I apologize if my instructions are confusing It's just that it is hard for me to describe exactly *how* I looked at the subtitles or read them with Braille. I'm glad I was able to help, though! I can't wait to see what this app makes available soon for audio description.
Jane On Nov 19, 2013, at 10:07 PM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. <kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu> wrote: > OK. Thanks very much for that. A little confusing, but I got it with your > help. I think the subtitles came across in landscape even though my iPhone 5 > is locked in portrait. > > Very impressive. > > It would be nice if they'd label the video on their site as compatibility > test. > > Best, Keith > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Jane > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 8:50 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App > > Here's the link: > > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/moviereading/id460349347?mt=8 > > You do the compatibility test first by creating an account in Moviereading or > on the web site > > www.moviereading.com > > After you get to the www.moviereading.com web site, click on How it Works. > > Then, wait. Go to the app and click n Market > > Click on Compatibility tEst for MOvieReading and download the English > subtitle. There is no audio description track for this movie. > > Then, once it's done, click on the movie in the My Movies tab. Then click on > the Play button on the computer, and click OK to let it sync on your idevice. > Then you can read the titles by scrolling with your fingers pretty quickly > back and forth with speech or you can use a Braille display, You still have > to do fancy fingerwork, but it's quieter with Braille. > > Jane > > > > > On Nov 19, 2013, at 9:46 PM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. > <kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu> wrote: > >> I did an AppStore search for one-string as follows: MovieReading and it >> popped right up for me. >> >> I can't find out on the website using my PC how to do the compatibility >> test. If anyone figures this out, please let me. I did successfully sign up. >> >> Keith >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of Beth G >> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 8:37 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Cc: viphone; Vip-l Mailing list; savi-people >> Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New >> iOS App >> >> I am unable to find the app. How did you find it? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Nov 19, 2013, at 6:38 PM, Joanne Chua <shuang.an...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> For your information. >>> >>> Regards >>> Joanne >>> >>> Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App >>> MovieReading Article link: >>> http://blindbargains.com/bargains.php?m=9923 >>> >>> >>> Posted by Alena Roberts today 5:45 PM ET blindbargains.com >>> >>> Many theaters around the country are starting to offer the visually >>> impaired the option of listening to the descriptive audio track while >>> they're watching a film. Sadly though, this technology is not >>> available everywhere, and sometimes it doesn't work. The team at >>> Solo-DX wants to make the experience better by having the blind >>> film-goer use a smart phone app to listen to the descriptive audio >>> track instead. Last week, I had the opportunity to test out the new >>> MovieReading app. The interface is very simple. Once you're logged >>> in, you visit the Marketplace, download the descriptive audio track >>> for the film you're going to go see at your theater, and than start >>> the track when your film begins. The app will listen to the audio in >>> the theater and sync the audio track with where the film is so that >>> the user doesn't have to try and match the two tracks themselves. to >>> test the app, I downloaded the Princess Bride track and then watched >>> some Youtube clips from the film. In all three cases, the sync option >>> worked perfectly. The MovieReading app's latest version is expected >>> to be released before November 22nd, the opening day of the film >>> "Philomena" which will be the first movie to use the app's new >>> features. MovieReading is currently available on iOS, and they hope >>> to have an Android version soon. Pasted below is a press release from >>> Solo-DX about the MovieReading app and "Philomena". >>> >>> As exclusive U.S. partners with Universal Multimedia Access, >>> Hollywood Access Services is releasing Solo-Dx on MovieReading, the >>> first ever auto-syncing audio description app available for first-run >>> movies. The debut title on this exciting new platform will be The >>> Weinstein Company¹s Philomena, in theaters November 22. Using >>> acoustic fingerprinting technology, this new auto-syncing method will >>> completely change moviegoing for the blind and visually impaired via >>> their smartphones. It's really easy to use -- download the app, >>> download the description track, go to the movie theater, and enjoy! >>> Even if you arrive late, you can simply hit "sync" and your audio >>> description will pick up in the right place. Right now, if a visually >>> impaired person wants to go the movies, they either have to have >>> someone next to them explain what is happening on the screen, try to >>> enjoy the movie just by listening to it, OR request audio description >>> headsets sometimes offered by theaters. These headsets pick up an >>> infrared signal from the projector that plays audio description >>> through headphones. However, they're not currently available for >>> every movie or at every theater, and even when they are available, >>> they oftentimes don't work correctly. These obstacles make going to >>> the movies too much of a hassle for many blind and low vision individuals. >>> Solo-Dx on the MovieReading app makes moviegoing simple and enjoyable! >>> Hollywood Access Services is thrilled to provide unprecedented access >>> to blind moviegoers across the country with Philomena, the first film >>> to be made available in the U.S. on this new auto-syncing audio >>> description platform. Starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan, and based >>> on the book "The Lost Child of Philomena Lee," Philomena is the true >>> story of one mother's search for her lost son. 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