Hello, The Spectrum Access, audio description, app is in beta, at present.
They offered beta testing opportunities to those who visited their booth at the recent 2020 CSUN technology convention, held in Anaheim, California, earlier this month. I should have stated this fact in my original post to the group. I apologize for any confusion I may have caused. Mark -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Yohandy Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2020 9:15 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A Question About Third-Party Audio Description Apps for iOS Hello, Do you have a link to this app? is that the exact name? I'll try searching for spectrum on the appstore and see if I can find it. I think the other app you refer to is Actiview. Works just like this. hth! On 3/22/2020 11:56 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I recently downloaded the beta of the Spectrum Access (audio > description) app, for iOS. > > In short, you download the available audio description tracks for > various movies onto your iOS device. Then, while playing the movie on > a different device, say a television, you can sync the AD track to the > playback position of the movie and enjoy audio description. You do > not need to be a Spectrum subscriber to use the app. > > The problem is that, at present, the number of available AD tracks is > somewhat limited. > > A long while back, I seem to remember that there was a third-party app > that also provided audio description tracks that could be synchronized > with the playback of movies. > > Does anyone remember the name of the app and is it still available? > > I know that the Disney app, at one point, offered such a feature but > am not certain if that is the app I am recalling or not. > > All replies greatly appreciated. > > Mark > > > -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/a8432b0b-b999-9584-42e6-2d649f920687%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/000001d60195%244f810a20%24ee831e60%24%40edu.
