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Blind Canadians will get live audio described Royal Wedding coverage

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Millions of Canadians are expected to watch the Royal Wedding this Friday and Accessible Media Inc (AMI) will ensure that people who are blind and vision impaired can fully enjoy the broadcast with a live audio description service.

Audio description is normally restricted to prerecorded programs due to the inevitable time delay associated with describing something live.  However, the pair of describers have the assistance of a production team who will be able to provide research notes and details in real time, working off cues from the broadcast director. The AMI team has already researched areas such as the couple’s route to and from Westminster Abbey and potential guests.

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RNIB video shows impact of eBooks for the blind and vision impaired

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The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) in the United Kingdom has released a YouTube video that talks about the impact that eBooks and eBook readers have on the lives of people who are blind or vision impaired.

An eBook is an electronic version of a print book that can be read on an eReader, which is a specific device for viewing eBooks, or other portable devices such as tablets and smartphones.

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Digital technology
Web
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Major conference discusses audio description trial on TV

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The 30th anniversary Round Table Conference on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities, which will be held in May, will include a session on access to digital TV through audio description.

The annual conference will feature a range of experts, including Media Access Australia CEO Alex Varley.  The panel discussion will look at the upcoming audio description trial proposed for the ABC in the second half of 2011, as well as the trial that is now running in New Zealand.  Entitled ‘Access to Digital TV, Audio Description and beyond’, the discussion will be on Sunday 22 May at the Bayview on the Park hotel in Melbourne.

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Television
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Sensory impairment
Audio description
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BBC asks the question: are colourblind gamers left out?

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With one in twenty men and one in two hundred women suffering from some form of colour blindness, a reporter for the BBC has asked the question: are colourblind gamers left out?

The BBC Technology article on gaming for those who are colourblind talks about the difficulties people who are colourblind have when playing mainstream games. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 is a prime example of colour being used solely to convey information. In multiplayer mode, teammates are identified by green tags above their heads while enemies have red tags, making it particularly difficult, if not impossible, for people who are colourblind to easily recognise friend from foe.

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Blind or vision impaired
Web
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Practical web accessibility

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