[nfb-talk] Losing DVS

[Alan Wheeler]

Here here, I second what Ray says.


In Christ,
Alan



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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Foret jr" <rforetjr at comcast.net>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 03:50
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Losing DVS


> With all due respect, sir, you are wrong.  Before explaining why, let me 
> suggest that you correct your own misinformation by reading all we have to 
> say on the subject in the various Braille Monitors now available on our 
> site.  Maybe instead of spouting off in impulsive and emotional irrational 
> anger, you should better aquaint yourself with what we really said first.
> 
> Sincerely,
> The Constantly BAREFOOTED Ray
> 
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> come With images you tended Under foreign skies Far away from your own land"
> George Seferis
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John G. Heim" <jheim at math.wisc.edu>
> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 2:41 PM
> Subject: [nfb-talk] Losing DVS
> 
> 
> As many of you probably know, DVS, Described Video Service, is available on
> several PBS programs. This includes Nova, The American Experience, and
> Nature. Over the years I've grown quite fond of these programs. There are
> few entertainment programs available on the radio. It's mostly talk and
> music. But things designed for you to sit down and listen to for an hour are
> pretty rare.
> 
> This is why I was dismayed to be told that Wisconsin Public Television is
> not broadcasting the DVS signal in their digital broadcast. The analog
> signal has DVS. The digital signal does not. Now, obviously, Wisconsin
> Public Television bears the primary responsibility for this huge step
> backward. But I also place some of the blame on the NFB. No one would find
> it acceptable if the transition to digital television had meant that deaf
> people would lose their access to closed captioning. Closed captioning has
> become part of the fabric of our society and everyone takes it for granted.
> Why isn't DVS on that same level? Because the NFB opposed it.
> 
> Thanks NFB.
> 
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