Audio description in education
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Students with sensory impairment need captioning [LINK] and audio description [LINK] when lessons include multimedia resources. Media Access Australia’s has a comprehensive Education strategy [LINK] to assist and support teachers and students.
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Apple adds special education section to App Store
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The section contains over 80 applications in 10 categories for disabilities and special needs: sign language, communication, accessible readers, diagnostics and reference, emotional development, seeing and hearing, language development, literacy and learning, organisation and life skills.
Apple also has a section of their website that discusses the use of Apple devices in special education.
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Major US education access program includes YouTube in quality standards
Speech-to-text services increase classroom access
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This live captioning can take place in a classroom by a trained professional typing as they listen to the teacher speak, or by an operator repeating what the teacher says into a microphone, with their speech converted to text via automatic speech recognition technology. The article recognises the value of printed text as a supplement to audio content, not only for students with hearing impairment, but for all students.
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