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Encore magazine looks at accessibility

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In the November issue of Encore magazine, which is out now, Georgina Pearson tackles the subject of accessibility in cinema and TV in Australia.

Pearson spoke with accessibility advocates such as Media Access Australia’s CEO Alex Varley, and Ai-Media’s CEO Tony Abrahams, and explains some of the accessibility challenges faced by people who are blind, vision impaired, Deaf and hearing impaired.

“According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1 in 6 Australians are Deaf or hearing impaired and there are over 300,000 Australians living with blindness or vision impairment,” writes Pearson.

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Television
Cinema

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Latest MAA Annual Report now available online

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Media Access Australia held its AGM on 26 October 2010 and approved the annual report and accounts. Media Access Australia had a successful year with significant progress in cinema, education, television, downloads, and digital technology and online media access.

Media Access Australia CEO Alex Varley said, “I am pleased to see continuous progress in media access, particularly in the rapidly changing new media area. We have firmly established ourselves as the first port of call for consumers, government and business for issues connected with media access. None of this could happen without our successful collaboration with community organisations and international partners.”

“Our team is continuing to grow and it is a pleasure to work with such knowledgeable and passionate people.”

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Accessible Regions Campaign highlights problems with captions in regional Australia

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The Accessible Regions Campaign, run by Media Access Australia (MAA), has raised problems with the quality and level of captioning in regional areas.

Centred around a Caption Quality Survey, the Accessible Regions Campaign asked people from regional areas about the quality and prevalence of captions on regional TV—to hold regional broadcasters to their captioning requirements.  News and current affairs broadcasts in regional areas are required to be fully captioned, just as in metropolitan areas—including live crosses and other segments.

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Television

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Review of Sony's RDR HDC300

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In October 2010, Sony Australia loaned Media Access Australia an RDR HDC300 Hard Disk Drive/DVD recorder to review for its caption capabilities.  

The Sony RDR HDC300 was reviewed by Chris Mikul and Ally Woodford.
 

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The initial set up was straightforward, although the Autoscan function seemed a little slow.  

The caption font is large and clear, with text on a black box background.  
 

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