Monday, January 12, 2015


Tech Tipbit  –  Movie Watching
(Technology aids for the Visually Impaired)


This past weekend I saw the movie “Unbroken” and used for the first time a descriptive headset. This is where a descriptive audio recording is made to informed visual impaired people of what is happening on the screen. The original sound track is still used but at certain breaks in the dialog a voice will describe what is happening on screen. It might say, “Prisoners are getting on a train in single file”.  It works well. My wife and friends are happy that I don’t always have to ask them what is happening. Quite a few of the theaters have them and they are free.
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3 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 12, 2015 at 9:31 PM

    Cool to know :)

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  2. SallyJanuary 18, 2015 at 9:43 PM

    I didn't know about those, either. Do you pay a fee to use them?

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  3. Chris WycoffJanuary 19, 2015 at 11:01 AM

    No, the movie theatre supplies them for no charge. There are two kinds. One is just audio if you need more volume. The other is called 'descriptive' audio which is what I'm talking about in my post. Thanks!

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