[access-uk] Re: Audio Description
- From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:13:22 -0000
Hi Barbara
Absolutely. You do not need Sky at all to receive AD.
Kind Regards,
J
Jackie Cairns
jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Barbara Wilson
Sent: 31 December 2009 16:50
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Audio Description
Hi Jacky
I understand that. The programme you are watching has to have AD for you to
receive it. What I was really asking was that you don't need Sky to received
it, Freeview will?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 3:23 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Audio Description
> Hi Barbara
>
> If what you buy has AD, then you will receive it. Watch the wording
> "compatible", because while it means you can get it with a source
> transmitting it, it doesn't follow the device has it built-in. So just be
> careful of the wording.
>
>
> Jackie Cairns
> Braille Specialist
> Email: jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Barbara Wilson
> Sent: 31 December 2009 14:58
> To: Access-UK
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Audio Description
>
> Hi
>
> Can I just have this clarified to make myself 100% sure please?
>
> If I buy a TV with either built-in freeview or an external box, and the TV
> is AD compatible, then I will be able to access audio description? I do
> not need to be connected to a Sky box to access AD if I have Freeview?
>
> This is how I understand it.
>
> This morning I went to Currys, thinking they would be able to help. I
> don't expect them to know everything about every TV they have, but I
> assumed they'd know what AD is given that they are a huge TV retailer.
>
> I asked one of the assistants and he said he knew what I was after. He
> then disappeared and reappeared after a minute, saying he would have to go
> and ask "The big boss", So clearly he did not know what I was after.
>
> The "Big boss", Arrived after about 10 minutes and proceeded to tell me
> that to get audio description I had to contact the RNIB and download it
> from them and that was the only way to get AD. After that I knew it was
> going to be a long morning! I explained this wasn't the case and he seemed
> quite amazed that such a thing existed in TVs. He then said if I picked
> out some sets they would try them. I picked out an LG and a couple of
> Samsungs and he proceeded to open the box of a rather cheap Digitrex and
> spend 10 minutes reading the manual. Then he decided to try the LG. It did
> not have it. I then asked him to try the Samsungs and he proceeded to try
> another Digitrex. Clearly a make they are trying hard to shift. He
> eventually tried one of the Samsungs but it did not have it. I was about
> to ask him to try the remaining two when he told me I would not get it in
> Currys and he was sorry he couldn't help me. I interpreted this as go
> away.
> So I did.
>
> He seemed clueless and unprepared to provide the assistance I expected off
> such a store.
>
> Find me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/barkingbabs
> Barbara Wilson
> M: 07917710779
> T: 02887784046
> E: barkingbabs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Skype: creativeeyes
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