RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App
Hi Bob, How would I search for this app in the Canadian app store. What would be the search term? Ron Danvers -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Robert Fenton Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 10:44 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App I just received a message on Twitter that a new version of this application has been released. This version is available in the Canadian app store. However, Canada is not one of the countries you can select. Thanks. Bob Fenton Sent from my iPhone On Nov 20, 2013, at 9:06 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wadres...@att.net wrote: Hi Jane and all, I tried it, and it worked great. This is amazing! Since they had subtitles in multiple languages and asked which country I was in, I'm sure it works in multiple countries. And since you watch the movies with Airplane Mode on, the app is listening to the soundtrack; there's no other input. So I don't see why it wouldn't work with home videos as well as in a theater. I sure hope this catches on! Best, Anna On Nov 19, 2013, at 8:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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
RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App
I downloaded the manual and it’s talking about reading subtitles. I don’t see anything about audio description. What am I missing? I’m not interested in subtitled movies. Thanks. Sandy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jane Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:56 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App That lady had a test version of the app. That track isn't released yet, I guess, but that track *is* available as an mp3 from www.solo-dx.com At least, I think that's the link, You can buy it there for a buck or so. but the deal with MovieREading is that you are supposed to be able to get the tracks for free, but you can only play those inside the app. There's advantages to MP3s and the app way of doing things. Jane On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for these instructions. :) I have not tried it yet but I have a question. When and what movies will we be able to try to watch? I don’t really understand this part. I thought the person who wrote the article on Blind Bargains was able to try it with the movie Princess Bride. Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 19, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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
RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App
Good morning, It seems to me the question is what is meant by subtitles. Here in the U. S., this means the words at the bottom of the screen that provide the dialog in English when the film's language is not. If the app offers an audio read of subtitles under this definition for non-English language films, this would be a tremendous thing in and of itself... There are lots of such films I'd love to watch, but unless it's in Spanish, French, or German, I have to listen to a dubbed version, which I don't like, or have a friend read the subtitles to me, which is also not ideal, especially for my friend. Ideally the app would do both -- although how it would provide audio description and read the subtitles, I'm not sure! But if you could choose either one, that would be awesome! Brian M -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joanne Chua Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 2:24 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Hi, First at all, i haven't try the app fully to the extend that to get it playing either AD or Sub Title. However, when you go to setting, choose your country. So far, about 15 minutes ago, the countries are, France, Australia, Ita, Germany, Spain, UK, US, and Sweden. The sub title languages that you can select so far are Eng, Germ, Ita, Fr, Sp and Sw.I guess, it also depending on the ability of the sub title on that specific language for the sub title for a specific movie as well. I'm quite surprise that Canada is not on the list. Perhaps, Canadian can select US, and NZ people can select Australia? I hope the app will be available for more country and more languages. Indeed, Chinese will be the next on my wishlist for this app. It seems there are lots of potential for the app. Joanne Chua The flip side of Inclusion is Exclusion. Leaders For Tomorrow 2013 Candidate Send from my iPad On 21 Nov 2013, at 5:20, Kirsten Edmondson kirsten.edmond...@btinternet.com wrote: Very sad that this is not available in the UK! It sounds amazing! Just what we need! Kirsten Sent from my iPhone On 20 Nov 2013, at 01:38, 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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone
RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App
Hi, I can’t find the video to cync with the subtitles on the phone. Any help appreciated. Went to the How It Works section but see no link to watch the video or an obvious button to click. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jane Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:56 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App That lady had a test version of the app. That track isn't released yet, I guess, but that track *is* available as an mp3 from www.solo-dx.com At least, I think that's the link, You can buy it there for a buck or so. but the deal with MovieREading is that you are supposed to be able to get the tracks for free, but you can only play those inside the app. There's advantages to MP3s and the app way of doing things. Jane On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for these instructions. :) I have not tried it yet but I have a question. When and what movies will we be able to try to watch? I don’t really understand this part. I thought the person who wrote the article on Blind Bargains was able to try it with the movie Princess Bride. Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 19, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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
Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App
I got the app, but I am totally confused. When this all gets sorted, I hope somebody comes out with a document or, worst case, a podcast, telling step-by-step how to use this app. Just call me confused. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Nov 20, 2013, at 11:56 AM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: That lady had a test version of the app. That track isn't released yet, I guess, but that track *is* available as an mp3 from www.solo-dx.com At least, I think that's the link, You can buy it there for a buck or so. but the deal with MovieREading is that you are supposed to be able to get the tracks for free, but you can only play those inside the app. There's advantages to MP3s and the app way of doing things. Jane On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for these instructions. :) I have not tried it yet but I have a question. When and what movies will we be able to try to watch? I don’t really understand this part. I thought the person who wrote the article on Blind Bargains was able to try it with the movie Princess Bride. Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 19, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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
RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App
