I disagree. Nothing is a substitute for visual information and that is from someone who has never seen. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Hornby" <derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 5:19 PM 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 ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
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