[mac4theblind] Fwd: Audio Description with your IPhone!
- From: David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 11:41:35 -0500
> 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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