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Race against the clock: the challenges of captioning live sport

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Special feature: With the Paralympics gripping the nation’s attention, Media Access Australia’s Eliza Cussen takes a look at the work going on behind the scenes to let Deaf and hearing impaired Aussies in on the action.

Captioning of sport has lagged behind other types of TV, and while the amount of captioned sport coverage is now on the rise, there are a number of factors which make the logistics of delivering sports captions a unique challenge for broadcasters.

Hearing Jennifer Wardle speak, I think of elocution lessons and people walking with books on their heads. Australians usually blend their words, adding vowel sounds between words to form a continuous flow. Wardle’s voice, on the other hand, is clear and clean.


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Accessible DVDs released in July

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After scouring the new release shelves, Media Access Australia can report that of the 82 titles researched, 59 were captioned and 22 audio described. This equates to 72 per cent with captions and 27 per cent with audio description, a decrease from May’s all-time high of 40 per cent.

One title, Safe House¸ by Universal Sony was released to the Australian market without audio description although this feature appeared on an international version. Seven titles were released locally without captions or English subtitles when their US releases had a form of access for the Deaf and hearing impaired.

The DVD titles released in Australia since May 2012 with audio description include:


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Any Questions for Ben DVD released without access features

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Roadshow Entertainment, Australia’s most consistent distributor of accessible DVD and Blu-ray, has informed Media Access Australia of an error with the recent release to DVD of Australian movie, Any Questions for Ben.

The title was released on July 19 but it has come to light that the DVD edition for rent and sale does not have audio description or captions, despite the cover information.

Roadshow Entertainment is working closely with the producers to create a new accessible version to refurbish the current stock in its distribution centre and stock already out in the market. New stock is expected to be available within the next week.


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