Yes, I got the first few sentences to read but then the screen froze. Thx. Amy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thom Spittle Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 8:15 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Did you hear the Italian woman? Then hit ok, or sync on your phone. Voice over will not speak them automatically, you have to touch the middle of the screen From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Amy Ruell Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:48 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Okay, must need more coffee this morning.No subtitles show on my device. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thom Spittle Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:34 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App If you go to the how it works section. Start at the top. There is a flash window, with jaws, I hit b for button and it was the first button (unlableled). Hit enter and someone will speak in italian. The subtitles show up in the middle of your iDevice. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Amy Ruell Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:09 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Hi, I can’t find the video to cync with the subtitles on the phone. Any help appreciated. Went to the How It Works section but see no link to watch the video or an obvious button to click. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jane Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:56 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App That lady had a test version of the app. That track isn't released yet, I guess, but that track *is* available as an mp3 from www.solo-dx.com At least, I think that's the link, You can buy it there for a buck or so. but the deal with MovieREading is that you are supposed to be able to get the tracks for free, but you can only play those inside the app. There's advantages to MP3s and the app way of doing things. Jane On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for these instructions. :) I have not tried it yet but I have a question. When and what movies will we be able to try to watch? I don’t really understand this part. I thought the person who wrote the article on Blind Bargains was able to try it with the movie Princess Bride. Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 19, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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
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Did you hear the Italian woman? Then hit ok, or sync on your phone. Voice over will not speak them automatically, you have to touch the middle of the screen From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Amy Ruell Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:48 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Okay, must need more coffee this morning.No subtitles show on my device. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thom Spittle Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:34 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App If you go to the how it works section. Start at the top. There is a flash window, with jaws, I hit b for button and it was the first button (unlableled). Hit enter and someone will speak in italian. The subtitles show up in the middle of your iDevice. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Amy Ruell Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:09 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Hi, I can’t find the video to cync with the subtitles on the phone. Any help appreciated. Went to the How It Works section but see no link to watch the video or an obvious button to click. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jane Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:56 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App That lady had a test version of the app. That track isn't released yet, I guess, but that track *is* available as an mp3 from www.solo-dx.com At least, I think that's the link, You can buy it there for a buck or so. but the deal with MovieREading is that you are supposed to be able to get the tracks for free, but you can only play those inside the app. There's advantages to MP3s and the app way of doing things. Jane On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for these instructions. :) I have not tried it yet but I have a question. When and what movies will we be able to try to watch? I don’t really understand this part. I thought the person who wrote the article on Blind Bargains was able to try it with the movie Princess Bride. Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 19, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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,
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Hmmm, not sure, I don’t have a braille display to try it. I can’t remember for sure but I think I was touching the subtitles and not flicking when my iPhone freaked out. :) It’s possible I was flicking though. :) Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 21, 2013, at 10:40 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wadres...@att.net wrote: Hi, I'm also using a 5S and had no problems with crashing. I was using a braille display to view the subtitles though; maybe that made a difference, as I wasn't trying to flick back and forth on the screen. Best, Anna On Nov 21, 2013, at 10:25 AM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: when I was doing the compatibility test, everything froze on me as well several times and I completely lost VO and had a lot of trouble getting VO to come back on. I had to hit the home button and then perform the triple home button action a couple of times. Sighted assistance informed me that movieReading was performing fine but that VO was gone. VO would not respond until I went to my home screen. I rebooted my iPhone and I will try it later to see if the app and VO freak out again. :) BTW, I am on iPhone 5S running latest iOS. Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 21, 2013, at 7:38 AM, Amy Ruell aru...@comcast.net wrote: Yes, I got the first few sentences to read but then the screen froze. Thx. Amy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thom Spittle Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 8:15 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Did you hear the Italian woman? Then hit ok, or sync on your phone. Voice over will not speak them automatically, you have to touch the middle of the screen From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Amy Ruell Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:48 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Okay, must need more coffee this morning.No subtitles show on my device. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thom Spittle Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:34 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App If you go to the how it works section. Start at the top. There is a flash window, with jaws, I hit b for button and it was the first button (unlableled). Hit enter and someone will speak in italian. The subtitles show up in the middle of your iDevice. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Amy Ruell Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:09 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Hi, I can’t find the video to cync with the subtitles on the phone. Any help appreciated. Went to the How It Works section but see no link to watch the video or an obvious button to click. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jane Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:56 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App That lady had a test version of the app. That track isn't released yet, I guess, but that track *is* available as an mp3 from www.solo-dx.com At least, I think that's the link, You can buy it there for a buck or so. but the deal with MovieREading is that you are supposed to be able to get the tracks for free, but you can only play those inside the app. There's advantages to MP3s and the app way of doing things. Jane On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for these instructions. :) I have not tried it yet but I have a question. When and what movies will we be able to try to watch? I don’t really understand this part. I thought the person who wrote the article on Blind Bargains was able to try it with the movie Princess Bride. Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 19, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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
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Adio description is on the way. Next week, I bet that you should see at least one. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Finley Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 6:56 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App I downloaded the manual and it’s talking about reading subtitles. I don’t see anything about audio description. What am I missing? I’m not interested in subtitled movies. Thanks. Sandy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jane Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:56 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App That lady had a test version of the app. That track isn't released yet, I guess, but that track *is* available as an mp3 from www.solo-dx.com At least, I think that's the link, You can buy it there for a buck or so. but the deal with MovieREading is that you are supposed to be able to get the tracks for free, but you can only play those inside the app. There's advantages to MP3s and the app way of doing things. Jane On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for these instructions. :) I have not tried it yet but I have a question. When and what movies will we be able to try to watch? I don’t really understand this part. I thought the person who wrote the article on Blind Bargains was able to try it with the movie Princess Bride. Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 19, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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
