[nabs-l] Advertising to Blind People: How is it Done?

Wed Nov 16 01:59:13 UTC 2011

Great adapting, Jewel! Sounds like a great alternative! Good 
luck, and keep us posted!

Chris

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Good for you Jewel.
Vejas

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An update: This is what my professor and I came up with as an
equal asignment.

The other students are going to analyze a TV commercial or
magazine ad
for content, audience, and the like.  I will, on the other hand,
analyze a radio advertisement.  It was the closet thing to
exactly
equal that we could come, and I'm quite satisfied with it.  She
said to
hold onto the thought of inaccessibility of advertisement for the
next
course (which I will have with the same professor),
Argument-Based
Research.  I think I'm going to write an essay for that class
arguing
for DVS in television shows and commercials, such as is done on
some
channels in the UK and other countries.

Thanks for the input, guys.  It gave me a lot to think about.

~Jewel

On 11/11/11, Liz Bottner <liziswhatis at hotmail.com> wrote:
 Hi Jewel,
     You could take this assignment and analyze an ad on TV that
is all music
 with no explanation and take it from the angle of how
frustrating that is to
 someone who cannot see what the ad is and so the commercial is
then useless
 to them.  Personally, I cannot stand those! I think they're
getting more
 popular by the hour, unfortunately...  I think that's what I
would do with
 the assignment if it were me; it would for sure be an
interesting spin on
 it.

 Take care.

 Liz Bottner
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 Of Jewel
 Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 9:40 AM
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 Subject: [nabs-l] Advertising to Blind People: How is it Done?

 Good morning! Today my English professor brought up a good
questgion
 that is related to an assignment we'll be doing in class.  The
 assignment is to analyze an advertisement, such as in a magazine
or on
 television.  We will be discussing the alternative for me today,
but I
 wanted to get some ideas from you all.

 How do companies such as JAWS and GMA Games advertise to their
 audience, blind people? What format do they use, and can you
give an
 example of advertisement? What about Apple and their
VoiceOver...how
 did they advertise their builtin screenreader to blind people?
Can you
 give me examples of advertisements directed to blind people as
the
 audience, and what format they are in?

 Thhank you for any input you can provide.

 ~Jewel

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