Beep boop - this is a robot. A new show has been posted to TWiT…
What are your thoughts about today’s show? We’d love to hear from you!
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Regarding whether the do no track button is “privacy theater,” it’s important to note that the button says “Ask App not to Track.” If I ask an app not to track me and they continue to do so, my issue is with the developer.
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The Americans with Disabilities Act requires theaters to provide reasonable accommodation to hearing-impaired and visually-impaired patrons. This generally means they will have a handful of assistive devices depending on the number of screens. For closed captioning they might be hand held, or clip onto the seat back, or stick up out of a cup holder, or even be a pair of glasses.
For blind patrons, theaters must provide an audio description track. Audio description narrates the visual content of a movie where there are no corresponding audio elements. It involves a separate script that is recorded and synchronized with the movie as it is projected. The oral delivery of the script is transmitted to the user through infra-red or FM transmission to wireless headsets.
The exceptions to this are drive-in theaters and theaters that only show analog films. There is no requirement for “open-captioning”, where dialogue and sound descriptions are shown on the screen itself.
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It really is nice to see the friendships come out in these shows, and this was a very good example of the friendship shared between Alex, Andy, and Rene. I vehemently disagree with many of Alex’s positions - but he is absolutely right that the heart of the show is that they can all disagree and present their differing viewpoints in an environment that allows for the best expression of them.
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@Leo thank you for asking Andy about his project! 
We can’t let him off the hook with this thing. 
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I was actually behind Alex this week, when he was talking about the privacy settings, and Rene.
I was also pleased that Alex confirmed my comments about the cinema sound thread, that the sound people drag the actors back into the studio for ADR afterwards.
I’d still be interested in his opinion over my supposition, that dubbed tracks in other countries are clearer, because they choose good voice artists and that they start with a pristine sound track. Going on what Alex said, it would be interesting if the in-country mixers also go for a more listenable track, instead of slavishly following the original mix?
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