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How do you find the manual? Is it within the app, or on a web site? Andy From: Thom Spittle Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 4:34 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Adio description is on the way. Next week, I bet that you should see at least one. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Finley Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 6:56 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App I downloaded the manual and it’s talking about reading subtitles. I don’t see anything about audio description. What am I missing? I’m not interested in subtitled movies. Thanks. Sandy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jane Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:56 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App That lady had a test version of the app. That track isn't released yet, I guess, but that track *is* available as an mp3 from www.solo-dx.com At least, I think that's the link, You can buy it there for a buck or so. but the deal with MovieREading is that you are supposed to be able to get the tracks for free, but you can only play those inside the app. There's advantages to MP3s and the app way of doing things. Jane On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for these instructions. :) I have not tried it yet but I have a question. When and what movies will we be able to try to watch? I don’t really understand this part. I thought the person who wrote the article on Blind Bargains was able to try it with the movie Princess Bride. Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 19, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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
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Okay, must need more coffee this morning.No subtitles show on my device. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thom Spittle Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:34 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App If you go to the how it works section. Start at the top. There is a flash window, with jaws, I hit b for button and it was the first button (unlableled). Hit enter and someone will speak in italian. The subtitles show up in the middle of your iDevice. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Amy Ruell Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:09 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Hi, I can’t find the video to cync with the subtitles on the phone. Any help appreciated. Went to the How It Works section but see no link to watch the video or an obvious button to click. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jane Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:56 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App That lady had a test version of the app. That track isn't released yet, I guess, but that track *is* available as an mp3 from www.solo-dx.com At least, I think that's the link, You can buy it there for a buck or so. but the deal with MovieREading is that you are supposed to be able to get the tracks for free, but you can only play those inside the app. There's advantages to MP3s and the app way of doing things. Jane On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for these instructions. :) I have not tried it yet but I have a question. When and what movies will we be able to try to watch? I don’t really understand this part. I thought the person who wrote the article on Blind Bargains was able to try it with the movie Princess Bride. Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 19, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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
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Moviereader Moviereader.com is their website -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of BroxiBear Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 3:46 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Tom, what is the full name of this app please?, Billy -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thom Spittle Sent: 21 November 2013 2:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App There was no manual. I just played around with the app and the website to get the subtitles working. This will not be a good way of watching a movie with subtitles using voice over. I am waiting for something on the audio description feature. I’ll keep you posted when I hear something, Thom From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Andy Baracco Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 8:30 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App How do you find the manual? Is it within the app, or on a web site? Andy From: Thom Spittle mailto:thom3...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 4:34 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Adio description is on the way. Next week, I bet that you should see at least one. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Finley Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 6:56 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App I downloaded the manual and it’s talking about reading subtitles. I don’t see anything about audio description. What am I missing? I’m not interested in subtitled movies. Thanks. Sandy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jane Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:56 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App That lady had a test version of the app. That track isn't released yet, I guess, but that track *is* available as an mp3 from www.solo-dx.com At least, I think that's the link, You can buy it there for a buck or so. but the deal with MovieREading is that you are supposed to be able to get the tracks for free, but you can only play those inside the app. There's advantages to MP3s and the app way of doing things. Jane On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for these instructions. :) I have not tried it yet but I have a question. When and what movies will we be able to try to watch? I don’t really understand this part. I thought the person who wrote the article on Blind Bargains was able to try it with the movie Princess Bride. Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 19, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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
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There was no manual. I just played around with the app and the website to get the subtitles working. This will not be a good way of watching a movie with subtitles using voice over. I am waiting for something on the audio description feature. I’ll keep you posted when I hear something, Thom From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Andy Baracco Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 8:30 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App How do you find the manual? Is it within the app, or on a web site? Andy From: Thom Spittle mailto:thom3...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 4:34 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Adio description is on the way. Next week, I bet that you should see at least one. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Finley Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 6:56 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App I downloaded the manual and it’s talking about reading subtitles. I don’t see anything about audio description. What am I missing? I’m not interested in subtitled movies. Thanks. Sandy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jane Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:56 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App That lady had a test version of the app. That track isn't released yet, I guess, but that track *is* available as an mp3 from www.solo-dx.com At least, I think that's the link, You can buy it there for a buck or so. but the deal with MovieREading is that you are supposed to be able to get the tracks for free, but you can only play those inside the app. There's advantages to MP3s and the app way of doing things. Jane On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for these instructions. :) I have not tried it yet but I have a question. When and what movies will we be able to try to watch? I don’t really understand this part. I thought the person who wrote the article on Blind Bargains was able to try it with the movie Princess Bride. Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 19, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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
