I did get the free version. I will never ever do it again!!! It put something on my computer that really messed everything up. It changed my search engine from Google, messed up a lot of other internet things and took me many weeks to clean up.
On 4/5/14, Ford, Tim (CDPH-OLS) <[email protected]> wrote: > For Send Space, you can use the free option, which eliminates the need to > install any software. At the free level, you can do only one download at a > time, and it is limited to 80 KBS. At that speed, it takes about 15-20 > minutes to download a full length movie. If you pay, it is something like > $7.95 a month for the Send Space Pro level, you can download several at a > time, and the download time for a movie drops to maybe 5 minutes or less, > depending upon Internet traffic.. I have done it both ways and the free > level is fine if you are downloading only a couple of items. If you want to > do a bunch of download, then you can pay the $7.95 for a single month and > download to your hearts content. I want to emphasize that the $7.95 monthly > charge for the Pro level is money going directly to Send Space, not Blind > Mice. > > Tim Ford > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Marianne Denning > Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:09 AM > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > Subject: Re: Movies for the blind > > Be extremely careful if you choose to use the movie vault from Blind > Mice. They use Send Space. When I installed Sendspace on my computer > recently it put all kinds of stuff I didn't want on my computer. Be > sure to use custom install for it. I did email Blind Mice about this > but did not receive any response. > > On 4/5/14, Nicole Massey <[email protected]> wrote: >> I've had great luck with AMC here in Texas. They set the headset the >> right >> way all the time. >> One note, though -- most of the time the headphones on these systems are >> not >> the best. Many of the receiver boxes use a standard headphone jack, so >> you >> can bring your own higher quality headphones. I've found this improves >> the >> sound quality a lot. >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of Richard Holloway >>> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 9:43 PM >>> To: The Jaws for Windows support list. >>> Subject: Re: Movies for the blind >>> >>> This site (below) tracks current releases of DVD's with Audio >>> Description as well as TV schedules for many described programs on TV >>> and helps to explain how to access the alternative audio on these >>> broadcasts: >>> http://www.acb.org/adp/ad.html >>> >>> This site (also below) tracks movies in theaters showing with Audio >>> Description and various captioning options. As the name would imply, >>> their original focus was apparently for hearing impaired individuals, >>> so you will need to be certain to select the "Descriptive Video" >>> filter, or you'll get a mixture of results with both DVS and for the >>> hearing impaired (some movies have both at once). The hearing impaired >>> solutions vary from headphones that make things louder, to open >>> captions which all sighted guests can see, to rear displayed captions >>> where sighted moviegoers can put a mirror into a cup holder and read >>> the captions from the back wall (they are shown in reverse and the >>> mirror fixes that.) As a general rule, Regal theaters offers the vast >>> majority of their films with DVS- probably more than 90%: >>> http://www.captionfish.com >>> >>> The big shift at Regal happened when they went all-digital. Since >>> movies all come over the internet, there is no hassle with sending >>> along the DVS. AMC used (may still use) an older system where they have >>> to send a CD or DVD with the DVS and any captioning on it, and then >>> they have to load the right disk with the movie, and it was rarely >>> offered and then hardly ever worked correctly. This was back when most >>> theaters still showed actual films. I had assumed AMC would be the >>> first to use the digital DVS system, but so far, I am only aware of the >>> strong DVS offering by Regal and a few of their affiliated companies. >>> >>> If you are new to this, briefly, for DVD's you select an alternative >>> language in the setup menu, just like selecting French, Spanish, etc., >>> On television broadcasts, you do likewise, but the odd part is there is >>> place where DVS is listed in some systems, and that is not where the >>> audio description tends to run. You will most often find it under >>> "Spanish", though one network- I think it was TBS, tends to show only >>> actual Spanish under Spanish, and uses another language- I think it was >>> Portuguese (?) for English DVS. >>> >>> What you get on DVD, and with Broadcast TV is description in quieter >>> parts of a show or over music (rarely over dialogue) and they tend to >>> "dip" (make quieter) the background audio as they speak when possible. >>> In a theater, they cannot dip the background audio, but you wear >>> headphones tied to a receiver that plays ONLY the description in the >>> same quieter places in the show and you listen to the movie (apart from >>> the description) along with everyone else in the theater. >>> >>> One important note. The Regal theaters use the same headsets for >>> hearing impaired and blind patrons. The select a specific channel for >>> the theater where you will watch, and they have to select if it us for >>> hearing impaired or blind. Hearing impaired seems to be more common, >>> and often they set things incorrectly. The hearing impaired assistance, >>> in this case, it to let you play the sound louder- that's it. We have >>> found they do not run preview audio through the headset for DVS, so the >>> headphones won't do anything until the movie starts. If you're hearing >>> coming attraction audio over the headset, go to customer service and >>> have them fix the setting. >>> >>> Do not assume that your white cane will clue them in at all. About 2/3 >>> of the time, when they bring the headset to us (in three different >>> theaters where we have attended, in two different states) they >>> generally have the thing set wrong, so when they bring the headset, >>> your better off to just ask again- did you set this for AUDIO >>> DESCRIPTION? NOT TO JUST MAKE THE SHOW LOUDER? More often than not, we >>> get an embarrassed groan and an apology, with a quick adjustment, and >>> an "Enjoy the show!" >>> >>> Sorry if that is TMI, but I hope that helps. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Apr 4, 2014, at 5:31 PM, Sharon <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > Samnet >>> > >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] >>> > On Behalf Of John Chan >>> > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 3:06 PM >>> > To: Jaws Mailing List >>> > Subject: Movies for the blind >>> > >>> > Where cn i find movies fo the blind?Sent from my iPhone >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Jfw mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Jfw mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Jfw mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Jfw mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >> > > > -- > Marianne Denning, TVI, MA > Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired > (513) 607-6053 > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > -- Marianne Denning, TVI, MA Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired (513) 607-6053 _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
