[blindkid] Christmas DVS movies

[Albert J Rizzi]

Ariel,

I was just thinking about the other day when I was watching the help. My
partner was home, so I was not thinking about selecting it independently.
But we did find out you need sighted assistance. Thinking you are correct
about looking into that one.

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From: blindkid [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Arielle
Silverman
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 7:29 PM
To: Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Christmas DVS movies

Just curious-is it possible for a blind person to turn audio description on
and off independently for DVD's or TV shows? If not something should be done
about that. DVS is of limited value if a sighted parent or other sighted
person must always be there to turn it on, and I assume  it has to be turned
on each time a new DVD is started, right?
Arielle

On 12/6/12, Darcirae Hooks <draehooks at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks for posting. Our family rule is to watch with audio description 
> first, then the second viewing we can turn it off.
>
> Darci Hooks
> BTW we found Star Wars ins DVS. Caiden loves it.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 6, 2012, at 18:34, Richard Holloway <rholloway at gopbc.org> wrote:
>
>> I'm starting to wonder if I'm the only one on the list who is 
>> interested in Audio Described movies, but just in case I'm not...
>>
>> I picked up a copy of Disney's "A Christmas Carol" tonight (the Jim 
>> Carey
>> version) with Audio Description. I find that DVD's are easier to 
>> switch to described audio than broadcast TV. The way to configure DVS 
>> is pretty
>> simple-- just a couple of menu clicks turns Audio Description on or off.
>> Some DVD's even have a special "splash screen" that loads when you 
>> first load them where you can switch on the main screen... This 
>> particular movie was $13 at Target n DVD or $20 for BluRay.
>>
>> I also posted a while back that TBS ran "A Christmas Story" for 24 
>> Hours last Christmas with Audio Description running on the Spanish Audio
Feed.
>> As far as I know they didn't disclose their plans to do so, but my 
>> guess is they'll run it the exact same way this year.
>>
>> If you haven't tried sharing favorite movies and TV shows with a 
>> blind child or friend using this feature, I can tell you that at 
>> least my blind daughter loves them. She knows far better what's going 
>> on than when someone sitting nearby tries to describe things "on the 
>> fly", and she knows she isn't frustrating anyone by asking "what 
>> happened" over and over.
>>
>> Before we found DVS, Kendra felt left out of attempts at family movie 
>> nights and going to the theatre was of no interest to her at all. Now 
>> with DVS, movies at home and the theater are a regular part of our 
>> family activities!
>>
>> Happy Holidays!
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