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I don’t see how they did it with the Princess Bride either. There is no way to import content to the app. I think that we just need to wait a little while for the content to start showing up. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christina C. Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 12:42 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Thanks for these instructions. :) I have not tried it yet but I have a question. When and what movies will we be able to try to watch? I don’t really understand this part. I thought the person who wrote the article on Blind Bargains was able to try it with the movie Princess Bride. Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 19, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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
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If you go to the how it works section. Start at the top. There is a flash window, with jaws, I hit b for button and it was the first button (unlableled). Hit enter and someone will speak in italian. The subtitles show up in the middle of your iDevice. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Amy Ruell Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:09 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Hi, I can’t find the video to cync with the subtitles on the phone. Any help appreciated. Went to the How It Works section but see no link to watch the video or an obvious button to click. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jane Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:56 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App That lady had a test version of the app. That track isn't released yet, I guess, but that track *is* available as an mp3 from www.solo-dx.com At least, I think that's the link, You can buy it there for a buck or so. but the deal with MovieREading is that you are supposed to be able to get the tracks for free, but you can only play those inside the app. There's advantages to MP3s and the app way of doing things. Jane On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for these instructions. :) I have not tried it yet but I have a question. When and what movies will we be able to try to watch? I don’t really understand this part. I thought the person who wrote the article on Blind Bargains was able to try it with the movie Princess Bride. Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 19, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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
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Hi all, Got it to work for a couple of sentences, but them my iPhone 5S froze and I had to re-boot, this was on a very fast wifi connection. Thx. Amy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thom Spittle Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:34 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App If you go to the how it works section. Start at the top. There is a flash window, with jaws, I hit b for button and it was the first button (unlableled). Hit enter and someone will speak in italian. The subtitles show up in the middle of your iDevice. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Amy Ruell Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:09 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Hi, I can’t find the video to cync with the subtitles on the phone. Any help appreciated. Went to the How It Works section but see no link to watch the video or an obvious button to click. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jane Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:56 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App That lady had a test version of the app. That track isn't released yet, I guess, but that track *is* available as an mp3 from www.solo-dx.com At least, I think that's the link, You can buy it there for a buck or so. but the deal with MovieREading is that you are supposed to be able to get the tracks for free, but you can only play those inside the app. There's advantages to MP3s and the app way of doing things. Jane On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for these instructions. :) I have not tried it yet but I have a question. When and what movies will we be able to try to watch? I don’t really understand this part. I thought the person who wrote the article on Blind Bargains was able to try it with the movie Princess Bride. Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 19, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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,
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Hi, I'm also using a 5S and had no problems with crashing. I was using a braille display to view the subtitles though; maybe that made a difference, as I wasn't trying to flick back and forth on the screen. Best, Anna On Nov 21, 2013, at 10:25 AM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: when I was doing the compatibility test, everything froze on me as well several times and I completely lost VO and had a lot of trouble getting VO to come back on. I had to hit the home button and then perform the triple home button action a couple of times. Sighted assistance informed me that movieReading was performing fine but that VO was gone. VO would not respond until I went to my home screen. I rebooted my iPhone and I will try it later to see if the app and VO freak out again. :) BTW, I am on iPhone 5S running latest iOS. Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 21, 2013, at 7:38 AM, Amy Ruell aru...@comcast.net wrote: Yes, I got the first few sentences to read but then the screen froze. Thx. Amy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thom Spittle Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 8:15 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Did you hear the Italian woman? Then hit ok, or sync on your phone. Voice over will not speak them automatically, you have to touch the middle of the screen From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Amy Ruell Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:48 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Okay, must need more coffee this morning.No subtitles show on my device. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thom Spittle Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:34 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App If you go to the how it works section. Start at the top. There is a flash window, with jaws, I hit b for button and it was the first button (unlableled). Hit enter and someone will speak in italian. The subtitles show up in the middle of your iDevice. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Amy Ruell Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:09 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Hi, I can’t find the video to cync with the subtitles on the phone. Any help appreciated. Went to the How It Works section but see no link to watch the video or an obvious button to click. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jane Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:56 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App That lady had a test version of the app. That track isn't released yet, I guess, but that track *is* available as an mp3 from www.solo-dx.com At least, I think that's the link, You can buy it there for a buck or so. but the deal with MovieREading is that you are supposed to be able to get the tracks for free, but you can only play those inside the app. There's advantages to MP3s and the app way of doing things. Jane On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for these instructions. :) I have not tried it yet but I have a question. When and what movies will we be able to try to watch? I don’t really understand this part. I thought the person who wrote the article on Blind Bargains was able to try it with the movie Princess Bride. Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 19, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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
