[Nfbf-l] FW: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a NewiOS App

[Sherri]

Wow! This sounds very cool! Thanks Sherrill.
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This is very exciting technology!
Sherrill


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Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App MovieReading
Article link: http://blindbargains.com/bargains.php?m=9923


Posted by Alena Roberts today 5:45 PM ET blindbargains.com

Many theaters around the country are starting to offer the visually impaired
the option of listening to the descriptive audio track while they're
watching a film. Sadly though, this technology is not available everywhere,
and sometimes it doesn't work. The team at Solo-DX wants to make the
experience better by having the blind film-goer use a smart phone app to
listen to the descriptive audio track instead. Last week, I had the
opportunity to test out the new MovieReading app. The interface is very
simple. Once you're logged in, you visit the Marketplace, download the
descriptive audio track for the film you're going to go see at your theater,
and than start the track when your film begins. The app will listen to the
audio in the theater and sync the audio track with where the film is so that
the user doesn't have to try and match the two tracks themselves. to test
the app, I downloaded the Princess Bride track and then watched some Youtube
clips from the film. In all three cases, the sync option worked perfectly.
The MovieReading app's latest version is expected to be released before
November 22nd, the opening day of the film "Philomena" which will be the
first movie to use the app's new features. MovieReading is currently
available on iOS, and they hope to have an Android version soon. Pasted
below is a press release from Solo-DX about the MovieReading app and
"Philomena".

As exclusive U.S. partners with Universal Multimedia Access, Hollywood
Access Services is releasing Solo-Dx on MovieReading, the first ever
auto-syncing audio description app available for first-run movies. The debut
title on this exciting new platform will be The Weinstein Company¹s
Philomena, in theaters November 22. Using acoustic fingerprinting
technology, this new auto-syncing method will completely change moviegoing
for the blind and visually impaired via their smartphones. It's really easy
to use -- download the app, download the description track, go to the movie
theater, and enjoy!
Even if you arrive late, you can simply hit "sync" and your audio
description will pick up in the right place. Right now, if a visually
impaired person wants to go the movies, they either have to have someone
next to them explain what is happening on the screen, try to enjoy the movie
just by listening to it, OR request audio description headsets sometimes
offered by theaters. These headsets pick up an infrared signal from the
projector that plays audio description through headphones. However, they're
not currently available for every movie or at every theater, and even when
they are available, they oftentimes don't work correctly. These obstacles
make going to the movies too much of a hassle for many blind and low vision
individuals.
Solo-Dx on the MovieReading app makes moviegoing simple and enjoyable!
Hollywood Access Services is thrilled to provide unprecedented access to
blind moviegoers across the country with Philomena, the first film to be
made available in the U.S. on this new auto-syncing audio description
platform. Starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan, and based on the book "The
Lost Child of Philomena Lee," Philomena is the true story of one mother's
search for her lost son. Philomena is directed By Stephen Frears and written
by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope and opens in New York and Los Angeles on
November 22 before going nationwide on November 27.

Developer link: http://www.solo-dx.com/

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