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Media Access Australia's response to the Media Access Review

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Submissions have now closed for the Federal Government’s Media Access Review.  It is expected that the full range of submissions will be posted on the Department of Communications website in the next few weeks.  Media Access Australia will provide some summaries and comments on the main issues raised then. 

In the meantime, MAA provided a full submission to the review.

Read Media Access Australia's full response to the review.

 

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Research & policy

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Apple iPad launched with iPhone-like accessibility features

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Apple has announced the launch of its latest handheld device called the Apple iPad, a touch screen device that functions like an iPhone but is the size of a netbook, with a 9.7” screen. It also comes with the same suite of accessibility features that have been available on the iPhone 3GS.

The accessibility features contained in the iPad include the VoiceOver screen reader, zoom functionality, the ability to reverse the colour scheme, the ability to play back captioned video and the ability to change the sound from stereo to a mono output. 

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Digital technology

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Media Access Australia launches Twitter feed

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Today marks the launch of Media Access Australia's Twitter Feed. Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. Messages are limited to 140 characters.

Our tweets are publicly available and can be accessed from the Twitter website.

Why has Media Access Australia (MAA) chosen to Twitter?

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Digital technology

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DVD distributors confirm their commitment to access

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The Australian Visual Software Distributors Association (AVSDA), representing the home entertainment film and TV industry, has announced that all major film distributors and some smaller Australian independents have committed to making audio description and captions available on the majority of theatrical films when released on DVD.

The distributors making this commitment include Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Hopscotch Entertainment, Madman Entertainment, Paramount Home Entertainment, Roadshow Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Twentieth-Century Fox Home Entertainment, Universal Pictures Video and Warner Home Video.

These distribution companies have committed to ensuring that the majority of theatrical films released to standard definition DVD will contain both audio description and English captioning or subtitles.  (A theatrical film is a film that is shown in cinemas.)

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Video

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