#Bllind people, check out the #FIFA “audio description” app. I missed that it exists until yesterday. It effectively gives you a radio broadcast of all the #WorldCup matches, with maybe a little more visual description than a regular radio broadcast. So it’s not exactly audio description, but super useful, especially in the US where the “radio” broad cast is just the audio from the TV. And pre/post-match they do actual audio description of what’s going on in-stadium. Only thing I don’t like about it is there’s no crowd noise in the background, so it’s way less exciting. And there’s no way to sync it with anything else, so you can’t get the usual energy of a broadcast. #Football#WorldCup#Blindness#AudioDescription
@fastfinge@technocounselor You can hear the background noise a little bit at all the matches, but it is definitely being suppressed, or they’re in a booth with a lot of dampening. It’s just very different to being able to hear the full crowd. I’m listening to the game that’sin Toronto right now and it’s very quiet. I understand the thought behind it, that the voice is the most important thing to hear, but it’s a very different ambience