Most TV's, VCR's, anything with a tuner, usually have this feature, so it boils down to knowing your remote. DVD's are usually more straight-forward than broadcasts, the audio menu is what you want here.
Ted -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nicole Massey Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 5:22 AM To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' Subject: RE: Movies for the blind 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 _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
