[NFBCS] change.org petition audio description

[Sabra Ewing]

A lot of us advocate for equal access to what sighted people get. Not bare-bones access. It isn't just nice. It is essential to enjoy a lot of movies. A lot of partials might not understand that. If you don't need it, then you can turn it on and off such as with captioning but it does need to be available for a lot of people who do need it. It isn't confusing. Blind people have been advocating for it for a long time. I'm not going to support a world where blind people get bare-bones access while sighted people get infinite access and privilege.

Sabra Ewing

> On Jun 14, 2021, at 6:11 PM, Doug Lee via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I guess if three messages show up contesting mine I may speak...
> 
> Audio description is nice, but I don't put it in the same category as emergency information, college textbook content, etc. I further believe that a number of groups nowadays are demanding without caution, and I further
> believe that the way to peace, in general, necessarily involves treading carefully when crossing this line.
> 
> I also expected contest, just because it's the way of the world at this time to demand everything that seems possible. I choose more carefully and wanted to know if anyone else agrees with that caution, as was much much more
> true in years past in this organization. So far, the tally is not favorable. I also, as I said, expected that; so it would have been, and still is, fine with me if my messages on the subject were to die quietly in an archive.
> Strange though it will likely seem to most here, I actually wrote that message believing that more people would agree with it many years from now than is currently likely.
> 
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 04:32:13PM -0500, NFBCS mailing list wrote:
> Do you think about others when you are making your demands? What you think you need or want may not be the same as what someone else needs.  I think it is easy to confuse developers with all our various demands.
> Larry]
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBCS [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Doug Lee via NFBCS
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2021 7:27 AM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Doug Lee <dgl at dlee.org>
> Subject: Re: [NFBCS] change.org petition audio description
> 
> Not sure this is the right list for this one, but I question forcing 100% description even though I enjoy descriptions. I'm a very firm believer in demanding only what I need, and only asking for what I just want.
> 
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 01:02:40PM +0530, NFBCS mailing list wrote:
> I too have signed :)
> 
>> On 6/13/21, Sabra Ewing via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Thank you. I'm signing now. Audio description should be available the 
>> way that close captioning is.
>> 
>> Sabra Ewing
>> 
>>> On Jun 12, 2021, at 1:35 AM, Marvin Hunkin via NFBCS 
>>> <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> . on the blind tech guys google group and some one put up this petition.
>>> I
>>> just signed and spreading the word.
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> http://chng.it/tXddRCh5v8
> 
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