[blindkid] Described Videos

Thu May 26 21:52:33 UTC 2011

> Here is the link to the Blind Mice Movie Vault:  <http://goog_917158801>*
> http://www.blindmicemart.com/assets/product_images/movies2.html* If for
> whatever reason this link doesn't work you can Google Blind Mice Movie Vault
> and you should get a hit. I have noticed that the Toy Story series, along
> with Despicable Me have a DVS track included in them. I have the non Blu-ray
> versions of them and I think the only one that mentioned it on the box was
> Toy Story 3 but I saw on a site that the others in the series were supposed
> to have DVS on them.
> Kayleigh
>
>
> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Steve Craig <ipd4life2006 at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> Here is a site that has been useful to me www.acb.org/adp/dvds.html.
>> Also, there
>> is a program through the Texas Center for the Visually Challenged at
>> computersfortheblind.net. They have a Netflix type subscription where
>> some are
>> vhs and others dvd. It is $25 and they send a return envelope and you get
>> a new
>> video. Very similar to Netflix. Hope this helps.
>>
>>  Steven L. Craig
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Richard Holloway <rholloway at gopbc.org>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)"
>> <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thu, May 26, 2011 4:20:10 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blindkid] Described Videos
>>
>> Thanks Susie. Looks like, the Blind Mice site is still awaiting their new
>> unveiling. It says "May 1" for the Grand Opening but I'll keep checking
>> back--
>> I'm anxious to see what they have there.
>>
>> Jay Forry's site is interesting. I'll have to look through that some more
>> soon.
>>
>> I'm guessing there are quite a few of these described titles in mainstream
>> distribution as well. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a consistent
>> way
>> to track them down.  Searches for "DVS" or "Described Audio", etc., get
>> very few
>> hits.
>>
>>
>> Just the Harry Potter Movies alone have 7 different films, all of which
>> seen to
>> be released separately in standard and wide formats plus various deluxe
>> releases
>> and boxed sets... oh, and Blue too, I assume...
>>
>>
>> I have had probably 20 or more different (as in different products) Harry
>> Potter
>> DVD's in my hand and not a single one appears to be described, but Warner
>> Brothers says the movies were released with DVS tracks (based on an
>> on-line list
>> I found). I emailed Warner Brothers to ask how I can track down them down
>> with
>> DVS. So far, no answer. I'm hoping there is actually a unique ISBN number
>> (or
>> the like) that I could then search for on-line.
>>
>> If there is a unique thing that can be looked up-- a specific part numbers
>> for
>> the DVS disks, I'd sure like to find a a master list of those. My concern
>> is
>> that the DVS products might not have a unique skew number, then it would
>> be
>> anybody's guess. Besides, some of the on-line sources might not be
>> terribly
>> careful to get more than the right title.
>>
>>
>> Thanks again for the info. If I find a list like that, I'll be sure to
>> post it
>> here...
>>
>>
>> On May 26, 2011, at 1:27 PM, Susie Cooper wrote:
>>
>> > You probably want to check out www.blindmicemart.com.  The Mice have a
>> > collection of movies for you to download Free.  The movies are audio
>> with
>> > description and are in mp3 format.
>> >
>> >
>> > And you can also check out www.blindsidereviews.com.   This is the home
>> for the
>> >
>> > nation's only blind movie critic. Jay Forry's reviews are syndicated
>> across the
>> >
>> > nation on various radio stations and in newspapers. His unique style and
>> sense
>>
>> > of humor make for entertaining and insightful critiques that give you a
>> >heads-up
>> >
>> > on what's hot and what's not.
>> >
>> > Regarding the DVD's you want to look in the back and make sure that they
>> say
>> > DVS.  I know that the recent children movies from Dreamworks and
>> Paramount are
>>
>> > starting to be descriptive.
>> >
>> > Hope this is helpful.
>> >
>> > Susie Cooper
>> >
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> > From: Richard Holloway <rholloway at gopbc.org>
>> > To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)"
>> > <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
>> > Sent: Thu, May 26, 2011 9:57:31 AM
>> > Subject: [blindkid] Described Videos
>> >
>> > I'm curious to know what luck others are having with described videos,
>> > especially broadcast TV programs. Apart from described VHS tapes which
>> are
>> > no-brainers--  (they only have one audio track, so if they are
>> described, the
>> > description is always "on") I've had pretty poor luck finding programs.
