[vip_students] RNIB, videos and DVD's
- From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
- To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 15:27:16 +0100
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Curry" <SusanCurry@xxxxxxx>
To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 1:08 PM
Subject: [vip_students] Re: bbc i player
hi eleanor,
i'm totally blind and i use jaws so i would have to find out if it is jaws
friendly, but maybe some one on the list might know.
the r n i b only do video's but we have a dvd player and they don't do
dvd's, we used to rent their videos and they were great.
thanks for all that info eleanor.
susan
----- Original Message -----
>From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 11:40 PM
Subject: [vip_students] Re: bbc i player
> Hi Susan
>
> I had forgotten about you UK people up the North.when referring to the BBC
> iPlayer. Of course you would get it. I have some vision and I have to
> say
> in terms of colour contrast the iPlayer is excellent and very easy to get
> around. I do not use JAWS but I would think it would work very well with
> JAWS as the BBC site is very good when it comes to Accessability. With
> regard to your other query re D V D's and audio description. Are you
> aware
> that you can rent audio described videos from the RNIB? I think you pay a
> similar price to rent them as people do in the shops. You could e-mail
> cservices@xxxxxxxxxxx or you could telephone their customer services.
> Unfortunately I do not know that telephone number but you would get it via
> the 195 Directory if you ask for RNIB Peterborough. Hope this information
> is of some help. Incidentally you can also purchase the audio described D
> V
> Ds from the RNIB but maybe you do not want to do that.
>
> Eleanor
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Susan Curry" <SusanCurry@xxxxxxx>
> To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 9:17 PM
> Subject: [vip_students] Re: bbc i player
>
>
>> hi Eleanor,
>>
>> we pay a TV licence as we are up here in the north of ireland, but tell
>> me
>> is it very jaws friendly?
>>
>> we joined the tesco DVD rental but even though we selected DVD's from the
>> audio description list the DVD's were arriving but weren't audio
> described.
>> we don't have a DVD rental shop near us or we might have went there. I
>> believe Amazon rents out DVD's also but don't know if they are audio
>> described.
>>
>> Susan
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 7:08 PM
>> Subject: [vip_students] Re: bbc i player
>>
>>
>> > It can be downloaded and thereafter subsequent programmes of interest
> can
>> > be
>> > downloaded and played within a 30 day period. However, as we have
>> > discussed
>> > this is an option only available to those who have paid a TV liscence
>> > to
>> > the
>> > BBC, which excludes (to the best of my knowledged and I stand
>> > corrected)
>> > those living in Irish Republic. However, as discussed also, the radio
>> > programmes can however be listened to via the iPlayer on-line within
>> > Ireland. Some other I T buff like Flor might know more about
> downloading
>> > the radio programmes via iTunes or on to an iPod. I have not got that
> far
>> > in my technology yet.
>> >
>> > Eleanor
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Susan Curry" <SusanCurry@xxxxxxx>
>> > To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 6:37 PM
>> > Subject: [vip_students] Re: bbc i player
>> >
>> >
>> >> hi eleanor
>> >>
>> >> is it a program that you download from the internet on to your
> computer?
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 10:18 PM
>> >> Subject: [vip_students] Re: bbc i player
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Susan does this help?
>> >> > BBC iPlayer is the easy-to-use service that lets you access
> television
>> >> > programmes via your PC. It offers seven-day catch-up television and
> now
>> >> > also
>> >> > incorporates radio 'listen again' and live streaming.
>> >> > The TV programmes are free for UK licence fee payers, at high
>> >> > quality
>> > and
>> >> > with no advertising. Once you have downloaded a programme to your
>> > computer
>> >> > you have 30 days within which to start watching and seven days to
>> >> > finish
>> >> > watching it.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Eleanor
>> >> >
>> >> > ----- Original Message -----
>> >> > From: "Susan Curry" <SusanCurry@xxxxxxx>
>> >> > To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> > Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 10:00 PM
>> >> > Subject: [vip_students] bbc i player
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >> hi folks,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> forgive my ignorance, but what's a bbc I player?
>> >> >> best wishes
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Susan
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