Able NZ's Alex Walker thrives on live captioning challenges as the Olympics draw to a close. Alex Walker’s eyes are glued to a set of computer monitors broadcasting the Tokyo Olympics live. Captioning makes television accessible for people who are Deaf, but also has literacy benefits for people learning English. Television is about social inclusion – we watch television to know what’s happening in the world,” Youens said. While captioning has been on New Zealand television since the 1980s, audio description has only been around about a decade.

Source: Stuff August 04, 2021 16:52 UTC