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The third annual Audio Description Institute

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This year’s Audio Description Institute will be held in Reno, Nevada, on 14-16 July, in conjunction with the American Council of the Blind’s annual conference and convention.

With the signing of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act by President Obama last October, the United States will soon see a significant increase in audio description on television.

The institute, which is run by the Audio Description Project, offers a range of interactive sessions covering the history and theory of audio description, and is aimed at new audio describers and experienced describers who wish to refresh their skills.

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Conference promotes use of technology for better outcomes for not-for-profits

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Media Access Australia’s Digital Media and Technology Manager Sarah Pulis will be talking to not-for-profit organisations about web accessibility at this year’s Connecting Up conference.

Connecting Up 2011 is a conference for organisations in the not-for-profit, charity and community sectors to discuss how new technologies can improve organisational efficiency and outcomes.

Pulis said, “For a lot of not-for-profits whose audience includes people with disabilities, sometimes more so than other sectors, providing a website that is accessible to all people is extremely important.”

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Dr Zhivago to be audio described in Melbourne

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New Australian musical Dr Zhivago will be audio described for one show only at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Melbourne.

The Sunday 3pm matinee performance of Dr Zhivago on 19 June will provide audio description for patrons.

To book, phone Janene Sadhu at Vision Australia on 03 9864 9384 or send her an email with your name, contact number, number of tickets required, number of audio description receivers required, and the best time for a Ticketek staff member to call to process your booking.

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Irish captioning provider offers live captioning and streaming service

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Premier Captioning and Realtime Ltd. in Ireland has launched a new live streaming and captioning service for online events.

The new service, See Write Now, offers a complete online streaming and captioning service for live events that are delivered over the Internet. Along with video content, See Write Now has recently delivered a live stream of captions for a radio show.

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