Amy,
You are welcome. Let me know how well it works.
Virgie and Hoshi
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From: "Amy Gordon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: Question
> Virgie,
> Thanks I'll try it out.
>
> Amy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "VIRGIE UNDERWOOD" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 12:43 PM
> Subject: Re: Question
>
>
>> Hi Amy,
>> I have not gone to the site but here is some information and I hope it
>> helps.
>> Virgie and Hoshi
>>
>> Subject: TV Listings
>> Date: Monday, October 31, 2005 9:10 AM
>>
>> ACCESSSIBLE TV LISTINGS EXPERIMENT NOW BEING CONDUCTED tv-now.com has
>> been
>> offering listings of tv programs free-of-charge to
>>
>> blind users for several years but the software needed to access the lists
>>
>> was very conplex to use. Currently, tv-now.com is providing a daily tv
>>
>> schedule in a text format which can be read on-line or downloaded to your
>>
>> favorite word processor and read off-line. tv-now.com also offers a
>>
>> listing for the whole month of programs that contain the audio
>>
>> descriptions (DVS).
>>
>> For those of us who have tried to read print tv listings this access is
>>
>> particularly important.
>>
>> Here are the links to access the various things.
>>
>> To read the list of DVS programs for a given day, go to:
>> <http://www.tv-now.com/dvs> http://www.tv-now.com/dvs There you will find
> a
>> separate link for each day of the month. Follow that
>>
>> link to read the scheduled dvs programs for that day.
>>
>> To read or download a whole day's tv listings go to:
>> <http://www.tv-now.com/dvs/sunday.txt>
> http://www.tv-now.com/dvs/sunday.txt
>>
>> This link will show you the entire text for Sunday. The file contains the
>>
>> show or movie titles, episode title if any, channel, time, director and
>>
>> stars for the movies, and a description if there is one.
>>
>> The days's file is also broken into six-hour increments. To access these
>>
>> go to:
>>
>> <http://www.tv-now.com/dvs/sunday1.txt>
>> http://www.tv-now.com/dvs/sunday1.txt
>>
>> <http://www.tv-now.com/dvs/sunday2.txt>
>> http://www.tv-now.com/dvs/sunday2.txt
>>
>> <http://www.tv-now.com/dvs/sunday3.txt>
>> http://www.tv-now.com/dvs/sunday3.txt and
>>
>> <http://www.tv-now.com/dvs/sunday4.txt>
>> http://www.tv-now.com/dvs/sunday4.txt
>>
>> Tony, the operator of tv-now would like to have your comments and
>>
>> suggestions. Email him at
>>
>> [log in to unmask]
>>
>> Note the dash between tv and now. Also note that because of the
>>
>> experimental nature of the project at this time, these listings cannot be
>>
>> accessed from the main site.
>>
>> Once you write to Tony, you can receive a daily brief email with the
>> links
>>
>> for that day's lists, e.g. monday.txt, tuesday.txt etc., or you can just
>>
>> go online and find them as described above.
>>
>> None of the other tv listings on-line have even come close to satisfying
>>
>> the needs of blind or partially sighted users. This could be a real
>>
>> breakthrough and it is and will continue to be free-of-charge. Thanks for
>>
>> reading this. Check it out. You will love it.
>>
>> Catherine
>>
>>
>>
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