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Tom, what is the full name of this app please?, Billy -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thom Spittle Sent: 21 November 2013 2:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App There was no manual. I just played around with the app and the website to get the subtitles working. This will not be a good way of watching a movie with subtitles using voice over. I am waiting for something on the audio description feature. I’ll keep you posted when I hear something, Thom From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Andy Baracco Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 8:30 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App How do you find the manual? Is it within the app, or on a web site? Andy From: Thom Spittle mailto:thom3...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 4:34 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Adio description is on the way. Next week, I bet that you should see at least one. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Finley Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 6:56 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App I downloaded the manual and it’s talking about reading subtitles. I don’t see anything about audio description. What am I missing? I’m not interested in subtitled movies. Thanks. Sandy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jane Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:56 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App That lady had a test version of the app. That track isn't released yet, I guess, but that track *is* available as an mp3 from www.solo-dx.com At least, I think that's the link, You can buy it there for a buck or so. but the deal with MovieREading is that you are supposed to be able to get the tracks for free, but you can only play those inside the app. There's advantages to MP3s and the app way of doing things. Jane On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for these instructions. :) I have not tried it yet but I have a question. When and what movies will we be able to try to watch? I don’t really understand this part. I thought the person who wrote the article on Blind Bargains was able to try it with the movie Princess Bride. Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 19, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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
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Go to www.moviereading.com and click on How it works. Then click he Play button, after you have downloaded the subtitle track from the Market tab in MovieReading. Click play on the ocmputer, and then click thebutton to have the subtitles synchronize on the iPhone Remember that to make this work, you have to have the computer play it over its speakers--you can't use headpones, because the MovieREading app takes advantage of your app to Listen to the movie and kep things in sync. Jane On Nov 21, 2013, at 7:09 AM, Amy Ruell aru...@comcast.net wrote: Hi, I can’t find the video to cync with the subtitles on the phone. Any help appreciated. Went to the How It Works section but see no link to watch the video or an obvious button to click. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jane Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:56 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App That lady had a test version of the app. That track isn't released yet, I guess, but that track *is* available as an mp3 from www.solo-dx.com At least, I think that's the link, You can buy it there for a buck or so. but the deal with MovieREading is that you are supposed to be able to get the tracks for free, but you can only play those inside the app. There's advantages to MP3s and the app way of doing things. Jane On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for these instructions. :) I have not tried it yet but I have a question. When and what movies will we be able to try to watch? I don’t really understand this part. I thought the person who wrote the article on Blind Bargains was able to try it with the movie Princess Bride. Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 19, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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
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Might they consider doing that with tv shows where possible? - Original Message - From: Joanne Chua shuang.an...@gmail.com To: viphone viphone@googlegroups.com; Vip-l Mailing list vi...@freelists.org Cc: savi-people savi-peo...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 8:38 PM Subject: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App 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 Companyąs 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. Philomena is directed By Stephen Frears and written by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope and opens in New York and Los Angeles on November 22 before going nationwide on November 27. Developer link: http://www.solo-dx.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com.
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Hi. I wonder if this would work in countries outside the us. Maria and Joe Chapman bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 20 Nov 2013, at 12:38 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. Philomena is directed By Stephen Frears and written by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope and opens in New York and Los Angeles on November 22 before going nationwide on November 27. Developer link: http://www.solo-dx.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/.
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I don't see why not. I'm sure it could be made to work here in the UK. Cheers Alex -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Maria and Joe Chapman Sent: 20 November 2013 13:04 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Hi. I wonder if this would work in countries outside the us. Maria and Joe Chapman bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 20 Nov 2013, at 12:38 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. Philomena is directed By Stephen Frears and written by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope and opens in New York and Los Angeles on November 22 before going nationwide on November 27. Developer link: http://www.solo-dx.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App
Hi. I guess time will tell. thanks. Maria and Joe Chapman bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 21 Nov 2013, at 12:20 am, Alex Stone alexstone...@btinternet.com wrote: I don't see why not. I'm sure it could be made to work here in the UK. Cheers Alex -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Maria and Joe Chapman Sent: 20 November 2013 13:04 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Hi. I wonder if this would work in countries outside the us. Maria and Joe Chapman bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 20 Nov 2013, at 12:38 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. Philomena is directed By Stephen Frears and written by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope and opens in New York and Los Angeles on November 22 before going nationwide on November 27. Developer link: http://www.solo-dx.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting
RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App
