Category: Technology and Innovation

Keeping Up with Compliance: Updates on Described Video in Canada

hayesweb2024-08-08T15:30:05-05:00Categories: Accessibility Legislations, Audio Description, Compliance, CRTC, Described Video, Legal, Regulations, Technology and Innovation|Tags: accessibility legislations, accessibility technology, audio description, described video, media accessibility services|

Last time, we shared insights on navigating the compliance landscape of described video in Canada. Since then, there have been important updates that further shape this crucial aspect of media accessibility. Here is one quick update and a couple regulations that we did not cover last time, that reaffirm our

Can Synthetic Voices be Used for Audio Description?

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