[Electronics-Talk] audio description

Wed Apr 22 23:46:16 UTC 2020

Well, Laz, thanks for the explaination.  And pass along my thanks and 
gratitude to that kind person.

Vince

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From: "Laz via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances" 
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Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] audio description

> The reason the TV shows don't show up on Sero until after the season
> is over is because the person in the UK, who actually records these
> shows and freely shares them only makes it available when he has
> recorded all the episodes. Then Sero comes along and takes his work
> and puts it up on their site and app.
>
> Thanks to the kindness of this very nice person in the UK, you get to
> see these movies and shows on Sero, but I doubt you'll ever hear Sero
> thanking that very kind person for all their work.
>
> There are a few of you on here that know who that person is but please
> don't divulge their identity publicly.
>
> On 4/22/20, Tracy Carcione via Electronics-Talk
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> I know Sero often doesn't have shows until the season ends, but lately 
>> I've
>> found several I watch on PBS that are available at the same time they're
>> being shown on my local station, which is great.  I've also found many 
>> old
>> shows on Sero that I didn't even know were described.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of vince via Electronics-Talk
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 10:32 PM
>> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>> Cc: vince
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] audio description
>>
>> On the Sero app, you can click on See Reviews.  I've done it before.
>>
>> The only thing I don't like about Sero is, new seasons of TV show's 
>> aren't
>> added until the entire season has been shown on the network the show is
>> associated with.
>> So if one wants to join any discussions about a particular new episode of 
>> a
>> show, they have to wait until all new shows have run it's course on the 
>> boob
>> tube.
>>
>> I don't know why this is so.  I never got an answer from anyone at Sero.
>> And it seems the only way one will get an answer is for one to fork out 
>> cash
>> for technical assistance.
>> However, my uneducated guess is there must be some kind of copyright 
>> issue
>> that prevents shows of the new season from being added to Sero's servers.
>>
>> V
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tina Sohl via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances"
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: "Tina Sohl" <tinabir80 at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 11:17 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] audio description
>>
>>
>>>I like Sero too. I have the app on my Galaxy and still use it  on  my
>>> laptop, or we get movies through our cable box.
>>>
>>> On 4/21/20, Miles Matte via Electronics-Talk
>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> I get really frustrated with Amazon prime. there are many movies listed
>>>> as
>>>> having subtitles and audio description but in fact do not. in some 
>>>> cases
>>>> they only have subtitles which don’t really help me out.
>>>> This is just my observation of course.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 21, 2020, at 09:11, Tracy Carcione via Electronics-Talk
>>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I really like Sero, which is an app I have on my iPhone.  It costs
>>>>> about
>>>>> $6/month, for which I get all kinds of described TV shows and movies,
>>>>> audio
>>>>> only,  from many sources.
>>>>> I've seen ratings on many shows, and been asked to review shows I 
>>>>> watch,
>>>>> but
>>>>> I'm not sure where the reviews are--probably on the Serotek website.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm usually opposed to subscriptions, but I use this one all the time.
>>>>> Well
>>>>> worth the price.
>>>>> Tracy
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>>> Behalf Of Susan Stanzel via Electronics-Talk
>>>>> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 7:27 PM
>>>>> To: 'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'
>>>>> Cc: slstanzel at kc.rr.com
>>>>> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] audio description
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Besides going to the ACB site to look for audio described movies, is
>>>>> there
>>>>> a
>>>>> way to see what has been reviewed by blind consumers? I do not even 
>>>>> know
>>>>> what I want to watch. I would like to watch more resent movies or 
>>>>> series
>>>>> which have good reviews.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Susie Stanzel
>>>>>
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