Victorian council to hold accessible cinema trial
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A successful trial of open captioned cinema has already taken place, with upcoming audio description and closed caption trials soon to commence.
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Japanese group develops new accessible cinema technology
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Spurred on by new discrimination legislation as well as the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games that will be held in Tokyo, the developers are fine tuning the technology for release to the mass market.
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Annual film festival brings free accessible movies to Sydney surrounds
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Telstra introduces captions on BigPond Movies
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To find the captioned titles on BigPond Movies, click on ‘Movies’ on the home page, then ‘Open Captions’, which will bring up a list of them. The initial titles include The Lego Movie, Transcendence, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom and Veronica Mars. Because the captions are ‘open’, they will be visible when played on all devices.
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Air Canada improves access for the vision impaired
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The feature is available on Boeing 787s, which have recently been introduced to Air Canada’s fleet. An Air Canada spokesman, Peter Fitzpatrick, said, “We use a female voice in English and male voice in French. Voices are fed from the text-to-speech software that Air Canada licenses to operate its content management system.”
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Phillipines introduce accessible cinema, inspired by American legislation
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The event showcased closed captioned and audio described movies, allowing people who are Deaf and hearing impaired, blind and vision impaired to enjoy cinema along with their hearing and sighted family and friends.
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Accessible cinema to get a legislative boost in the USA
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The ruling will provide a consistent approach across the United States for cinemas to exhibit closed captioned and audio described movies. While the majority of movies released by American studios have captions and audio description, the number of cinemas making use of these features is varies widely across the country.
Some of the rulemaking inclusions are:
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