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The article mentions but doesn't get into the "audio description" option too. If you haven't ever tried this, it takes a little getting used to, but once you do
by smeej 4y ago
The article mentions but doesn't get into the "audio description" option too. If you haven't ever tried this, it takes a little getting used to, but once you do, it makes multitasking much easier. I strongly recommend giving it a try.
During the gaps in speech, a narrator comes on and describes the most important things happening on the screen.
I had a gig for awhile actually writing the descriptions for this content, and it's really interesting work!
I love that we're discovering that features invented for "accessibility" are appreciated by many people who would not otherwise have identified an accessibility need. I can't help but wonder if it means people who were only dealing with mild impairments are now receiving assistance they didn't know they would benefit from. How many people do you think can pass a hearing test in a silent room lab setting, but have a hard time in our noisy world?
- silisili 4y agoI watched Super 8, on I think Amazon, when it came out. I thought it was about the weirdest movie I'd ever seen, a narrated in real time action movie. Come to find out, for whatever reason, it had audio description turned on by default. As someone who can see and hear fine, I found it rather odd(before learning what it was). But for a vision impaired person, such a thing must be a game changer.
- plushpuffin 4y agoI had the opposite experience watching a vampire film called 30 Days of Night! For whatever reason my DVD player didn’t show any subtitles, even the translation from the Aramaic spoken by the vampires. So, I got to watch a bunch of undead growl unintelligibly at each other throughout the movie. It actually improved the experience because not knowing what they were saying made it so much creeper!
- rdlw 4y agoRelated: Joel Haver - "When a character speaks a different language but doesn't get subtitles" https://youtu.be/xK3IYMRZ4EA https://youtu.be/xK3IYMRZ4EA
- heavyset_go 4y agoI was without my glasses and contacts for a day and I tried this out. It helped a lot, and was actually a nice experience. It wasn't miserable like I assumed it would be. Wound up turning it off when I could see clearly, though. It felt strange to hear about what was happening in a scene just as I watched it happen. Definitely could see it being useful while multitasking, though. I want to try that out at some point.
- xattt 4y ago> I love that we're discovering that features invented for "accessibility" are appreciated by many people … These are called curb cuts, which were intended to help people who use wheelchairs, but we’re quickly appreciated by moms with strollers. (1) https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/curb-cuts/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/curb-cuts/