Deaf or hearing impaired
Japan trials live captioning system
The drive for this is the new accessibility laws scheduled for 2016 which mandates reasonable accommodation provisions to people with disabilities. In a university and conference setting this means that the amount of captioning will need to increase.
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New research looks at caption speed
New research into caption speed by the BBC aimed to try and answer the question or see if it is really that important?
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The future of live captioning
Britain’s first Captioning Awareness Week
CAP THAT! recap
Captions: essential for learning
This downloadable brochure is available for teachers, librarians and teachers of the Deaf to use and share, explaining how captions provide literacy, learning and accessibility benefits for all students. Available information includes:
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Apple TV, iPhone and iPad lineup offers both accessibility benefits and challenges
European group looks at the accessibility possibilities of HbbTV
Affordable access opportunities for Australia
According to Varley, the opportunities are waiting to be tapped in servicing the almost 20% of the population with a disability who have mainstream needs. He outlined five key issues to consider:
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