Media Access Australia was formed out of the Australian Caption Centre, a not-for-profit organisation co-founded by Adam Salzer and Alexandra Hynes in 1982.
The Centre aimed to promote and produce captioning for Deaf or hearing impaired Australians. At the Centre’s inception, captions were non-existent, however, over its life the organisation grew to provide captioning services on TV, video and DVD.
In 2005, the Centre sold its commercial operations including captioning services to Red Bee Media, and became Media Access Australia.
As Media Access Australia, our focus broadened to include people who are blind or vision impaired and others who are disadvantaged in access to media.
We recognised that, while some needs are different between disabilities, there are important similarities in terms of solutions, technologies, industries and regulation. By focusing on these similarities we can achieve better results for all.
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