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Report on 2011 rollout of accessible cinema locations in Australia

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2011 was a year of progress in accessible cinema as the Federal Government's rollout of captions and audio description across the four cinema chains of Hoyts, Village, Event/Greater Union/Birch Carroll & Coyle and Reading came into action.

The indicative plan to 31 December 2011 provided access to 61 screens across 31 locations. Media Access Australia can report that 58 screens across 29 locations were in operation by the given date. Of the 58 screens in operation, 39 screens show both captions and audio description and 19 screens show captions only.

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Perth’s Shakespeare in the Park features an audio described session

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Shakespeare WA has paired up with the Association for the Blind WA to bring A Comedy of Errors to blind and vision impaired theatre fans. A special session of the comedy will be held on 1 February with audio description to convey the visual elements of the performance.

The Association jumped at the chance to be part of such a significant initiative for those who are blind and vision impaired after they were approached by the theatre company, said Dr Margaret Crowley, Chief Executive Officer.

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Audio description at the Sydney Festival this January

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Vision Australia will be providing audio description for the first time during the Sydney Festival this month. Three diverse events in late January will offer patrons who are blind and vision impaired the opportunity to listen to audio description delivered live, describing the visual elements of the performance.

The three performances are:

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Canada pioneers audio description methods

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A Canadian media company is changing the way television is made accessible for people who are blind or vision impaired. Accessible Media Inc (AMI), owner of The Accessible Channel, the world’s only channel on which all programs are captioned and audio described, has pioneered the audio description of live television events. AMI has also produced the first TV program where the audio description was integrated at the production stage.

Audio description usually involves the writing of a complete audio description script which is then recorded so that the descriptions always fall within gaps in the dialogue. It was believed by many that the unpredictable nature of live TV means that audio describing it was impractical if not impossible.

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