[NFBF-Melbourne] FW: [NFBF-L] FW: [tek-talk] New Beta Testing opportunity

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For your information. 

Camille 

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From: NFBF-L <nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Sherri via NFBF-L
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Subject: [NFBF-L] FW: [tek-talk] New Beta Testing opportunity

This sounds like a good app from spectrum.  Thought I would pass it along.

Sherri
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On Behalf Of John Gassman
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2020 6:44 PM
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Subject: [tek-talk] New Beta Testing opportunity

Hi,
While at CSUN, Larry and I stopped by the Spectrum Charter booth.
We have spectrum on our tv and wanted to comend them on the great steps they
have taiken recently to make their box completely accessible.
While there, they told us about a new app now in beta called Spectrum
Access.
This app is not for just spectrum customers, its for anybody who wants to
use it regardless of which tv or cable provider you have.

Spectrum Access is now in beta and here's how it works.
It is an app you would download to your phone and it provides audio
descriptions of moveis in real time.
So, if you wanted to watch a movie, you would open the app and see if its
one of the movies available in their library.
You would download the movie and its audio description.
You would start the movie on your TV and the audio description file on your
phone would sync with it and you would have complete audio description as
you watched the movie.
If you remember the Disney Movies anywhere app from a few years ago, this is
the way they used to work it.
Spectrum Access is now working with movie studios to get audio descriptions
of their movies.
As I recorded this discussion on March 12, they had about 90 moviesin their
library.
They expect to have over 500 movies in a couple of weeks and significantly
more movies available once they go live with the app.
they are aiming for an August release app date.
they also do want lots of beta testers.
If you are interested in talking with John Sweet
  send him an email.
spectrumaccess at charter.com
He will send you a link to the Beta.
In his email to me, he wrote:

Spectrum Access is a brand new app from Spectrum that offers audio
description and closed captioning for on demand movies and TV shows. All you
need to do to is find the movie you want in the app and download the track
that interests you-audioo description or closed captioning. Then play the
movie or show on your TV using any service, whether that is Spectrum or
Xfinity or Cox, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, or even a DVD. 
Press play in the Spectrum Access app and hold your phone or iPad near your
speakers; the app will listen to the movie and within seconds it will sync
up perfectly and start playing your audio description or closed captioning
track.

Please reach out if you have any questions. We hope you enjoy your
experience!

Thank you,
John Sweet
Senior Manager, Product Owner of Spectrum Access


John


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