Great show. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Toews To: PC Audio Discussion List Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 6:28 PM Subject: RE: Descriptive Video on Commercial DVDs and Downloads
If you like good humor, try the Canadian TV show Corner Gas. Seasons 2 through the present all have described video on the commercial DVD's. Bruce On Thu, 5 Mar 2009, Dave McElroy WA6BEF wrote: > Oh really? What planet do you live on? <lol> > > NFB and their ilk kind of did it to us when they got the feds to say that it > was no longer a requirement. So now if you really want descriptive > programming you have to find it outside of our shores. > > -----Original Message----- > From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] > On Behalf Of Kane Brolin > Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 1:42 PM > To: j...@freelists.org > Cc: Blind iPod Mailing List; pc-audio@pc-audio.org > 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 > > > 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
