[blindkid] Described Videos
scooper1218 at yahoo.com
scooper1218 at yahoo.com
Fri May 27 04:15:35 UTC 2011
My friend that works at Warner Bros. Was able to get information, which follows;
Apparently, the DVS versions are sold through AMAZON even though they are Warner Titles.
Here’s a link for you.
http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/mag/dvsondvd.html If you click on each title it takes you to Amazon. There’s also a master list of the titles they’ve done. Apparently WGPH are the one’s that created DVS and they are the ones that actually provide the description.
Have not checked it out yet but wanted to pass this along.
Susie
On May 26, 2011, at 8:33 PM, Patricia <bcsarah.fan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, the Blind mice site is great, and I believe has all the Harry
> potter movies...don't quote me on that! A couple Disney too. I was a
> huge Disney kid. The site can take some patience to navigate, as in,
> it takes awhile to find all the titles you may be looking for because
> sometimes areas. I could gather all the kid friendly movies if you'd
> like. As Susie said though, they're all MP3, so not exactly movies
> both blind and sighted could watch equally.
>
> On 5/26/11, Kayleigh Joiner <kayleigh281 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> 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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