2I can agree whole heartedly with the centiment that nothing is a
substitute
for visual info. Audio description goes a fair way to describing what's
on
the screen, but I've come across some horrendous omitions in AD on movies
and such, would it not be fair to say these sometimes crop up in TV too?
AD
is great, but it needs to be more widespread. It should be a given
rather
than a luxury. At the moment, I feel it is viewed by the broadcasters as
a
bit of a luxury. Approximtely how much subtitling is done for
television?
Thanks.
And as for eight percent of the licence fee? Yes, I'd go with that idea
as
audio described programming is running at about that level. Thanks.
Hope to hear from you soon.
From Martin.
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
Barry Hill
Sent: 11 August 2008 18:42
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: audio descriptions
We need Sky or to buy a special freeview box to get AD whereas a sighted
person can watch BBC channels with a terestrial aerial.
[In 2005, the broadcasting watchdog Ofcom stipulated that 76 channels
must
carry AD. Current regulations state that all BBC channels must audio
describe at least 8% of their programmes per week, the rest of the
channels
mentioned have slightly lower targets, but all are raised by Ofcom every
2
years.].
So, should we pay 8% of the licence fee, raising by 2% each year?
There's no way that audio description can come close to describing the
special effects that are produced on TV these days. For instance, I am
told
that Doctor Who has favulous computer generated effects.
So, where's the equality there?
Barry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Beasley" <pjbeasley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 6:07 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: audio descriptions
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
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