[Njtechdiv] listen to the Total EclipseRe: a new app that serves as eyes for the blind

[Mario Brusco]

Got this from a friend, & thought some of you might be interested.


For Immediate Release
Contact: Joel Snyder, Director, Audio Description Project
Phone: (202) 467-5083

Audio Description to Allow the Blind To “See” the Total Eclipse

WASHINGTON, August 10, 2017 — The Audio Description Project, an initiative
of the American Council of the Blind (ACB), along with the Mid-Tennessee
Council of the Blind, the Tennessee School for the Blind and the Tennessee
Performing Arts Center, announces an opportunity for blind people world-wide
to experience the upcoming total eclipse of the sun.

On Monday afternoon, August 21, at exactly 1:27 p.m. (CDT), the Sun above
Nashville, TN will disappear from view. The sky will go completely dark. But
through the use of succinct, imaginative and vivid language – audio
description –the event will be accessible to the millions of people who are
blind or have low vision, or anyone who wishes to experience a verbal
version of the visual.

Between 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. (CDT) on August 21, Dr. Joel Snyder will
host “A Total Eclipse — Audio Described!” on ACB Radio.  Snyder, the
director of ACB’s Audio Description Project, will present an hour of songs
(“Ain’t Got No Sunshine,” “Here Comes the Sun,” “Blinded by the Light,”
“When The Sun Goes Down,” etc.), interviews and special guests — with the
main event being described live from the Tennessee School for the Blind
between 1:15 p.m. and 1:45 p.m. (CDT). Trained audio describer,
Nashville-based Julia Cawthon, will describe the eclipse as it happens and
provide a vivid “translation” of the visual event into words for the benefit
of anyone who tunes in.

“Audio description uses the spoken word to provide access to visual images
that would otherwise not be accessible to people who are blind or have low
vision,” stated Kim Charlson, president of the American Council of the
Blind. “Audio describers help make so many aspects of our culture
accessible.  We’re delighted to sponsor this program on August 21 and help
people experience this important event.”

How to access the broadcast: Go to
http://www.acbradio.org/interactive
  and
select “Click Here to Play.” Then be sure to select the link that opens the
player that you use to listen to music or stream internet radio stations.
You can also listen on any telephone by dialing (605) 475-8130 and select
option 4. If you are using an iOS device such as an iPad or iPhone, install
“ACB Link”; open the app, select the radio tab and then tap on the menu
button. Select “live streams” and “ACB Radio Interactive,” select the play
button and the stream will launch.

Additional information about ACB’s Audio Description Project is available
at:

www.acb.org/adp.

About the American Council of the Blind

The American Council of the Blind is a national membership organization. Its
members are blind, visually impaired, and fully sighted individuals who are
concerned about the dignity and well-being of blind people throughout the
nation.

Formed in 1961, the ACB is one of the largest organizations of blind people
in the world, with more than 70 state and special-interest affiliates and a
nationwide network of chapters and members spanning the globe.

For more information about the American Council of the Blind, contact: Eric
Bridges, Executive Director, American Council of the Blind, 1703 N.
Beauregard S., Suite 420, Alexandria, VA 22311; phone (202) 467-5081 or
toll-free, 1-800-424-8666; or visit the web site,
www.acb.org.

Sharon Lovering, Editor

American Council of the Blind

1703 N. Beauregard St., Suite 420

Alexandria, VA 22311

slovering at acb.org


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