I had to Google those caption screen devices cause WHAT. Who ever thought that was an acceptable solution??? They look so annoying and hard to read. I don't go to movies very often but if I did go to one, I'd love to have the captions! I turn captions on with almost everything I watch now. It's so helpful to not miss things and it helps me focus. Hopefully the idea gets more widely adopted.
The "unhoused" vs "homeless" thing drives me up a wall. I was listening to a podcast and someone on it said "As an ADHDer..." and the guest who was an ADHD expert said "You're not an ADHDer, you have ADHD." And like...it is so up to the person. We ask people their pronouns now (well, some of the population does lol) so why can't we just ask how they'd prefer to be talked about? Too crazy of an idea for people apparently. I also feel like "unhoused" sounds "nicer" and so people will just feel less bad if there's no homeless population but there's an "unhoused" population. Like it's not as big of a problem, they're just unhoused! When it's the same thing and same problem...
"Who ever thought that was an acceptable solution???" IDK! We have little rovers on far away rocks floating in space but can't think of a better way for this? I've seen performance theatres with glasses for it but that's just as clunky and/or unreliable.
Oh my god so true!! And what??? Glasses?? As a glasses-wearer who cannot see much without them (I'm severely nearsighted, I would walk off a cliff without my glasses lol) I HATE when glasses are the solution cause it's like, then you want me to choose between being able to see or not. Or they can kind of go over top but it's never quite right. It's not hard to figure out good solutions but they've always been hellbent on it being quite the challenge
Yeah, the only pair I saw were supposed to go over your personal glasses but it was just... nope.
I did go to play/opera once and it had subtitles projected above the stage. I was a bit confused because if they could do it for the non-english parts, why not have captions throughout? And since I was balcony, I could see them well but I wonder how people in floor seats saw it.
That's interesting! I never thought about it with plays and stuff, but that's a pretty good solution! But yeah, probably harder to see with people down lower. Maybe venues could reserve parts as accessible seating similar to people with physical disabilities usually have spots reserved for them? And then they could project the whole thing. So many little areas that haven't been worked out yet.
I had to Google those caption screen devices cause WHAT. Who ever thought that was an acceptable solution??? They look so annoying and hard to read. I don't go to movies very often but if I did go to one, I'd love to have the captions! I turn captions on with almost everything I watch now. It's so helpful to not miss things and it helps me focus. Hopefully the idea gets more widely adopted.
The "unhoused" vs "homeless" thing drives me up a wall. I was listening to a podcast and someone on it said "As an ADHDer..." and the guest who was an ADHD expert said "You're not an ADHDer, you have ADHD." And like...it is so up to the person. We ask people their pronouns now (well, some of the population does lol) so why can't we just ask how they'd prefer to be talked about? Too crazy of an idea for people apparently. I also feel like "unhoused" sounds "nicer" and so people will just feel less bad if there's no homeless population but there's an "unhoused" population. Like it's not as big of a problem, they're just unhoused! When it's the same thing and same problem...
Also those icons are super cool!!
"When it's the same thing and same problem" - agreed! a softer way to swallow a hard, complex problem
"Who ever thought that was an acceptable solution???" IDK! We have little rovers on far away rocks floating in space but can't think of a better way for this? I've seen performance theatres with glasses for it but that's just as clunky and/or unreliable.
Oh my god so true!! And what??? Glasses?? As a glasses-wearer who cannot see much without them (I'm severely nearsighted, I would walk off a cliff without my glasses lol) I HATE when glasses are the solution cause it's like, then you want me to choose between being able to see or not. Or they can kind of go over top but it's never quite right. It's not hard to figure out good solutions but they've always been hellbent on it being quite the challenge
Yeah, the only pair I saw were supposed to go over your personal glasses but it was just... nope.
I did go to play/opera once and it had subtitles projected above the stage. I was a bit confused because if they could do it for the non-english parts, why not have captions throughout? And since I was balcony, I could see them well but I wonder how people in floor seats saw it.
That's interesting! I never thought about it with plays and stuff, but that's a pretty good solution! But yeah, probably harder to see with people down lower. Maybe venues could reserve parts as accessible seating similar to people with physical disabilities usually have spots reserved for them? And then they could project the whole thing. So many little areas that haven't been worked out yet.