[Nfbf-l] question

[rachel Jacobs]

Hi Marion. Thank you for your suggestion. This member said that they know 
some sports are on the radio but apparently the one he wants to watch is not 
on the radio. This member said that he thought about writing a letter to 
some of the channels that play sporting events and have people sign the 
letter. Is this something that my chapter could be involved in, or is it 
something that should be more just for the individual to do on his own since 
the NFB doesn't really  back this through legislation? Thanks for any help 
you can give me.
Rachel Jacobs
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marion & Martin" <swampfox1833 at verizon.net>
To: "NFB of Florida Listserv" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 5:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] question


> 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>
> To: <NFBF-Leaders at yahoogroups.com>; "NFB of Florida Listserv" 
> <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 11:23 PM
> Subject: [Nfbf-l] question
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>> 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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