Actually, Derek, you have a very good point here.
Blind users get a reduced license, one assumes, for not
seeing the picture. Deaf users do not.
Deaf users get sub-titles in most programs. Blind users get
way far less in terms of audio description.
Oh dear - am I walking to a kind of reverse discrimination
issue?
George.
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[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Derek Hornby
Sent: 11 August 2008 17:19
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Subject: [access-uk] audio descriptions
Peter wrote
"We are not equal, we can't see the pictures."
But audio descriptions gives access to visual information.
A sighted deaf viewer is not able to hear, so is offered
subtitles, but still pays same fee as the hearing/sighted
viewers.
Sighted deaf have a good fair argument to have 100%
subtitles, they can say "We pay, so we should have it"
Blind people seem to be saying:
"we want audio descriptions, but we are not prepared to
pay for it"
Fair enough, so why should the rest of the TV viewers
subsidise the blind?
Regards, Derek
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