[nabs-l] Dealing with DVD project

[Darrell Shandrow]

Hello Winy,

You might want to consider working with your professor to come up with a 
more accessible project that would achieve similar results and a learning 
opportunity equal to that offered to your sighted peers.

Another idea is to do some research to see if a transcript for the 
sub-titles might exist online.

Again, you might want to consider consulting your professor for additional 
ideas.

Regards,

Darrell Shandrow
Returning home from Washington Seminar!

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From: "Winy Kwany" <winy_kwany at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 10:30 AM
Subject: [nabs-l] Dealing with DVD project


> Hi all,
> I need inputs, ideas and suggestions. We are asked to do DVD reviews for 
> Music History subject. For instance, we are now studying Baroque music and 
> there is a DVD entitled "Tamerlino" by Handel. We are asked to write every 
> detail that we can see and listen. I am totally blind, so what I can get 
> from watching a DVD is very limited than what my sighted friend gets. We 
> have tried to work together as best as we can. She is willing to tell me 
> info that we need such as title, composer, conductor, story line, etc, but 
> that's all that she can do. The opera is not sung or spoken in English. 
> For sighted people, it is not a problem since they can read the English 
> translation on the screan, but for me, it's really a problem. It's 
> impossible for me to expect her to read everything. The DVD is 90-120 
> minutes long, and we have to finish watching it in one week. It's 
> difficult to find time to watch it together because of different schedule, 
> and if we do find time,
> again, not realistic to expect her to read everything.
> Would you give me any tips, suggestions, and things that I can do to deal 
> better with this? I will have this DVD's project from this semester 
> onwards, from Baroque to 20th century music. We will watch many things, 
> especially opera. Any suggestions?
> Any help will highly apreciated. I look forward to hearing from you soon. 
> Many thanks.
> Winy.
>
>
>
>
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