Hey Keith and others, After downloading the compatibility file, I went to the how it works section of the website. There is a flash box with all unlabeled buttons. This is what I did with Jaws. Top of page. Then hit b for button, I think it said Unlabeled zero button. Hit enter. A woman will be talking in Italian. The iPhone will pick up her voice and the text will show in the center of the iPhone. I know that this will be better when audio description comes to the site. Here is some information: There has been a company that sells the audio description tracks on amazon and probably on their own site. They had it to where you would have to pause and unpause either the DVD or audio file to sync it. It seems as though they are expanding to use this Italian developer to have their tracks sync automatically, which is awesome. Though this hasn't come across yet, I would imagine that they will charge a dollar or 2, to get the audio descriptions. I, for one, will gladly pay this price for the freedom. They also have tracks made for DVD movies. I would expect to see them as soon as they know that the syncing partnership works. Also, I read a poster that thought it would only be available at theatres. It will work wherever you are listening to it. Theatre, home, car; wherever it can pick up the audio. The first run movies will be available on November 22, 2013. And you can download them. But remember, you can't listen to the descriptive audio unless you are located where the movie is playing. So, no freebies to those who would like to hear the movie somewhere else. I am trying to find a link for the US company that does this. I will get back to you. It's technology advancements like this that lift my spirits for a more accessible world. Thom -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 9:47 PM To: 'viphone@googlegroups.com' Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App How do I find the compatibility movie on the website? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jane Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 8:45 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Here it is: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/moviereading/id460349347?mt=8 You won't find any audio described tracks yet, but you can watch the Compatibility movie using your computer, and read the subtitles using VoiceOver speech or a Braille display. Jane On Nov 19, 2013, at 9:37 PM, Beth G bethm...@gmail.com wrote: 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
Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App
According to their website's FAQ, the track is not timed to coincide with the descriptions necessary for the PAL format, therefore it will not work in other countries outside of North America. They do say that they're working on it, so perhaps in time. Victor Gouveia Vice-President Training Coordinator VIP Tech Tel: 1-888-737-1115 Fax: 1-888-737-1116 Home: victor.gouv...@rogers.com Work: viptrain...@rogers.com Limiting Disabilities with Limitless Possibilities -Original Message- From: Alex Stone Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 8:20 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App I don't see why not. I'm sure it could be made to work here in the UK. Cheers Alex -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Maria and Joe Chapman Sent: 20 November 2013 13:04 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Hi. I wonder if this would work in countries outside the us. Maria and Joe Chapman bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 20 Nov 2013, at 12:38 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 Companyąs 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. Philomena is directed By Stephen Frears and written by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope and opens in New York and Los Angeles on November 22 before going nationwide on November 27. Developer link: http://www.solo-dx.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing
Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App
It will work at theaters, or if you have the movie on DVD. But I don't know what tracks will be available. It'll work for subtitles or audio description. Think what that will do for deaf-blind individuals. It'd be nice if there were a way to combine both--say, for foreign-language films. Jane On Nov 20, 2013, at 2:35 AM, Joanne Chua shuang.an...@gmail.com wrote: i havve a feeling that the AD track will only work at movie theater itself... is greqt to know that it works with braille displays. i've download the app, but haven't have the chance to play with it just yet. Joanne Chua The flip side of Inclusion is Exclusion. Leaders For Tomorrow 2013 Candidate Send from my iPad On 20 Nov 2013, at 15:36, Michael Amaro mikeam...@earthlink.net wrote: wow this sounds cool. I live in a pretty small town and I am sure that we don't have DVS in the theater it self. Would be cool if some how we could still watch the movie it self. -- From: Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 7:18 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App 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
Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App
Hi Jane and all, I tried it, and it worked great. This is amazing! Since they had subtitles in multiple languages and asked which country I was in, I'm sure it works in multiple countries. And since you watch the movies with Airplane Mode on, the app is listening to the soundtrack; there's no other input. So I don't see why it wouldn't work with home videos as well as in a theater. I sure hope this catches on! Best, Anna On Nov 19, 2013, at 8:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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
Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App
hopefully, by the time we get it in other countries there will be lots of tracks available. Audio descriptive movies in theatres are getting better but only in big centres. If you live in the country forget it. Blessings! maria and Joe chapman Email, iMessage fb: bubbygirl1...@gmail.com twitter: bubbygirl On 21 Nov 2013, at 2:18 am, Victor Gouveia victor.gouv...@rogers.com wrote: According to their website's FAQ, the track is not timed to coincide with the descriptions necessary for the PAL format, therefore it will not work in other countries outside of North America. They do say that they're working on it, so perhaps in time. Victor Gouveia Vice-President Training Coordinator VIP Tech Tel: 1-888-737-1115 Fax: 1-888-737-1116 Home: victor.gouv...@rogers.com Work: viptrain...@rogers.com Limiting Disabilities with Limitless Possibilities -Original Message- From: Alex Stone Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 8:20 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App I don't see why not. I'm sure it could be made to work here in the UK. Cheers Alex -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Maria and Joe Chapman Sent: 20 November 2013 13:04 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Hi. I wonder if this would work in countries outside the us. Maria and Joe Chapman bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 20 Nov 2013, at 12:38 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 Companyąs 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,
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It appears that this app is not available in Canada yet for those who are interested. Bob Fenton Sent from my iPhone On Nov 20, 2013, at 9:06 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wadres...@att.net wrote: Hi Jane and all, I tried it, and it worked great. This is amazing! Since they had subtitles in multiple languages and asked which country I was in, I'm sure it works in multiple countries. And since you watch the movies with Airplane Mode on, the app is listening to the soundtrack; there's no other input. So I don't see why it wouldn't work with home videos as well as in a theater. I sure hope this catches on! Best, Anna On Nov 19, 2013, at 8:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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
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Thanks for these instructions. :) I have not tried it yet but I have a question. When and what movies will we be able to try to watch? I don’t really understand this part. I thought the person who wrote the article on Blind Bargains was able to try it with the movie Princess Bride. Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 19, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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
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Hi, I guess it’s like other good apps, it’s available in the ”big” languages like English, Dutch, Chinese and so on but i doubt that little insignificant Sweden will get it. I hear though that they are developing some kind of descriptive service even here, so let’s hope against hope that even Sweden will get descriptive movies or tv in the future. /Krister 20 nov 2013 kl. 17:06 skrev Woody Anna Dresner wadres...@att.net: Hi Jane and all, I tried it, and it worked great. This is amazing! Since they had subtitles in multiple languages and asked which country I was in, I'm sure it works in multiple countries. And since you watch the movies with Airplane Mode on, the app is listening to the soundtrack; there's no other input. So I don't see why it wouldn't work with home videos as well as in a theater. I sure hope this catches on! Best, Anna On Nov 19, 2013, at 8:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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
