A lot come from Canada but some are from the US if you don't mind waiting five or more years to watch it.
Dean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave McElroy WA6BEF" <d...@drakelroy.com> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 1:25 PM Subject: RE: Descriptive Video on Commercial DVDs and Downloads | The ones at our library all come from a Canadian source. There's just no | production in this country it would seem. | | -----Original Message----- | From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] | On Behalf Of Dean Masters | Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 9:13 AM | To: PC Audio Discussion List | Subject: Re: Descriptive Video on Commercial DVDs and Downloads | | my state office of the NLS sends VHS with DVs. I would have to travel 100 | miles to catch something in a theater that is described. | | Dean | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Gary Wood" <k8...@comcast.net> | To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> | Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 3:07 AM | Subject: Re: Descriptive Video on Commercial DVDs and Downloads | | ||I haven't seen this yet, but my State Library for the blind has descriptive || videos on DVD's, and they have them in such a way that when you put a DVD || in, the descriptions come up automatically. This sounds great, and I | watch || these in a movie theater that has video description on headsets that are || provided that give these prescriptions. || || ----- Original Message ----- || From: "Kane Brolin" <kbroli...@gmail.com> || To: <j...@freelists.org> || Cc: "Blind iPod Mailing List" <blindi...@freelists.org>; || <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> || Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 4:41 PM || Subject: Descriptive Video on Commercial DVDs and Downloads || || || > Hi, folks. || > || > I'm probably about to ask a question that's painfully obvious to many. || > But I'm showing up at the descriptive video/SAP party much later than || > some. I'm writing to the JAWS list because I am a JAWS user. I'm || > writing to the Blind iPod list because purchasing video content on || > iTunes is now accessible through use of the J-tunes interface. So I || > hope others view this question as at least somewhat relevant. || > || > I'm presuming, first of all, that most Hollywood feature films on DVD || > come with a descriptive video track encoded somewhere on them. I'm || > presuming the same could be true with downloadable films and TV shows, || > too, as from iTunes. Certainly, most DVDs representing TV programs || > where action was described in the first place, should have that same || > DVS output on the subsequent DVD release. If this is true, I'm || > wondering about the following: || > || > 1. How can I be sure, if a film or TV show is downloaded, to get the || > download version that has descriptive video encoded? Is there a good || > source for such material? Is there a way I can know for sure about || > this feature before I buy? || > || > 2. When playing such downloaded or DVD content on the computer, is || > there a software player that is fairly accessible and which also has a || > menu option I can invok for activating or turning off the || > descriptions? I've not seen this in RealPlayer or Windows Media || > Player, but maybe I'm just not looking in the right place. || > || > 3. Am I being completely naive here? Obviously, I know a lot of || > stuff isn't accessible on its face, and I realize legislation in front || > of Congress is attempting to make much of this universal. I've heard || > of some people going to a place like the Serotek network to download || > versions of films that have been uploaded specifically for those || > wanting video description. But is this truly necessary? Or can the || > same content be obtained through regular channels with just a little || > bit of work on the part of the blind consumer? || > || > Just trying to get a handle on this issue, for my own benefit and for || > others I may encounter. || > || > Kind regards, || > || > -Kane || > || > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: || > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org || > || > || > -- || > No virus found in this incoming message. || > Checked by AVG. || > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1985 - Release Date: | 3/5/2009 || > 7:54 AM || > || > || || || To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: || pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org | | | | To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: | pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org | | | To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: | pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
