Chris Morran from online publication The Consumerist reported that movie studios have begun disabling certain features of new releases on discs.
The disabled discs have been used by Blockbuster and Netflix, and only allow people renting the DVD to watch the main feature. The special features, which could include access features, are blocked.
There has been no move to replicate this approach in Australia at this point.
The Set Up was straightforward, relatively quick, presented no stumbling blocks and pre-empted the steps better than some other set ups we’ve experienced.
Once installed, we tested the caption font on a broadcast program. The captions were found via the STTL button and the font was acceptable; we’ve seen better but we’ve also seen worse.
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.
