I'll have both. The government need not provide anything except a law mandating availability. I think we should have sighted people only have access to audio devices for one week, but with every other one of life's amenities to which they are accustomed. After all, seeing action is a luxury. Let them pay attention to the dialogue. Christine Christine On Apr 28, 2012, at 3:38 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote:
> It's even worse than that. While we can use our accessible devices, we still > can't go to a humble Wallmart and shop independently; or, for that matter, > the local 7/11. We must be assisted when purchasing anything in a large > store prone to layout changes, robbing us of much of the credibility we might > otherwise have as equals. Our talking smart thing tells us we have a $20 > bill in our hand, and yet we had to ask for assistance finding HoneyNut > chereos? And people whine because some agency somewhere didn't spend money > and time to put descriptions in movies?! I was involved with WGBH back in > 193-4 when DVS first got going, at least in America. I really like some of > the DVS movies I've watched, and I appreciate the skill it takes to do timely > narration of visual events. but I also recognize this for the luxury that it > is. Asking the government to make this accessible is like asking your deity > of choice to provide you with a narrator for all the things in life which you > don't see; I think we're stretching the metaphor here. I'll take an > accessible computer over a described movie. > > > • Mark BurningHawk Baxter > • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 > • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com > • My home page: > • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
