Now that's pretty cool! On Nov 21, 2013, at 11:41 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman 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 > > -- > Jonnie Appleseed > with his > hands-on Technolog(eye)s > Touching The internet > Reducing Technology’s disabilities > One Byte at a time > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > tracyduffy@xxxxxxxxx Isaiah 2:11 Human pride will be brought down, and human arrogance will be humbled. Only the LORD will be exalted on that day of judgment.