----- Original Message -----
From: "Belinda Kerslake" <belinda.kersl
...@mediaaccess.org.au>
To: <SHHHgroups@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:48 AM
Subject: FW: {SHHH Support Group} Re: Television, Cinema, DVDs, Internet
including captions
> Hi Erin - Chris is our Tv specialist, so he's answered this question for
> you:
> Austext is an information service that runs on teletext. Its closure in
> September will have no effect on teletext captions, which will still be
> accessible on an analog TV by activating teletext and going to page 801.
> In addition, captions on a digital TV or through a digital set-top box do
> not run on teletext. They are digital captions which are activated by a
> caption/subtitle button on the remote. So, again no change.
> Hope that clears things up.
> Best wishes
> Chris Mikul
> Media Access Australia
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SHHHgroups@googlegroups.com [mailto:SHHHgroups@googlegroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Erin Mckenzie-Christensen
> Sent: Monday, 27 July 2009 12:09 PM
> To: SHHHgroups@googlegroups.com
> Subject: {SHHH Support Group} Re: Television, Cinema, DVDs, Internet
> including captions
> Hi while we were away I had the pleasure of watching digital TV with
> teletex
> and it said on the TV that from sep 09 they would not be providing it
> anymore and that it would cost too much to replace the teletex service
> with
> another technology. Since I was hoping to get a digital TV/settop box soon
> (eventually wont have choice of course but mostly I want it for the
> text/subtitles. I was wondering if this information is correct and what it
> means in terms of what TV/settop box we should get so we can have text? I
> just couldn't believe that when we finally decide to get the thing to
> enable
> text that it doesn't exist!
> Thanks Erin
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Belinda Kerslake" <belinda.kersl...@mediaaccess.org.au>
> To: <SHHHgroups@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 7:03 AM
> Subject: {SHHH Support Group} Re: Television, Cinema, DVDs, Internet
> including captions
>> Hi Erin
>> No problem, glad it was helpful for you. If you'd like to keep up-to-date
>> with what going on with captioning, feel free to subscribe to our
>> newsletter
>> - the registration is on our homepage.
>> Best wishes
>> Belinda Kerslake
>> Marketing Communications Manager
>> Media Access Australia
>> 4.08, 22-36 Mountain Street
>> Ultimo 2007
>> Ph: 02 9212 6242
>> Mobile: 0414 804 368
>> www.mediaaccess.org.au
>> Please note: I am available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays
>> Media Access Australia (MAA) is an independent not-for-profit, public
>> benevolent institution and Australia's primary media access organisation.
>> Its primary role is to provide information about media access and to
>> support
>> the development and application of technological solutions to media
>> access
>> issues. This includes supporting development of captioning and audio
>> description for the Deaf and hearing impaired, and blind and vision
>> impaired.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: SHHHgroups@googlegroups.com [mailto:SHHHgroups@googlegroups.com] On
>> Behalf Of Erin Mckenzie-Christensen
>> Sent: Monday, 4 May 2009 9:59 PM
>> To: SHHHgroups@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: {SHHH Support Group} Re: Television, Cinema, DVDs, Internet
>> including captions
>> Thanks for this website fantastic information. It even gives a list of
>> set
>> top boxs that have captions. I'm pretty excited. Its been made a lot
>> easier
>> for us.
>> And I found out that analog TV wont be cut here til 2013 I thought it
>> would
>> be earlier than that.
>> Thanks
>> Erin
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <s...@netspace.net.au>
>> To: "SHHH Support Group (Self Help for Hard of Hearing People)"
>> <SHHHgroups@googlegroups.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 11:34 AM
>> Subject: {SHHH Support Group} Television, Cinema, DVDs, Internet
>> including
>> captions
>> If you have any queries or are looking for more information about
>> Digital TV (what to get, how will it assist me and more) please go to
>> this link.
>> Media Access Australia: http://www.mediaaccess.org.au/ and select TV
>> on the left hand side.
>> Here is a litte speil about who they are.
>> Media Access Australia (MAA) is an independent not-for-profit, public
>> benevolent institution and Australia's primary media access
>> organisation. The organisation's primary role is to provide
>> information about media access and to support the development and
>> application of technological solutions to media access issues. This
>> includes, but is not limited to supporting the development of
>> captioning and audio description for the Deaf and hearing impaired,
>> and blind and vision impaired.
>> They also have alot of resources on cinemas, DVD, education arts and
>> more.
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