Vision Australia calls for mimumum of 14 hours of audio description on Australian TV
Vision Australia is calling for TV networks to include an audio description service in order to make their broadcasts more accessible for the 350,000 plus Australians who are blind or have low vision.
The organisation is taking action in the Australian Human Rights Commission against Seven, Nine, Ten, SBS and Foxtel to use an audio description service which is a second audio track that can be turned on and off so a person who is blind or vision impaired can listen to the visual elements of a TV show such as actions, scene changes, gestures and facial expressions.
The networks are being asked for a minimum of 14 hours of audio described content per week.
An example of the audio description service:
