[blindkid] Christmas DVS movies

[Arielle Silverman]

Just curious-is it possible for a blind person to turn audio
description on and off independently for DVD's or TV shows? If not
something should be done about that. DVS is of limited value if a
sighted parent or other sighted person must always be there to turn it
on, and I assume  it has to be turned on each time a new DVD is
started, right?
Arielle

On 12/6/12, Darcirae Hooks <draehooks at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks for posting. Our family rule is to watch with audio description
> first, then the second viewing we can turn it off.
>
> Darci Hooks
> BTW we found Star Wars ins DVS. Caiden loves it.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 6, 2012, at 18:34, Richard Holloway <rholloway at gopbc.org> wrote:
>
>> I'm starting to wonder if I'm the only one on the list who is interested
>> in Audio Described movies, but just in case I'm not...
>>
>> I picked up a copy of Disney's "A Christmas Carol" tonight (the Jim Carey
>> version) with Audio Description. I find that DVD's are easier to switch to
>> described audio than broadcast TV. The way to configure DVS is pretty
>> simple-- just a couple of menu clicks turns Audio Description on or off.
>> Some DVD's even have a special "splash screen" that loads when you first
>> load them where you can switch on the main screen... This particular movie
>> was $13 at Target n DVD or $20 for BluRay.
>>
>> I also posted a while back that TBS ran "A Christmas Story" for 24 Hours
>> last Christmas with Audio Description running on the Spanish Audio Feed.
>> As far as I know they didn't disclose their plans to do so, but my guess
>> is they'll run it the exact same way this year.
>>
>> If you haven't tried sharing favorite movies and TV shows with a blind
>> child or friend using this feature, I can tell you that at least my blind
>> daughter loves them. She knows far better what's going on than when
>> someone sitting nearby tries to describe things "on the fly", and she
>> knows she isn't frustrating anyone by asking "what happened" over and
>> over.
>>
>> Before we found DVS, Kendra felt left out of attempts at family movie
>> nights and going to the theatre was of no interest to her at all. Now with
>> DVS, movies at home and the theater are a regular part of our family
>> activities!
>>
>> Happy Holidays!
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