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Amy Gordon <[log in to unmask]>
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The Electronic Church <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 12 Feb 2006 16:51:40 -0500
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Virgie,
    Thanks I'll try it out.

Amy
----- Original Message -----
From: "VIRGIE UNDERWOOD" <[log in to unmask]>
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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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> -Catherine Thomas
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