[nabs-l] Source for DVD's and Blu Ray Disks with Descriptive Video

[Jewel S.]

yOU CAN ALSO GET DOWNLOADABLE dvs MOVIES AT WW.BLINDMICEMART.COM AND
CLICK ON "bLIND mICE mART mOVIE vAULT." tHEY HAVE THOUSANDS DESCRIBED
BY MANY DIFFERENT COMPANIES (SUCH AS QUITE A FEW bRITISH ONES). tHEY
ARE FREE TO DOWNLOAD AND ARE MP3 FILES, SO YOUR nls tALKING bOOK
pLAYER, vICTORsTREAM, OR MP3 PLAYER WILL PLAY THEM. oNLY DRAWBACK? nO
VIDEO FOR PEOPLE WITH ENOUGH VISION TO SEE THE PICTURES. i CAN'T,
THOUGH, SO THESE ARE GREAT, AND NO MOVIES TAKEN UP PRECIOUS bRAILLE
BOOK SHLEF SPACE!

jUST A THOUGHT, NOT A REPLACEMENT!

~jEWEL

On 5/5/10, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>----------
>>From: Mary Watkins [mailto:mary_watkins at wgbh.org]
>>Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 2:20 PM
>>To: Danielsen, Chris
>>Subject: Hi Chris - New Resource
>>
>>I'm not sure if you saw this announcement yet,
>>in case you didn't, here it is.  We've been
>>asked since the DVS Home Video effort ended for
>>a one-stop resource for locating described
>>movies on DVD, and so now we've made
>>one.  Please share far and wide as you see fit.
>>
>>Best,
>>Mary
>>***
>>
>>WGBH's Media Access Group, home to the
>>Descriptive Video Service (DVS®) has debuted two
>>new online resources today for fans of described
>>movies.  Both can be reached via a new,
>>easy-to-remember Web site address:  www.describedmovies.org
>>
>>1. DVS on DVD
>>This page of our site has been updated to enable
>>description fans to learn about mainstream DVD
>>and Blu-ray discs that are available with audio
>>description, and provides a Amazon click through
>>option which takes you directly to the page of
>>amazon.com to order the disc. The DVD and
>>Blu-ray discs listed on the page are available
>>wherever discs are sold (online and in stores),
>>however clicking through our site to purchase
>>your movies will provide the Media Access Group
>>with a small percentage of the sales revenue, and helps support our
>> efforts.
>>
>>(The hit comedy It's Complicated from Universal
>>Pictures Home Entertainment, starring Meryl
>>Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin is the
>>most recent movie released on DVD and Blu-ray with description.)
>>
>>2. Full List of DVS Movies
>>This page lists every movie we've described for
>>television, cable, DVS Home Video and DVS
>>Theatrical (for movie theaters) since DVS
>>debuted as a service in 1990.  We're at nearly
>>800 films!  The list is sortable by movie title
>>or distributor (the company for which we
>>originally described the film). Ask for
>>described versions of movies from your
>>television, cable or satellite provider, from
>>movies by mail services and from Web sites which
>>offer streaming or downloadable movies.
>>
>>As always, www.mopix.org takes you to
>>information about movies offered with
>>description in theaters equipped with Motion
>>Picture Access systems.  And try
>>www.captionfish.com ­ you can type in your zip
>>code, set the search filter for DVS and find the
>>equipped theaters, described movies and accessible showtimes near you.
>>
>>We like hearing from you, so please let us know
>>what you think, and if you have suggestions for making our pages more
>> helpful.
>>
>>Thank you.
>>
>>The Media Access Group at WGBH
>>Boston – Los Angeles
>>access.wgbh.org
>>617 300-3700
>><access at wgbh.htm>access at wgbh.org
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