I agree.  Not only did they disagree with out need for it, they actually 
spent money to stop it.  It is really too bad, we could at least have 
had a few hours of mandated dvs programming.

73
Butch Bussen
wa0vjr
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Las Vegas


On Wed, 3 Dec 2008, Louis 
Kim Kline wrote:

> And that is exactly why I won't contribute a dime to the NFB.
> --Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 08:36 PM 12/3/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>> Teri,
>>
>> ACB worked very hard for audio description, but when NFB took the position
>> that audio description wasn't necessary, that kinda took the wind out of our
>> sails.  Combine that with the fact that described audio costs much more in
>> terms of labor than does closed captioning, and you have an almost
>> impossible uphill fight.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Terri Pannett" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 19:50
>> Subject: Re: digitable TV article in December Braille Forum
>>
>>
>>> Believe it or not, there are sighted people who think blind people don't
>>> have TVs, VCRs or DVDs because they can't watch the video.  I always have
>>> to
>>> explain that when I use the word "watch," I'm using it as a generic term.
>>>
>>> The blind organizations like NFB and ACB didn't work hard enough to insist
>>> on accessible video for the blind.  The deaf have close-captions but the
>>> blind have almost no voice-over or video description.
>>>
>>> Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA.
>>>
>>
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