[Ohio-talk] There's going to be a Solar Eclipse!

Sun Aug 20 02:02:40 UTC 2017

Thank you Cheryl! I downloaded the app!

Heather Leiterman

> On Aug 19, 2017, at 3:03 PM, Cheryl Fields via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>  Hello Federation! On Monday August 21 there will be a total solar
> eclipse! Below I have pasted information from the Senior Division
> about ways we can experience this phenomenal event!
> 
> methods for getting in on the ECLIPES(1) The Eclipse Soundscapes app
> for iOs devices is perhaps the most revolutionary, since this offers
> the user a chance
> to experience this event through vibrational touch on the screen as
> well as through sound.  A special app, available through iTunes, uses
> an interactive
> rumble map customized tithe viewer's location.  The Soundscapes app
> will geolocate you and start the narration to align with the planetary
> movements as
> they occur from your local vantage point. The specialized imaging
> description techniques making this possible were developed by the
> National Center for Accessible
> Media (NCAM), a part of television station WGBH of Boston,
> Massachusetts. .  Other partners in the Eclipse Soundscapes project
> are the Smithsonian Astrophysical
> Observatory (H.E.C.) and the National Park Service.  Downloadthe app from
> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/eclipse-soundscapes/id1262152991?mt=8.
> I am not aware that this app is available for Android devices. (2)  If
> you have a way to get to Facebook, tune in Monday beginning12:00 PM
> EDT as the Harvard-Smithsonian
> Center for Astrophysics and solar astrophysicist Henry "Trae" Winter
> put on a special, pre-eclipse live event geared with the blind and
> visually impaired
> in mind. Follow this project on Facebook at
> https://www.facebook.com/EclipseSoundSAO/.
> (3)  The ACB Radio Interactive Channel will be offering narration of
> the solar eclipse.  Go to
> http://www.acbradio.org/interactive.
> The AudioDescription 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, will hostthis
> audio description of the solar eclipse. Between 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM
> EDT, Dr. Joel
> Snyder will host an event titled, “A Total Eclipse - Audio Described,"
> on ACB Radio Interactive. Happy listening. ---------- Forwarded
> message ----------From: Milt
> Taylor <milt2533 at gmail.com>To: NFB Senior Division list
> <nfb-seniors at nfbnet.org>Cc: Bcc: Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 10:43:26
> -0600Subject: Re: [Nfb-seniors]
> Experiencing the Solar Eclipse Thanks so very much for sending out
> this message. This looks to be a pretty cool app.Milt - Sent from my
> iPhone> On Aug 18,
> 2017, at 8:44 AM, Robert Leslie Newman via NFB-Seniors <
> nfb-seniors at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:>> Here are some methods for getting in on the ECLIPES>>>>>> (1)
> The Eclipse Soundscapes app for iOs devices is perhaps the most>
> revolutionary,
> since this offers the user a chance to experience this event> through
> vibrational touch on the screen as well as through sound.  A special>
> app, available
> through iTunes, uses an interactive rumble map customized to> the
> viewer's location.  The Soundscapes app will geolocate you and start
> the> narration to
> Align with the planetary movements as they occur from your> local
> vantage point. The specialized imaging description techniques making>
> this possible were
> developed by the National Center for Accessible Media> (NCAM), a part
> of television station WGBH of Boston, Massachusetts. .  Other>
> partners in the Eclipse
> Soundscapes project are the Smithsonian> Astrophysical Observatory
> (H.E.C.) and the National Park Service.  Download> the app from>
> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/eclipse-soundscapes/id1262152991?mt=8.
>>> I am not aware that this app is available for Android devices.>>>> (2)  If you have a way to get to Facebook,  tune in Monday beginning>> 12:00 PM EDT
> as the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and solar>
> astrophysicist Henry "Trae" Winter put on a special, pre-eclipse live
> event> geared with
> the blind and visually impaired in mind. >> Follow this project on
> Facebook at>>
> https://www.facebook.com/EclipseSoundSAO/.
>>>>> (3) The ACB Radio Interactive Channel will be offering narration of the> solar eclipse.  Go to
> http://www.acbradio.org/interactive.
> 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, will
> host> this audio description of the solar eclipse. >> Between 2:00 PM
> and 3:00 PM EDT,
> Dr. Joel Snyder will host an event titled,> "A Total Eclipse - Audio
> Described," on ACB Radio Interactive. >>>> Happy listening. >>
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> Forwarded message ----------From: Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com>To:
> "'NFB Senior Division list'" <nfb-seniors at nfbnet.org>Cc: Bcc: Date:
> Fri, 18 Aug 2017
> 11:51:43 -0500Subject: Re: [Nfb-seniors] Experiencing the Solar
> Eclipse have explored the app, and I'm looking forward to trying to
> use it. Blind abilities
> has more information about it. I got that app from the appstore, too.
> Cindy-----Original Message-----From: NFB-Seniors [mailto:
> nfb-seniors-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Milt Taylor via NFB-Seniors Sent: Friday, August 18, 2017
> 11:43 AM To: NFB Senior Division list <
> nfb-seniors at nfbnet.org>
> 
> 
> -- 
> Wishing You All the Best,
> 
> Cheryl E. Fields
> 
> 
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> never sit.
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