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Football fan sues American university over lack of captioning at games

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A hearing impaired man who attends University of Kentucky home football games at Commonwealth Stadium, has filed a case in a US district court to try to force the university to provide captioning of all announcements during the games.

The man, Charles Mitchell, said that captions for announcements over the public address system could be displayed on video boards and monitors, and not doing so was violating the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

He has asked the court to issue a permanent injunction ordering the University of Kentucky to provide Deaf and hearing impaired people with equal access to all activities and services during games.


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New service improves accessibility of museum tours for the deaf

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A new service from the Australian Communication Exchange will improve the accessibility of museum tours for the Deaf and hearing impaired.

The Smart Auslan service transcribes museum audio tours into captions as well as translating them into AUSLAN (Australian sign language) for the Deaf and hearing impaired.

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Convergence Review web section launched

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Media Access Australia today added a new section to our website, detailing information about the Commonwealth Government’s Convergence Review.

The new section includes an overview of The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy’s (the DBCDE’s) review into convergent media, with details of how you can get involved.


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Ofcom releases report on access to EPGs

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Ofcom, the British media and communications regulator, has released a report into the accessibility of Electronic Program Guides (EPGs).

Under British communications law, EPG providers must produce annual statements of the steps they have taken and plan to take to facilitate the use of EPGs by people with disabilities.


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