Latest figures on audio described DVDs - February 2010
Audio described DVD titles on new release shelves during the month of February 2010 stand at 28% of all titles.
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Audio described DVD titles on new release shelves during the month of February 2010 stand at 28% of all titles.
The videos, created by Nora Scully, California State University (CSU), consist of a series of short tutorials focusing on how to incorporate text alternatives and other access features during the slide creation process. The tutorials themselves cater for accessibility through the inclusion of open captions.
The other two inventions featured are a 3-in-1 wheelchair and a Speed Demon off-road buggy that can be driven through the steering wheel alone.
To celebrate these important innovations, James O’ Loghlin will be joined by a special panel of experts living with a disability: paralympian Kurt Fearnley, filmmaker and presenter Sofya Gollan, and Federal Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes. The program will also feature Auslan interpreter Jemina Napier translating for Deaf viewers throughout the program, a first for The New Inventors.
The former team leader for GNOME accessibility development, Willie Walker, has raised concerns about the decision by Oracle, indicating that Sun was now understaffed in this area and would not be able to continue to the same degree that it had previously.