[Nfbf-l] question

[Marion & Martin]

Rachel,
    One suggestion is to find out if the particular sporting event is 
carried as a simulcast on the radio. By nature, the play-by-play on the 
radio is much more descriptive than that provided on the television. One 
challenge is that they are not always in sync. usually, the radio 
information is live as it happens, while television, because it travels 
through sattelite, is a few seconds behind!
    The NFB has been very vocal on the issue of providing audio description, 
but does not believe that mandating this through legislation is the right 
path. We have, however, favored this in the cases of emergency information 
that is scrolled at the bottom of screens, such as the recent information 
about tornados in hillsborough County. As a blind person, we need to 
understand that some visual information is simply not accessible to us! HTH!

Marion


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rachel Jacobs" <oceanrls at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 11:23 PM
Subject: [Nfbf-l] question


> Hello all. I'm not sure if any of you can help me, but I have a subject 
> that I need some suggestions with. My chapter, Manasota chapter, had our 
> meeting today and a member brought up an issue that she feels is 
> important. She wants to find out how we can get different sports channels 
> on television to have more audio of what is happening exactly as well as 
> have the scores announced. She said that her husband likes to watch 
> sports, but he doesn't always know what is going on because the score is 
> on the bottom of the screen. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to 
> go with this? I appreciate any advice!
> Rachel Jacobs
> President of the Manasota Chapter
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