Reviews and how tos

How tos

As the captions and audio description are an integral part of the DVD, you do not need any special kind of decoder to access them, just a standard DVD player.  The captions and audio description are just features that you call up using the menu function of your DVD, usually in the language or set up menu.

Some DVD players allow you to start watching the DVD then simply press the 'Subtitle' button repeatedly until the captions appear, or press the 'Audio' button until the audio description begins.

Find out how to identify a DVD that has access features.

How you can receive captions and audio description through your DVD player

Watch this video on our YouTube channel.

Equipment reviews

Over the past five years Media Access Australia has conducted a number of reviews of DVD players and recorders for accessibility.

Read about each device below.


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