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TV show with Auslan interpreters on ABC - The New Inventors - Access And Ability
10 March 2010
The New Inventors - Access And Ability
When: Wednesday, 10 Mar 2010Time: 8:00pm
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Hosted by James O’Loghlin, The New Inventors presents the Access and Ability Special. Featuring inventions by and for people with a disability, we look at some of the ingenious ways inventors are helping to ensure everyone has equal access to life, work and fun.
To celebrate these important innovations, we will be joined by a special panel of experts living with a disability: paralympian Kurt Fearnley, filmmaker and presenter Sofya Gollan, and Federal Discrimination Commissioner Graham Innes. The show will also include an Auslan sign language interpreter for hearing impaired viewers. Inventions featured on the program:
Inventions include:
The Speed Demon, invented by Charles Scott and Colin Roylance from SA. The Speed Demon is an off-road speed buggy that allows the steering, acceleration and breaking to all be carried out through the steering wheel. This allows a person without the use of their legs to drive the buggy themselves.
NVDA, by inventors James Teh from QLD and Michael Curran from VIC. NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) is a free and open source screen reader for Windows. The program provides feedback via synthetic speech and Braille, including support for over 20 languages, and can run entirely from a USB drive with no installation so that it can be used anywhere.
The Freedom wheelchair, invented by Lu Papi from NSW, is a lightweight, non-corrosive, manual wheelchair that can be used for everyday travelling, as a commode chair, and even in the shower, reducing three chairs into one.
Source: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/netw/201003/programs/LE0925H006D2010-03-10T200000.htm