For Send Space, you can use the free option, which eliminates the need to install any software. At the free level, you can do only one download at a time, and it is limited to 80 KBS. At that speed, it takes about 15-20 minutes to download a full length movie. If you pay, it is something like $7.95 a month for the Send Space Pro level, you can download several at a time, and the download time for a movie drops to maybe 5 minutes or less, depending upon Internet traffic.. I have done it both ways and the free level is fine if you are downloading only a couple of items. If you want to do a bunch of download, then you can pay the $7.95 for a single month and download to your hearts content. I want to emphasize that the $7.95 monthly charge for the Pro level is money going directly to Send Space, not Blind Mice.
Tim Ford -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marianne Denning Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:09 AM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: Movies for the blind Be extremely careful if you choose to use the movie vault from Blind Mice. They use Send Space. When I installed Sendspace on my computer recently it put all kinds of stuff I didn't want on my computer. Be sure to use custom install for it. I did email Blind Mice about this but did not receive any response. On 4/5/14, Nicole Massey <[email protected]> wrote: > I've had great luck with AMC here in Texas. They set the headset the right > way all the time. > One note, though -- most of the time the headphones on these systems are > not > the best. Many of the receiver boxes use a standard headphone jack, so you > can bring your own higher quality headphones. I've found this improves the > sound quality a lot. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Richard Holloway >> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 9:43 PM >> To: The Jaws for Windows support list. >> Subject: Re: Movies for the blind >> >> This site (below) tracks current releases of DVD's with Audio >> Description as well as TV schedules for many described programs on TV >> and helps to explain how to access the alternative audio on these >> broadcasts: >> http://www.acb.org/adp/ad.html >> >> This site (also below) tracks movies in theaters showing with Audio >> Description and various captioning options. As the name would imply, >> their original focus was apparently for hearing impaired individuals, >> so you will need to be certain to select the "Descriptive Video" >> filter, or you'll get a mixture of results with both DVS and for the >> hearing impaired (some movies have both at once). The hearing impaired >> solutions vary from headphones that make things louder, to open >> captions which all sighted guests can see, to rear displayed captions >> where sighted moviegoers can put a mirror into a cup holder and read >> the captions from the back wall (they are shown in reverse and the >> mirror fixes that.) As a general rule, Regal theaters offers the vast >> majority of their films with DVS- probably more than 90%: >> http://www.captionfish.com >> >> The big shift at Regal happened when they went all-digital. Since >> movies all come over the internet, there is no hassle with sending >> along the DVS. AMC used (may still use) an older system where they have >> to send a CD or DVD with the DVS and any captioning on it, and then >> they have to load the right disk with the movie, and it was rarely >> offered and then hardly ever worked correctly. This was back when most >> theaters still showed actual films. I had assumed AMC would be the >> first to use the digital DVS system, but so far, I am only aware of the >> strong DVS offering by Regal and a few of their affiliated companies. >> >> If you are new to this, briefly, for DVD's you select an alternative >> language in the setup menu, just like selecting French, Spanish, etc., >> On television broadcasts, you do likewise, but the odd part is there is >> place where DVS is listed in some systems, and that is not where the >> audio description tends to run. You will most often find it under >> "Spanish", though one network- I think it was TBS, tends to show only >> actual Spanish under Spanish, and uses another language- I think it was >> Portuguese (?) for English DVS. >> >> What you get on DVD, and with Broadcast TV is description in quieter >> parts of a show or over music (rarely over dialogue) and they tend to >> "dip" (make quieter) the background audio as they speak when possible. >> In a theater, they cannot dip the background audio, but you wear >> headphones tied to a receiver that plays ONLY the description in the >> same quieter places in the show and you listen to the movie (apart from >> the description) along with everyone else in the theater. >> >> One important note. The Regal theaters use the same headsets for >> hearing impaired and blind patrons. The select a specific channel for >> the theater where you will watch, and they have to select if it us for >> hearing impaired or blind. Hearing impaired seems to be more common, >> and often they set things incorrectly. The hearing impaired assistance, >> in this case, it to let you play the sound louder- that's it. We have >> found they do not run preview audio through the headset for DVS, so the >> headphones won't do anything until the movie starts. If you're hearing >> coming attraction audio over the headset, go to customer service and >> have them fix the setting. >> >> Do not assume that your white cane will clue them in at all. About 2/3 >> of the time, when they bring the headset to us (in three different >> theaters where we have attended, in two different states) they >> generally have the thing set wrong, so when they bring the headset, >> your better off to just ask again- did you set this for AUDIO >> DESCRIPTION? NOT TO JUST MAKE THE SHOW LOUDER? More often than not, we >> get an embarrassed groan and an apology, with a quick adjustment, and >> an "Enjoy the show!" >> >> Sorry if that is TMI, but I hope that helps. >> >> >> >> On Apr 4, 2014, at 5:31 PM, Sharon <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Samnet >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] >> > On Behalf Of John Chan >> > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 3:06 PM >> > To: Jaws Mailing List >> > Subject: Movies for the blind >> > >> > Where cn i find movies fo the blind?Sent from my iPhone >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Jfw mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Jfw mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Jfw mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > -- Marianne Denning, TVI, MA Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired (513) 607-6053 _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
