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CAP THAT! promotes literacy through captions

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The annual CAP THAT! education campaign, a Media Access Australia initiative, launches today for another round promoting captions on video as a literacy and learning tool to teachers nationally.

Until the end of National Literacy and Numeracy Week (25 – 31 August) Australian teachers can sign up to become a Captions Champion, receiving a free kit containing resources to help them introduce captions to their classroom. Kit items include posters and flyers to display around the school, practical information on caption use and some novelty items to bring a smile to their face.


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University entrance now possible for blind students in China

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Thanks to a change in regulation, blind and vision impaired students in China will be given access to mainstream higher education.

The Chinese government has released regulations stating that the national university entrance exam must be made available in Braille and electronic formats. Prior to this, these students were unable to attend mainstream universities, which drastically reduced their chances of employment and equal participation in society.


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Live captions for students on the autism spectrum

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Captioning company Ai-Media has launched a pilot program to test a new product designed to help students on the autism spectrum. 

The new system is an adaptation of Ai-Live, which allows students who are Deaf or hearing impaired to view real-time captions of a lesson on their personal device. It is used widely in universities and some schools. The new autism application of Ai-Live simplifies the teachers’ language to better meet the needs of people with an autism spectrum disorder.


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Making materials accessible in the classroom

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Accessing education materials, such as videos and diagrams, in the classroom is a particular challenge for students who are blind or vision impaired. A number of new technologies are making it easier for teachers to meet the needs of these students across subjects.

The DIAGRAM Center in the USA is a research and development centre focussing on making content accessible for students. Part of the Benetech Global Literacy initiative, DIAGRAM provides information, tools and tips for creating accessible images. The centre runs a series of webinars such as on topics such making maths accessible and integrating accessible images into eBooks.


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Highlights of 2013 – getting captions into the classroom

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CAP THAT! is our national awareness campaign encouraging teachers to turn on captions in the classroom to help improve learning and literacy for all students. Here, we give a summary of the campaign’s biggest year yet.

The national campaign has now completed its third successful year, with interest growing every year. The campaign calls on teachers, principals and librarians to become Captions Champions and advocate for captions to be used throughout the school.


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Online content to support the Australian Curriculum

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Finding online resources that are aligned to the Australian Curriculum is now a whole lot easier. Education Services Australia (ESA) has developed Scootle, a purpose-designed search tool which is available to teachers nationally. Some of the content to be found on Scootle is captioned, and teachers can refine their search to include only captioned material.

The Scootle portal houses an increasing range of content from a variety of educational sources. From an accessibility standpoint, only some of the content is captioned and Scootle has put processes in place to include more captioned educational content in the future.


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Conference for educators of blind and vision impaired children

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A conference hosted by the Royal National Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC) brings teachers together to explore how accessible media and technology can improve education and literacy outcomes for school students who are blind or vision impaired.

Starting today, VisCon features a keynote address by Ike Presley from the American Foundation for the Blind’s National Literacy Centre. His work focuses on the link between assistive technology and literacy.


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New disability statistics show continuing need for access

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In 2012, there were 4.2 million Australians with a disability, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics survey results released yesterday. The results highlight the significance of access services for the Australian population.

The Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers shows that the percentage of Australians with a disability has remained steady since at 18.5 per cent since the survey was last conducted in 2009.


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