This wouldn't be the new NFB strategy now, would it? I thought NFB's problem was described entertainment was inappropriate for blind people. Instead, we're supposed to have news and educational matter. Am I wrong? Darrell Shandrow writes: > From: "Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i at azboss.net> > > Hi Charles, > > Hmmm, well, I doubt that simply because the entertainment industry is not > being forced to provide audio description that means in any way that the > future of voluntary audio description is in jeopardy. I'm certain projects > like DVS would certainly continue as they are now; I do sure wish more > titles were available! > > You know, I think celebrities should apply some pressure on the rest of the > industry to provide greater audio description for the movies in which they > star. I mean, most already have a rather lengthy liberal record. How about > instead of supporting un-American institutions such as terrorists and > corrupted charities, they support blind Americans? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charles Crawford" <CCrawford at ACB.org> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 9:36 AM > Subject: Re: Fw: Movie: Apollo 13 > > > > Interesting posting after yesterday's court ruling. Will video > description > > survive? Damn right it will and all who care about it will need to work > > with ACB to make it happen. > > > > -- charlie Crawford. > > At 08:52 AM 11/09/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > >Just encase your interested... > > >Explorer has caused a general protection fault in module kernel32.dll. > I'm > > >sick of Winblows! > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Pebbles-XFM" <john.gurd at ntlworld.com> > > >To: "Blindy List" <blindy at yahoogroups.com>; "ACCESS-UK" > > ><access-uk at egroups.com>; <blindcast at egroups.com>; "Stream It" > > ><streamad at yahoogroups.com>; "Stream Madness" > <streammadness at yahoogroups.com> > > >Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 6:25 AM > > >Subject: Movie: Apollo 13 > > > > > > > > > > Pebbles-XFM is showing the audio-described movie Apollo 13 on 9 > November > > >at > > > > 20:00 UTC, 8pm UK time, and 3pm Eastern. Astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred > Haise > > > > and Jack Swigert try to come back alive after an explosion aborts the > > >April > > > > 1970 moonshot. From Lovell's memoir "Lost Moon". Starring Tom Hanks, > Bill > > > > Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan Ron > Howard > > > > Rated PG > > > > > > > > > > > > We'll be playing music for the previous 45 minutes to give you a > chance to > > > > tune in. The movie lasts 128 minutes. > > > > > > > > If you have any comments on the movie or the quality of the stream > contact > > > > the email address at the bottom of this message. We love to get > feedback > > >on > > > > the shows, good or bad, even if it's just a quick > > > > note to say you listened. > > > > You can email Pebbles-XFM at: - > > > > pebbles.xfm at ntlworld.com > > > > > > > > Don't forget you have to paste the link into Winamp, clicking on it > will > > >not > > > > work. We recommend Winamp to listen to Pebbles XFM. Windows Media > Player > > >or > > > > Real Player seem to have problems accessing some of the streams. You > can > > >get > > > > Winamp as well as lots of helpful advice from: - > > > > http://www.shannon.reece.net/Winamp4TheBlind.html > > > > > > > > Press ctrl-l and then paste one of the following addresses into > Winamp: - > > > > > > > > pebbles-xfm.no-ip.com:8000 > > > > pebbles-xfm2.no-ip.com:8000 > > > > http://theserver.kicks-ass.net:8000/pebbles-xfm > > > > > > > > > > > > Pebbles-XFM > > > > pebbles.xfm at ntlworld.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups > Sponsor ---------------------~--> > > > > Home Selling? 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