ABC Iview Audio Described Programs – April 2016

March 30, 2016

Please find below a list of Audio Described programs that will become available on iview in April 2016.

As always, programs are subject to schedule changes however this is what is currently planned.

  • Australian Story
  • Call The Midwife
  • Cuffs
  • David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef
  • DCI Banks
  • Death In Paradise
  • Doctor Who: Voyage Of The Damned
  • Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
  • Doctor Who: Planet Of The Dead
  • Doctor Who: The Waters Of Mars
  • Episodes
  • Father Brown
  • Foreign Correspondent
  • Grantchester
  • How Not To Behave
  • Hunted
  • Janet King
  • Keeping Australia Alive
  • Midsomer Murders- new series
  • No Offence
  • Peep Show
  • Rake Ss 3 –iView binge from 19th April- first time with AD
  • Scott And Bailey
  • Scrotal Recall
  • Stephen Fry: Out There How Gay Is Pakistan
  • Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids
  • Eve
  • Hoopla Doopla
  • Octonauts
  • Open Heart
  • Peter Rabbit
  • Tomorrow When The War Began
  • Thunderbirds Are Go

You might find the instructional clip with information on how to access AD on iview useful. It can be found here: ABC Iview instructional Youtube clip

An FAQ document on the AD trial can be found here: AD Iview FAQ(Word docx)

To provide your feedbac during the trial, or for any other information pleas visit the ABC’s AD website

Filed Under: Audio Description

Captioning a Video Using YouTube

March 25, 2016

I am currently doing a Professional Certificate in Web Accessibility Compliance through the University of South Australia. Part of the second assignment is to caption a video. Here is how I did it.

brief summary of captioning process:

  • Created a video, just over 2 minutes in length.
  • Listened to the audio of the video file, transcribed the audio, and created a transcription text file.
  • Created a Google – YouTube account.
  • Created a channel within that account – GAM Industries.
  • Uploaded my video to the YouTube GAM Industries channel.
  • Once uploaded, went to the video manager and selected my video for editing.
  • Chose the Sub Titles and CC tab within the video manager.
  • Chose to upload a file and uploaded my transcription file.
  • The transcribed text inserted itself into the video.
  • Sincranising of the audio and captioning was good. Surprisingly, when checking the video for audio and caption synchronisation, my screen reader read out the captions at the same time the video was playing.
  • When tagging the file within the YouTube GAM Industries channel used yt:cc=on as the last tag to force captions on when the file is viewed. Not too sure if this is a good idea though, as if you are a screen reader user, and view the video you get both the video playing with its audio and your screen reader reading the captions at the same time.
  • Saved and published the video.

Filed Under: Accessibility, Uncategorized

ABC Iview Audio Described Programs – March 2016

February 28, 2016

Please find below a list of Audio Described programs that will become available on iview in March 2016. As always, programs are subject to schedule changes however this is what is currently planned.

  • Afghanistan: Inside Australia’s War
  • Australian Story
  • Call The Midwife
  • Changing Minds
  • Cuffs
  • Death In Paradise
  • Doc Martin
  • Episodes
  • How Not To Behave
  • Jack Irish
  • Janet King
  • Joanna Lumley’s Nile
  • Joanna Lumley’s Tran-Siberian Adventure
  • Keeping Australia Alive
  • No Offence
  • Peep Show
  • Scrotal Recall
  • Still Open All Hours
  • The Doctor Blake Mysteries
  • Vera
  • Between A Frock And A Hard Place
  • I Will Not Be Silenced
  • My Self-Harm Nightmare
  • Bushwhacked
  • Degrassi
  • Eve
  • Hoopla Doopla
  • Nowhere Boys: The Book Of Shadows
  • Octonauts
  • Open Heart
  • Peter Rabbit
  • Ready For This
  • Same But Different
  • Spooksville
  • Thunderbirds Are Go

You might find the instructional clip with information on how to access AD on iview useful. It can be found here: ABC Iview instructional Youtube clip

An FAQ document on the AD trial can be found here: AD Iview FAQ(Word docx)

To provide your feedbac during the trial, or for any other information pleas visit the ABC’s AD website

Filed Under: Audio Description

Audio described version of “The Martian”,

January 26, 2016

Just watched the audio described version of “The Martian”, fantastic!

A great movie, audio description making it spellbinding right to the very end. You can find the audio described version in the I-tunes store.

Filed Under: Audio Description

Ryan Honschooten – Blind Sailor from Perth says:

December 23, 2015

“Flight booked: its real! I am crewing in the 2015 Rolex Sydney Hobart on board Kayle sailors with disabilities

All thanks to sponsor Irvin Bullbars

Keep track of Ryan and the other members of the crew in the 2015 Rolex Sydney to Hobart hatch race.

To be blind only means you cant see.

Filed Under: Event