MIFF 2024, Toonz Media Group, and BIRD Promote Media Accessibility for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Visually Impaired with Innovative Initiatives
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 21: The Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF), 2024 is showcasing accessible audio-visual media for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) and the visually impaired. Several animated shorts are being shown with accessibility features like Same Language Subtitles (SLS), Indian Sign Language (ISL) and Audio Description (AD). However, it would be a mistake to think that accessibility is confined to the hearing and visually impaired. PlanetRead’s Billion Readers (BIRD) initiative associated with IIT-Delhi and Toonz Media, one of India’s leading animation company based in Trivandrum have partnered to make the case that SLS on cartoons that children watch passionately across India, has the power to improve children’s reading skills at scale. “Children’s ...
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