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Very sad that this is not available in the UK! It sounds amazing! Just what we need! Kirsten Sent from my iPhone On 20 Nov 2013, at 01:38, 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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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That lady had a test version of the app. That track isn't released yet, I guess, but that track *is* available as an mp3 from www.solo-dx.com At least, I think that's the link, You can buy it there for a buck or so. but the deal with MovieREading is that you are supposed to be able to get the tracks for free, but you can only play those inside the app. There's advantages to MP3s and the app way of doing things. Jane On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for these instructions. :) I have not tried it yet but I have a question. When and what movies will we be able to try to watch? I don’t really understand this part. I thought the person who wrote the article on Blind Bargains was able to try it with the movie Princess Bride. Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 19, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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
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Thanks, but I am still confused. What is solo DX for? If I download an mp3 from Solo DX than I cannot sync it with the movie using movieReading, right? I had never heard of Solo DX before I heard about this new movieReading app. In the Market place of the movieReading app There are zero movies there except for the compatibility test one. I thought there would be other movies there even if it’s subtitles only. So, when is the app going to actually have movies available? I know, they mentioned the one movie that comes out on November 22nd but is that going to be the only one? I would be totally thrilled if the new hunger games movie would be available. When I lived in Phoenix I had access to a theater with audio descriptive service but it is not available where I currently live and it’s a bummer. So, I am totally thrilled about this app. Thanks, Christina On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:56 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: That lady had a test version of the app. That track isn't released yet, I guess, but that track *is* available as an mp3 from www.solo-dx.com At least, I think that's the link, You can buy it there for a buck or so. but the deal with MovieREading is that you are supposed to be able to get the tracks for free, but you can only play those inside the app. There's advantages to MP3s and the app way of doing things. Jane On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for these instructions. :) I have not tried it yet but I have a question. When and what movies will we be able to try to watch? I don’t really understand this part. I thought the person who wrote the article on Blind Bargains was able to try it with the movie Princess Bride. Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 19, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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
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I heard about the solo-DX program last year. But, like you, I can’t see how to even test the Princess Bride with movireader. Thom From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christina C. Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 8:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Thanks, but I am still confused. What is solo DX for? If I download an mp3 from Solo DX than I cannot sync it with the movie using movieReading, right? I had never heard of Solo DX before I heard about this new movieReading app. In the Market place of the movieReading app There are zero movies there except for the compatibility test one. I thought there would be other movies there even if it’s subtitles only. So, when is the app going to actually have movies available? I know, they mentioned the one movie that comes out on November 22nd but is that going to be the only one? I would be totally thrilled if the new hunger games movie would be available. When I lived in Phoenix I had access to a theater with audio descriptive service but it is not available where I currently live and it’s a bummer. So, I am totally thrilled about this app. Thanks, Christina On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:56 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: That lady had a test version of the app. That track isn't released yet, I guess, but that track *is* available as an mp3 from www.solo-dx.com http://www.solo-dx.com/ At least, I think that's the link, You can buy it there for a buck or so. but the deal with MovieREading is that you are supposed to be able to get the tracks for free, but you can only play those inside the app. There's advantages to MP3s and the app way of doing things. Jane On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for these instructions. :) I have not tried it yet but I have a question. When and what movies will we be able to try to watch? I don’t really understand this part. I thought the person who wrote the article on Blind Bargains was able to try it with the movie Princess Bride. Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 19, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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 http://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
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Solo-Dx is also sold on amazon mp3 download From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jane Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:56 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App That lady had a test version of the app. That track isn't released yet, I guess, but that track *is* available as an mp3 from www.solo-dx.com At least, I think that's the link, You can buy it there for a buck or so. but the deal with MovieREading is that you are supposed to be able to get the tracks for free, but you can only play those inside the app. There's advantages to MP3s and the app way of doing things. Jane On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for these instructions. :) I have not tried it yet but I have a question. When and what movies will we be able to try to watch? I don’t really understand this part. I thought the person who wrote the article on Blind Bargains was able to try it with the movie Princess Bride. Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 19, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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,
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I just received a message on Twitter that a new version of this application has been released. This version is available in the Canadian app store. However, Canada is not one of the countries you can select. Thanks. Bob Fenton Sent from my iPhone On Nov 20, 2013, at 9:06 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wadres...@att.net wrote: Hi Jane and all, I tried it, and it worked great. This is amazing! Since they had subtitles in multiple languages and asked which country I was in, I'm sure it works in multiple countries. And since you watch the movies with Airplane Mode on, the app is listening to the soundtrack; there's no other input. So I don't see why it wouldn't work with home videos as well as in a theater. I sure hope this catches on! Best, Anna On Nov 19, 2013, at 8:49 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: 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
