Almost half of Tasmanian adults lack the literacy skills they need to get by. Annalise Haigh drops into Hobart's Hamlet Café for a mocha and a chat with their Training Manager Amy Lawler and employee Charles.

Customers love Charles. He's always on for a good chat. Annalise finds out how waiting tables and taking coffee orders has led Charles to his dream of one day learning to drive a car.

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Talent: Amy Lawler (Training Manager at Hamlet) and Charles
Host: Annalise Haigh
Producer: Honor Marino

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 Just like buildings have access requirements, like ramps, lifts, and accessible toilets, websites have accessibility requirements too, like closed captions, alternative text, and color contrast.

Host Rosie Putland discovers the challenges students with low digital literacy face at school and university and how new improvements in technologies like text to speech are making a difference.

Rosie and Darren Britt from Australian Disability Clearing House on Education and Training (ADCET) demonstrate some of the incredible technology students are using to boost their learning.

Australian Disability Clearing House on Education and Training

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Talent: Darren Britt
Host: Rosie Putland
Producer: Rosie Putland / Honor Marino

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Hrisanthi Dokos meets Georgia Park and Tanya Mason to see how they taught students to read in just two 20 minute sessions per week.

Teacher assistant Tanya Mason and teaching coach Georgia Park detail their innovative approach, which has significantly enhanced students' reading skills and self-esteem, reducing the number needing intensive support by 50%. Student Savannah Hickman shares her positive experience and renewed confidence in reading.

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Host: Hrisanthi Dokos
Producer: Honor Marino
Tanya Mason and Georgia Park and Savannah Hickman

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