[Nfbf-l] question

Mon May 18 11:43:27 UTC 2009

Rachel,
    The accessibility of this information, I believe, would be responsiility 
of the network, not the affiliate station. The local station only 
re-transmits the feed they receive.
    Now, if the member would want to write to the network to express their 
opinions, it may be helpful for that person to do a little research on what 
the NFB's efforts have been on this. In a nutshell - and from my 
understanding - the Federation does not feel that mandating accessibility to 
visual information should be made a matter of legislation. This is not to 
say that the NFB is opposed to it. The belief is that we are consumers and 
making such information accessible to us makes good business sense. 
Therefore, the more people let the networks know that they would like this 
information available, the more the networks will know how many people would 
benefit from it and, therefore, how much it would benefit them.
    I hope this helps! Please feel free to write again, if you need any 
further information. I look forward to seeing you and some of your members 
again at our convention in Boca!

Fraternally,
marion Gwizdala


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rachel Jacobs" <oceanrls at hotmail.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Listserv" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] question


> 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
>>
>>
>>> 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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