[LINK] Fwd: vip-l: FW: Feedback - FREE information session on captioning - MAA newsletter April 2007

[Jan Whitaker]

Also from the VIP list.

>The first round table meeting for DVD access took place in Sydney
>recently.
>
>Human Rights Commissioner, Mr Graeme Innes AM, chaired the meeting, which
>was attended by representatives from the DVD industry, disability
>community organisations, the Federal Department of Communications,
>Information Technology and the Arts, and Media Access Australia.
>
>Both vision impaired and hearing impaired community organisations were
>represented at the round table, pushing for access as a united front.
>
>Read more at http://www.mediaaccess.org.au/News.aspx?id=97
>
>
>Number of captioned DVDs steady
>
>The number of new DVDs with captions is consistently around the 60% mark.
>Media Access Australia has been monitoring the number of new release DVD
>titles that are released with captioning.
>
>Of the 79 titles in our recent survey, 45 have some form of access for the
>hearing impaired (captions OR subtitles), which equates to 59%.
>
>Read more at http://www.mediaaccess.org.au/News.aspx?id=106

Jan Whitaker
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