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| re: A new cell phone wrinkle ...An app called GalaPro | |
| Posted by: FasterTheater 09:36 pm EDT 09/01/19 | |
| In reply to: re: A new cell phone wrinkle - AC126748 09:17 pm EDT 09/01/19 | |
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| Every Broadway theater now works with a company called GalaPro, which has created an app that anybody can download on their personal smart phone or iPad, and you can read the script in real time as the show unfolds. The company says that they've created it the app so that the screen is glare-free. It's designed for the person using it. | |
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| subtitles at the Met | |
| Posted by: comedywest 10:48 am EDT 09/02/19 | |
| In reply to: re: A new cell phone wrinkle ...An app called GalaPro - FasterTheater 09:36 pm EDT 09/01/19 | |
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| I think the subtitles at the Metropolitan Opera are well designed for that: on the back of the chair in front of you. I couldn't see the subtities of the person next to me. It was a very low light but readable. But that kind of rewiring wouldn't happen in a Broadway theater until a major renovation. |
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| re: A new cell phone wrinkle ...An app called GalaPro | |
| Posted by: AC126748 09:43 pm EDT 09/01/19 | |
| In reply to: re: A new cell phone wrinkle ...An app called GalaPro - FasterTheater 09:36 pm EDT 09/01/19 | |
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| I’ll believe it’s glare-free when I see it...or, I guess, don’t see it. | |
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| re: A new cell phone wrinkle ...An app called GalaPro | |
| Posted by: earlybird 01:36 am EDT 09/02/19 | |
| In reply to: re: A new cell phone wrinkle ...An app called GalaPro - AC126748 09:43 pm EDT 09/01/19 | |
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| I don't know about doing it on an iPhone, but when I was in Japan I went a Kabuki show and they had caption devices for people who didn't speak Japanese. I was shocked and pleased to see that the screen was built in such a way that you could only see it from straight on, and if you were to the side of it, it appeared dark, or low enough light that you wouldn't notice unless you were looking at it. My dad was sitting next to me and he had is own device. I could barely see the screen! I'm not quite sure how it works, or if the same effect can be achieved on an iPhone when the screen isn't build for it - but I can attest to the fact that the technology is out there, and it's effective! | |
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| re: A new cell phone wrinkle ...An app called GalaPro | |
| Last Edit: mikem 10:56 pm EDT 09/01/19 | |
| Posted by: mikem 10:55 pm EDT 09/01/19 | |
| In reply to: re: A new cell phone wrinkle ...An app called GalaPro - AC126748 09:43 pm EDT 09/01/19 | |
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| When I was at Oklahoma, there was a couple in the floor seats who were using some kind of device that it seemed like they were using to read the text from. It wasn't a standard iphone or ipad/kindle/etc. It didn't look like it was emitting that much light, although they were sitting on the opposite side of the room from me so it's hard to be sure. When the house lights were up, it wasn't noticeable, but now that I think about it, during the darker portions, there didn't seem to be light coming from that area, either. | |
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