[Electronics-talk] Netflicks introducing audio description for theblind

Sun Jun 21 22:49:44 UTC 2015

At least on my AppleTV, I do not have to go into the menu every time to select audio description.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 21, 2015, at 12:46 PM, Nicole Torcolini via Electronics-talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I know that this is not quite what this thread is about, but doesn't it seem
> a little ridiculous  that you have to turn on audio description every time?
> I mean, most services that offer any type of accessibility features either
> have a separate interface to which you can go or store the preferences of
> the user.
> 
> Nicole
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jim Barbour via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2015 8:59 AM
> To: Ray Foret Jr via Electronics-talk
> Cc: Jim Barbour
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Netflicks introducing audio description for
> theblind
> 
> Here's a link to Netflx's blog post that talks about audio description
> 
> http://blog.netflix.com/2015/04/netflix-begins-audio-description-for.html
> 
> I use audio description on my iPhone's Netflix app, so you definately don't
> need a PC.
> 
> The one other piece of troubleshooting I can offer is that on whatever
> device you want audio description, you need to logout of netflix and then
> log back in.
> 
> The steps for getting audio description going are...
> 
>   1) Find a TV show that has audio description.  I know "House of Cards"
> and "Daredevel" do.  The blog post lists others.
> 
>   2) Start playing the show.  i.e. start watching it without Audio
> Description.
> 
>   3) When the show or movie is playing, flick around the screen until you
> find the language options button.  Double tap on it.
> 
>   4) A screen of language options will come up and you need to selectj an
> audio option.  The one you want is "English with description" options.
> 
> If you can't get to the language options screen, let us know and we can
> help.
> 
> If you don't see english with description as an option, then logout and log
> back into Netflix and try again.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Jim
> 
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 07:51:03AM -0500, Ray Foret Jr via Electronics-talk
> wrote:
>> Totally wrong.  You do not have to log in on your PC or Mac.  All you have
> to do is watch on your prefered device and, when you start playing, access
> the audio menu and from there, choose English with Audio description.
>> 
>> The Web site's value serves to indicate what programs offer audio
> description.
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray
>> 
>> Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user!
>> 
>> Sent from my Mac,
>> the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in
>> 
>>> On Jun 21, 2015, at 7:21 AM, Annette Carr via Electronics-talk
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> My limited understanding of the audio captions is that you can only 
>>> identify movies/programs with audio captioning when you log in from 
>>> a PC, you then have to place the movie/program in your cue, and then 
>>> when you are watching the movie/program from your preferred device 
>>> you have to turn on the feature as described earlier on this list every
> time you want to use the feature.
>>> 
>>> HTH,
>>> Annette
>>> 
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>>> On Behalf Of cheez via Electronics-talk
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2015 3:01 AM
>>> To: Poppa Bear; Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
>>> Cc: cheez
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Netflicks introducing audio 
>>> description for theblind
>>> 
>>> Sorry, Papa, but I got the same announcement about Netflix's not 
>>> going after the Seinfeld Show.
>>> It does mention the app in the title when the site opened.  But that's
> all.
>>> So I'm wondering if there is a special Netflix app that I need do 
>>> download from the Apps Store.
>>> Vince
>>> 
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>>> To: "'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'" 
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>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 10:01 PM
>>> Subject: [Electronics-talk] Netflicks introducing audio description 
>>> for theblind
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Here is the link talking about the audio descriptions on the Net 
>>>> flicks original series.
>>>> http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/14/technology/netflix-visually-impaire
>>>> d/
>>>> 
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