Blind/vision impaired TV, DVD, Cinema & the Arts news

Last week Sydney saw the launch of Vivid, which is claimed to be the largest Winter festival of light, music and creativity in the country. Although Vivid is a typically visual festival, this year the organisers have made sure that individuals with a disability, including those who are blind or vision-impaired, can still be involved and enjoy the festival through audio description (AD).

The ABC is working on Australia’s most accessible catch-up TV service as it rolls out improvements to iview.

The Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disability is on in May. Held in Brisbane, the four day conference will cover almost everything relating to how people with blindness, vision impairment or perceptual disabilities access information. This year, presenters will focus on how the needs of the user can be put at the centre of technology design, policy and implementation. Here, some of our staff members have picked out their favourite sessions.