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Hi, First at all, i haven't try the app fully to the extend that to get it playing either AD or Sub Title. However, when you go to setting, choose your country. So far, about 15 minutes ago, the countries are, France, Australia, Ita, Germany, Spain, UK, US, and Sweden. The sub title languages that you can select so far are Eng, Germ, Ita, Fr, Sp and Sw.I guess, it also depending on the ability of the sub title on that specific language for the sub title for a specific movie as well. I'm quite surprise that Canada is not on the list. Perhaps, Canadian can select US, and NZ people can select Australia? I hope the app will be available for more country and more languages. Indeed, Chinese will be the next on my wishlist for this app. It seems there are lots of potential for the app. Joanne Chua The flip side of Inclusion is Exclusion. Leaders For Tomorrow 2013 Candidate Send from my iPad On 21 Nov 2013, at 5:20, Kirsten Edmondson kirsten.edmond...@btinternet.com wrote: Very sad that this is not available in the UK! It sounds amazing! Just what we need! Kirsten Sent from my iPhone On 20 Nov 2013, at 01:38, 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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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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. Philomena is directed By Stephen Frears and written by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope and opens in New York and Los Angeles on November 22 before going nationwide on November 27. Developer link: http://www.solo-dx.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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That's pretty cool... My wife and I went to the movies on Saturday, and they had the descriptive headsets... They said they just got them late summer, and surprisingly, it worked great. Pretty nifty. Shane. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 19, 2013, at 8:38 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. Philomena is directed By Stephen Frears and written by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope and opens in New York and Los Angeles on November 22 before going nationwide on November 27. Developer link: http://www.solo-dx.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing
RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App
Thanks, this sounds fabulous. I've downloaded the app. They mention the compatibility test, but then reference only subtitles. Did you do the compatibility test before trying the YouTube Princess Bride, and did it work with VoiceOver? Thanks.Keith -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joanne Chua Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 7:39 PM To: viphone; Vip-l Mailing list Cc: savi-people Subject: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App 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. Philomena is directed By Stephen Frears and written by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope and opens in New York and Los Angeles on November 22 before going nationwide on November 27. Developer link: http://www.solo-dx.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. --
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. Philomena is directed By Stephen Frears and written by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope and opens in New York and Los Angeles on November 22 before going nationwide on November 27. Developer link: http://www.solo-dx.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and
RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App
It would be great if this app/service could gain real traction. I've got two AMC theatres within 8 miles from where I live with dvs, but often the headsets aren't working or the attendant doesn't know how to activate them, etc. Having an alternative means of getting the dvs track while at the theatre would be nice. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 6:28 PM To: 'viphone@googlegroups.com' Subject: RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Thanks, this sounds fabulous. I've downloaded the app. They mention the compatibility test, but then reference only subtitles. Did you do the compatibility test before trying the YouTube Princess Bride, and did it work with VoiceOver? Thanks.Keith -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joanne Chua Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 7:39 PM To: viphone; Vip-l Mailing list Cc: savi-people Subject: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App 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. Philomena is directed By Stephen Frears and written by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope and opens in New York and Los Angeles on November 22 before going nationwide on November 27. Developer link: http://www.solo-dx.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting
Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App
Here it is: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/moviereading/id460349347?mt=8 You won't find any audio described tracks yet, but you can watch the Compatibility movie using your computer, and read the subtitles using VoiceOver speech or a Braille display. Jane On Nov 19, 2013, at 9:37 PM, Beth G bethm...@gmail.com wrote: 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. Philomena is directed By Stephen Frears and written by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope and opens in New York and Los Angeles on November 22 before going nationwide on November 27. Developer link: http://www.solo-dx.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit
RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App
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. Philomena is directed By Stephen Frears and written by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope and opens in New York and Los Angeles on November 22 before going nationwide on November 27. Developer link: http://www.solo-dx.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this
RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App
How do I find the compatibility movie on the website? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jane Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 8:45 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App Here it is: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/moviereading/id460349347?mt=8 You won't find any audio described tracks yet, but you can watch the Compatibility movie using your computer, and read the subtitles using VoiceOver speech or a Braille display. Jane On Nov 19, 2013, at 9:37 PM, Beth G bethm...@gmail.com wrote: 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. Philomena is directed By Stephen Frears and written by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope and opens in New York and Los Angeles on November 22 before going nationwide on November 27. Developer link: http://www.solo-dx.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
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
RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App
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
Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App
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
RE: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App
No need to apologize - your guidance helped me. I meant the website was a little confusing to me. I'm looking forward to this, too! Best, Keith -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jane Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 9:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App 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
Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App
wow this sounds cool. I live in a pretty small town and I am sure that we don't have DVS in the theater it self. Would be cool if some how we could still watch the movie it self. -- From: Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 7:18 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App 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 Companyąs Philomena, in theaters November 22. Using acoustic fingerprinting technology, this new
Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App
i havve a feeling that the AD track will only work at movie theater itself... is greqt to know that it works with braille displays. i've download the app, but haven't have the chance to play with it just yet. Joanne Chua The flip side of Inclusion is Exclusion. Leaders For Tomorrow 2013 Candidate Send from my iPad On 20 Nov 2013, at 15:36, Michael Amaro mikeam...@earthlink.net wrote: wow this sounds cool. I live in a pretty small town and I am sure that we don't have DVS in the theater it self. Would be cool if some how we could still watch the movie it self. -- From: Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 7:18 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Experience Descriptive Audio at the Theater with a New iOS App 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
