Deaf or hearing impaired

Error message

Deprecated function: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in include_once() (line 14 of /home/mediacc/public_html/themes/engines/phptemplate/phptemplate.engine).

Human Rights Commission says no to cinemas

no

In a decision announced this morning, the Australian Human Rights Commission has decided not to grantthe temporary exemption application from the four major cinema chains (Hoyts, Greater Union/BCC, Reading and Village).

The Commission has not issued a full explanation of the decision with reasons for why it was refused. MAA will provide updates as they are released.

For a more detailed explanation of the exemption application, see the Current inquiries section of this website.

 

Taxonomy: 

Top of page

Universal Subtitles project brings volunteers together to caption online video

no

 

A new project titled Universal Subtitles has been launched to provide a Wikipedia-like centralised resource to make it easy for volunteers to add closed captions to virtually any online video.

The Participatory Culture Foundation, best known as the maker of the Miro media player, has announced that a public demonstration of how the resources will work will take place in four to six weeks. 

Initiatives associated with the project include connecting with volunteers through Mozilla’s Drumbeat community, and the provision of a subtitle widget to create the captions, then store them on the universalsubtitles.org website for use by anyone watching the video. 


Top of page

US cinema access now includes autism needs

no

GMC cinemas in the US now run special screenings for children with autism. The screenings have the sound turned down and the lights on and allow the audience to do whatever they like. The original concept came from the frustration of a mother with an autistic daughter who was thrown out for dancing in the aisles during a screening of Hairspray.

The movies screen once a month, usually at a 10am screening, and allow people to bring in their own food to meet dietary needs. Over 90 AMC cinemas nationwide participate in the program. 

For more information, see the Walletpop website.

 

Taxonomy: 

Top of page

Adobe Creative Suite 5 updates Dreamweaver accessibility

no

Adobe released Adobe Creative Suite 5 today and with it comes a new version of Adobe Dreamweaver, CS5, that includes new features to assist with creating accessible websites such as integrated support for content management system frameworks, full integration with Adobe BrowserLab that lets you examine your website in different web browsers  and even easier set-up of new websites.

One of the main improvements to Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 is better support for PHP-based content management system (CMS) frameworks such as WordPress, Joomla! and Drupal. These CMS frameworks allow you to build dynamic web sites, and they are often extremely popular with individuals or community-based sites – in fact, the Media Access Australia web site is built with Joomla!


Top of page

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - Deaf or hearing impaired