>> Problem
>> >
>> > is, VHS is pretty much a think of the past, and even described VHS
>> titles were
>>
>> > never in great supply as far as we could determine...
>> >
>> > Watching described programs on TV doesn't seem that confusing in
>> theory-- you
>> > access the SAP audio, just like you would for something like a Spanish
>> >simulcast
>> >
>> > or such. The thing is, I can never seem to find programs that are
>> actually
>> > running with a description, and I can't seem to see what programs are
>> supposed
>>
>> > to be described in most listing either.
>> >
>> > I know that Sesame Street is supposedly offering descriptions now, but I
>> have
>> > tried several times, including this morning to access a second audio
>> channel
>> >and
>> >
>> > nothing. This being on what appears to be a current ("first run", or at
>> lest
>> > copyright in 2011) show (some older episodes have probably not been
>> reworked
>> > with descriptions).
>> >
>> > I have read that sometimes cable messes with the audio and doesn't
>> rebroadcast
>>
>> > the alternative audio for technical (apparently meaning COST) reasons
>> (be it
>> > spanish, described audio, etc,) so this morning, I had setup an antenna
>> and I
>> > checked Sesame Street, comparing the Cable feed to the Over the Air
>> version.
>> >
>> >
>> > The short version of what I found today is that "Over the Air" showed to
>> have
>> > two different English sound tracks but I could only access one, while
>> the exact
>> >
>> > same program, running at the exact same time on cable (same station)
>> showed to
>>
>> > have English & Spanish. I could access both, but "Spanish" was actually
>> running
>> >
>> > with no audio at all.
>> >
>> > As to finding DVD's, I find certain lists on-line of programs offered,
>> but when
>> >
>> > I go to buy the titles, often they have no described audio listed on the
>> box
>> >(no
>> >
>> > symbol and nothing in the alternative languages list), so presumably
>> some
>> >titles
>> >
>> > are shipped with some versions having described audio and some without.
>> I
>> >wonder
>> >
>> > if there is a distinct ISBN (or UPC or whatever they use) for the
>> described
>> > versions. Does anyone know?
>> >
>> > The most recent titles in question are all of the Harry Potter films.
>> Warner
>> > Brothers says they are described on some web sites, but I can't find a
>> single
>> > version or listing (I've checked several stores plus on-line) which
>> actually
>> > says that DVS audio is included-- not in the audio track listings, and
>> there is
>> >
>> > no little "A)))" symbol, etc. (For non-print readers there is a capitol
>> print A
>> >
>> > followed by what looks like progressively smaller right parentheses-- I
>> think
>> >it
>> >
>> > is supposed to be sound waves coming from the "A")
>> >
>> > As to Sesame Street and other PBS offerings, I sent an inquiry to our
>> main PBS
>>
>> > affiliate here in Georgia. It has been a week or so and thus far, no
>> response.
>> >
>> > I tried our local library system. Out f the 100 or so titles with DVS, I
>> found
>>
>> > two that looked to be of possible interest to an 8-year-old. I have
>> requested
>> > them but they have yet to arrive.
>> >
>> > We tried going to a theater a while back to see a described movie as
>> well. They
>> >
>> > gave us wireless headsets to hear the audio description, but despite
>> sitting
>> > exactly in the "best" seats to pick up the audio (from what we were
>> told) and
>> > despite swapping out headsets more than once, mostly we just got
>> static-filled
>>
>> > noise, to the point that our child kept removing the headset in
>> frustration.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions? Are any others on this list having better luck with
>> described
>>
>> > programming for their kids? Kendra wants to know what is on TV shows,
>> but no
>> > matter how hard I try, I cannot keep up and tell her what is happening
>> all the
>>
>> > time-- I really need some DVS shows for her to enjoy, and to share with
>> her
>> > bother (and her parents, for that matter).
>> >
>> > Described Audio is a great idea as far as I am concerned, but what a
>> shame that
>> >
>> > is has not caught on like Closed Captioning which is part of pretty much
>> every
>>
>> > title broadcast and which you can buy commercially. I do understand that
>> there
>>
>> > are new regulations that just came into play and there will be more
>> described
>> > programming broadcast, increasing in years to come, but I need to access
>> what I
>> >
>> > can for Kendra now-- not 10 years down the road.
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