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Access features on new release DVDs

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Access to new release DVD titles during the month of May 2011 stands at 33% for audio description and 72% for captioning. A total of 79 titles were researched this month by Media Access Australia.

The DVD titles released in Australia since March 2011 with audio description include:


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CAPTCHAs shown to yet again impede accessibility

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The question of accessible CAPTCHAs has been raised once again as they are shown to impede ticket purchase on the 2012 London Olympic website.

AbilityNet, a charity helping adults and children with disabilities use computers and the Internet, has found that the audio alternative to a CAPTCHA on the 2012 London Olympic website could stop people who are blind or vision impaired purchasing tickets.


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Study of Canadian TV access levels released

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Media Access Canada has just released a study of captions and audio description on Canadian television which found that broadcasters are fulfilling their captioning obligations but falling behind on audio description.

The study found that all ten broadcasters were meeting or exceeding the caption quotas set by the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission, although the quality of captions was variable. However, seven broadcasters were not meeting the requirement to provide 4 hours of audio described programs per week.

The study, which was carried out by Analysis and Research in Communications Inc., is the first to measure accessibility in Canadian Broadcasting since 1992.


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VizWiz now available in iTunes store

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VizWiz, a new iPhone app which enables people who are blind or vision impaired to recruit sighted users to answer questions about an item they have taken a photo of, is now available in the iTunes store.

The app allows iPhone users to take a photo of an item they have a query about, record their question and send the photo and question to a team of real-life people to answer. These people record the answer, which is then sent back to the user.

You can now download VizWiz from the iTunes store free of cost.

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