[mac4theblind] Re: Fwd: Audio Description with your IPhone!
- From: Kerri <shalom75@xxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 10:11:34 -0800
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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