Hi Shilpi, Thanks a ton for the update, This development must have passed me by.
John It does work on the android app, but I couldn't make it work on the website. I tried a couple of titles including Hanna. Thanks Kind regards Mayank On 1/21/20, Shilpi Kapoor <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I had reached out to an Amazon Prime person who is focusing on Accessibility > with this thread. He has shared the below: > > > "Thank you for forwarding the feedback. Amazon Prime Video does have Audio > Descriptions for a all English Amazon Originals. Would you be able to pass > this on to the customers and see if they are able to see AD. Customers > should be able to turn on Audio Descriptions by playing a title and changing > the audio language to English [Audio Descriptions] and it should be > available on all devices like mobile apps, or Prime Video website. If they > are unable to play AD, I would be happy to take a look." > > Hope this helps. > > Regards > Shilpi > > On 1/20/20, 10:55 PM, "AccessIndia on behalf of Ajay Minocha" > <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > Audio description is available on Amazon English shows at least on a > fire tv stick. > > On 20/01/2020, MAYANK SHARMA <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I did reach out to Amazon, and they told me it was because of > > copyright issues that the audio description feature is not available > > in India. They did say they’ll forward the concern. I’m not sure if > > it’s available in any other market outside US at the moment. It is > > indeed difficult to understand why its not been brought to a big > > market like India’s, it’ll only attract more membership. > > > > Sunil, > > > > I think all Netflix Indian originals have audio description that we > > can access, starting with Sacred Games. > > > > Kind regards > > > > Mayank > > > > On 1/17/20, john clayton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Sunil and others, > >> I have been aware about Audio description that netflix offers, and > indeed > >> Netflix is the only OTT in India that bothers at all to provide us > with > >> Audio description. > >> The audio description however isn't limited to only those series you > have > >> pointed out, but almost all if not all the netflix originals has > Audio > >> description. If the content is origenally in English, there will be > Audio > >> description in English, If the content is was origenally in Hindi, it > will > >> have Hindi Audio description. I.E Sacred Games. > >> I agree with your centiments and think that netflix ought to be > >> encouraged > >> and applauded for its admirable efforts in the area where it stands > out as > >> the only one to make its content inclusive for all. > >> We should also see if we can't get amazon to follow along, I highly > doubt > >> it though, Amazon Prime US has Audio descriptions because they must > by > >> law, > >> however Amazon India prime as far as I can see does not, which is a > bit > >> baffling, I mean if you have the AD tracks already, What's the harm > in > >> deploying them elsewhere too. > >> If anything, that is likely to gain amazon prime more blind and > visually > >> impaired users. > >> But of course, Corporates don't often do the sensable things. > >> But I digress. > >> > >> I hope we do reach out to netflix (all of us that use the service or > >> intend to) and tell them how great it is what they are doing and have > >> done. > >> Laters, > >> > >> > >> > >> On Fri, 17 Jan 2020 at 15:13, Sunil Sangtani. > <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi everyone, I don’t know how many of you are already aware about > this, > >>> Yesterday I was watching a popular web series “jamtara” on the > >>> Netflix, after tweaking app here and there, I found out that it had > >>> Hindi audio descriptions available just like we do use in excel > cinema > >>> app. > >>> I also checked another web series “ghost stories” and found that > Hindi > >>> audio description was available for that as well. > >>> We should use, share and spread this as much as possible and let the > >>> makers of the content know that how important is there effort for us > >>> and there is plenty of audience who use this feature and it should > be > >>> included in all the future productions. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Search for old postings at: > >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >>> > >>> To unsubscribe send a message to > >>> [email protected] > >>> with the subject unsubscribe. > >>> > >>> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other > changes, > >>> please visit the list home page at > >>> > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > >>> > >>> > >>> Disclaimer: > >>> 1. 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