[mac4theblind] Re: Audio Description with your IPhone!
- From: "George B" <gbmagoo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 05:48:03 -0800
So I looked and did a search on my phone and did not find this app.
Anyone know if it is out and what to search for?
thanks
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> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mac4theblind-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Hilbert Poehlman
> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 14:06
> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: Audio Description with your IPhone!
>
> oops!
> http://montgomerycountymd.libguides.com/audiobooks
> On Nov 21, 2013, at 16:59, Kerri <shalom75@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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 well se. Im not from there, but I guess ask if canada has
> described videos and stuff. Im not from there as I stated so i dont
> 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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