Boy, don't you hate that! Now I remember. Part of the free package includes the option of installing the Sendspace wizard. That is where all that junk got installed on your machine. The wizard is not at all needed, and you can use the usual windows download process.
-----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marianne Denning Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 1:57 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: Movies for the blind 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 _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
