[nabs-l] Video Captture Software

[Peter Donahue]

Good evening everyone,

    I'm copying the NFB Webmasters and Living History Group List on this 
post as there may be folks there who may wish to try their hand at video 
capture to not jus hear the 2009 convention stream, but to permit their 
sighted friends and relatives to "See" what it is we do at these events. 
Video of these conventions is a great keep-sake as well. I recall reading in 
The Braille Monitor last year of a scholarship winner whose parents were not 
able to attend the convention, but were able to watch their daughter receive 
her award and speak to the banquet from the podium. It meant a lot to her 
parents to be able to share and preserve the moment for the entire family.

    Thus far I've come across two video capture applications that are very 
blind-friendly.  One of these is a product called, "Debute" marketed by NCH 
Software in Australia. I'll send their URL later on. They make this 
application freely available and invite you to send them a donation in order 
to keep their free downloads program going. I've delt with this company in 
the past and know they're for real. Most if not all of their audio, video, 
business, and phone software is usable by the blind and contains lots of 
keyboard shortcuts.

    Another screen capture application I was made aware of is the Fire-Fox 
screen capture Add-on. I haven't tried it yet, but will let you know when I 
do and my impressions of the product. If you know of other accessible video 
capture applications I'd like to hear about them. If my hunch is  correct I 
think we'll be quite surprised by how much digital video work can be done 
independently by a blind person. Now who says the blind can't do digital 
video?

Peter Donahue


 ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angela fowler" <fowlers at syix.com>
To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Recording NABS meeting


That's correct. The video is not for our benefit, but one of the main goals
of the NFB is to educate the general public about our capabilities, is it
not? When they see us doing things with skill and confidence they will begin
to see us not as disabled people, but as people who happen to be blind.

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Aziza C
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 2:13 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Recording NABS meeting

Chris,
I think the reason for the video recording is to prove that blind people can
work with and alongside sighted people, so when we ask for accomidations
they are well founded requests, on the other hand, we the blind can do a
little extra to "accomidate," the sighted.
At least, that's what I thought when Angela explained it.
Aziza

On 5/24/09, Christopher Wright <chriswright11 at verizon.net> wrote:
> Video recording requires the use of video equipment which requires
> sighted assistance. Audio recording is much easier, in my opinion,
> especially with all these digital recorders out there.
>
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