Silenced again: time to make video-conferencing and TV broadcasts accessible to the hearing impaired
SOURCE: Daily Maverick
OUTPUT TYPE: Newspaper article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2020
TITLE AUTHOR(S): T.Hart
KEYWORDS: AUDIOVISUAL INDUSTRY, COVID-19 LOCKDOWN, HEARING IMPAIRMENTS
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Web link: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-06-25-silenced-again-time-to-make-video-conferencing-and-tv-broadcasts-accessible-to-the-hearing-impaired/
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11416
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15340
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15340
OUTPUT TYPE: Newspaper article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2020
TITLE AUTHOR(S): T.Hart
KEYWORDS: AUDIOVISUAL INDUSTRY, COVID-19 LOCKDOWN, HEARING IMPAIRMENTS
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Web link: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-06-25-silenced-again-time-to-make-video-conferencing-and-tv-broadcasts-accessible-to-the-hearing-impaired/
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11416
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15340
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15340
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Abstract
Those with hearing loss face a constant battle to be equally accommodated in society's spaces. With the Covid-19 lockdown, they have been dealt an extra blow. The audio-visual accessibility features of online tools do not work optimally. The author tested several platforms with the help of members of the National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities.-
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