[NFBMT] Country Music - the PBS film documentary by Ken Burns - audio description

[marjorie gregg]

We enjoyed this series very, very much & learned so much plus
lenjoying the music..

On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 4:04 PM BRUCE&JOY BRESLAUER via NFBMT <
nfbmt at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> And you forgot Roseanne Cash.
>
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> From: NFBMT <nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Rik James via NFBMT
> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 2:22 PM
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> Cc: Rik James <rixmix2009 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NFBMT] Country Music - the PBS film documentary by Ken Burns
> -
> audio description
>
> Yes, all I know about those various ways to get it, is what the lady said.
> And I am watching Montana PBS, and if I got the DVD or Blu-Ray, I wonder if
> it would have the audio description, I am doubtful.
>
> Why can't I free your doubtful mind, and melt your cold, cold heart.
> So sang that masterful wordsmith of sorrow, Hank Williams from Montgomery.
>
> The only thing I really want is those names of who is talking. There is too
> much visual content to describe it, and still follow the Peter Coyote
> narration.
> Just drop in their names when they begin to speak, and I am good to go.
> Charlie McCoy, Bill C. Malone, Marty Stuart, Bobby Braddock, Billy
> Sherrill.
> And so on. And so on.
> Karen and I have been watching and with the DirecTV remote we can pause and
> rewind live action. We use it often enough.
>
> Amazon Prime does have quite a bit that is audio described. But there is a
> lot of content they have I am not interested in. And there is Murphy's Law,
> if I want the description, it is sorry Charlie the Tuna fish, that I hear
> in
> my little old head.
>
> Rik
>
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> Cc: BRUCE&JOY BRESLAUER <breslauerj at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NFBMT] Country Music - the PBS film documentary by Ken Burns
> -
> audio description
>
> I didn't know there is an audio described version. From what I understand,
> audio description is scarce on Amazon Prime.  This is one of the best
> documentaries I've seen, and even at that, they have to leave so much out!
> I'd love to see it audio described.  I looked online and I could find it
> streamed, but not audio described.  Maybe that is done with the audio
> description app, which I don't know how to turn on.  Joy
>
>
>
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> From: NFBMT <nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Rik James via NFBMT
> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 12:28 PM
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> Cc: Rik James <rixmix2009 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [NFBMT] Country Music - the PBS film documentary by Ken Burns -
> audio description
>
> Hey folks,
> Only 2 more episodes remaining on this 8 nights of wonderful storytelling
> in
> the documentary Country Music by Ken Burns and Dayton something.
>
> I have seen numerous discussions in the blindness community, people wishing
> to find the audio described version. It is true, so often there are these
> little comments made by a lot of partipants, and some of them major stars
> or
> music historians, and I want to know who they are.
> We have been watching on Montana PBS. If there is audio description, I am
> not
> with information of how to access it.
>
> One post I read had a piece of information, perhaps someone can use. I
> paste
> it below.
> Thanks.
> Rik
>
> (snip.) "...  We did install the pbs video app  on our se phones and our
> ipad
> with being able to enjoy hearing the audio description, which was really
> great.It was really great being able to hear who was talking and about the
> pictures that were shown. We recorded all 8 parts of the documentary from
> the
> ipad with being able to record it with the audio description. There's
> something I forgot to mention the other day, with the pbs channel by way of
> antena, and our pbs chahnnel through cox cable, the channel didn't have the
> audio description, but with the app it did. We don't have amazon prime,
> but I
> was just curious since you mentioned you were going to check to see if it
> was... " (snip.)
>
>
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