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US cinema sued for not providing closed captions

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A Deaf group in Connecticut is taking action against east coast American cinema chain, Bow Tie Cinemas, for failing to provide access for hearing impaired patrons, even though closed captioning devices are available at most of their complexes.

The Connecticut Association for the Deaf and some of its members are filing under the Americans with Disabilities Act after repeated attempts to attend accessible sessions at Bow Tie cinemas were abandoned, due to captioning devices being unavailable or not working.


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Curtin University’s disability and television study

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Curtin University is looking for participants to take part in a study it is conducting to help understand the potential benefits and challenges that the digital television switchover will bring for Australians with disabilities.

The first phase of the study, which is titled ‘Disability on Television: Access, Representation and Reception’, is a survey which asks about:


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Ai-Media wins Nine captioning contract

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Access supplier Ai-Media has won a five-year contract to provide captioning services for the Nine Network across Australia.

In a media release, Ai-Media CEO Tony Abrahams said the company was “excited to be working with Nine across its diverse mix of leading entertainment programming”. He also made reference to new caption quality standards which were introduced by the Australian Communications and Media Authority in June.


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Accessible documentary DVDs

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In an expansion on our regular report on accessible entertainment DVDs, Media Access Australia has taken a look at recent documentary titles to see what is available for fans of this genre who require captions or audio description.

Listed below are just some of the interesting titles available from retail outlets with both captions and audio description. These synopses are sourced from movie website IMDB.


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