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On Nov 21, 2013, at 1:11 PM, 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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