Call for set-top boxes to be replaced with new accessible models

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Thursday, 19 May 2011 10:47am

Vision Australia has called for the digital set-top boxes distributed to blind and vision impaired people in Mildura and regional South Australia to be replaced with newly-developed models which include feature such as talking menus.

These boxes did not exist when digital switchover took place in Mildura and regional South Australia in 2010, but prototypes are currently being trialled as part of the Digital Switchover Taskforce’s Household Assistance Scheme in regional Victoria.

Michael Simpson of Vision Australia said, "The Government has shown real leadership on this issue and they recognised that there were no off-the-shelf blind friendly digital televisions or set top boxes." 


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