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| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 08 April 2014 |
ACMA grants subscription TV caption exemptions The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has granted caption exemptions to three subscription TV suppliers, Telstra Pay TV, Optus... |
| 07 April 2014 |
Top captioned shows on Plus7 Last week we reported on Seven becoming the first commercial network in Australia to make its catch-up TV service accessible to viewers who are Deaf... |
| 02 April 2014 |
Accessible media and the autism spectrum Today is World Autism Awareness Day. While many may be familiar with issues facing people with autism spectrum disorders, few are aware of the... |
| 02 April 2014 |
Qantas improves in-flight accessibility Australia’s national airline has drastically improved the experience of flying for blind and vision impaired passengers by making the devices used on... |
| 01 April 2014 |
Captions now available on Plus7 The Seven network’s Plus7 has become the first commercial TV catch-up service to provide closed captions. |
| 01 April 2014 |
ARIA becomes an official web standard Screen reader users can expect to gain greater access to websites thanks to technical guidelines, called WAI-ARIA (Web Accessibility Initiative -... |
| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 28 March 2014 |
That 70s captioned show: how the news was first brought to Deaf Americans Following the release of our white paper on caption quality, we look back at the origins of television captioning. |
| 27 March 2014 |
Making materials accessible in the classroom Accessing education materials, such as videos and diagrams, in the classroom is a particular challenge for students who are blind or vision impaired... |
| 25 March 2014 |
Measuring caption quality: our white paper Media Access Australia today released a white paper entitled Caption quality: International approaches to standards and measurement. It focuses on... |
| 24 March 2014 |
Captioning campaign launched in New Zealand The National Foundation for the Deaf has launched a campaign, Caption It!, calling for increased levels of captioning on New Zealand television. |
| 21 March 2014 |
Top themes from CSUN 2014 The Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference, commonly known as CSUN, has kicked off. The event, held in San Diego,... |
| 21 March 2014 |
ACMA given more discretion to investigate complaints The Australian Media and Communications Authority (ACMA) is to be given greater discretion about whether to investigate complaints under the ... |
| 20 March 2014 |
Deaf Australia appoints new CEO Deaf Australia has appointed Kyle Miers as its new chief executive officer, replacing Karen Lloyd AM, who retired in February. |
| 20 March 2014 |
ABC iview on the road to accessibility The ABC is working on Australia’s most accessible catch-up TV service as it rolls out improvements to iview. |
| 18 March 2014 |
Deaf Australia appoints new CEO Deaf Australia has appointed Kyle Miers as its new chief executive officer, replacing Karen Lloyd AM, who retired in February. |
| 14 March 2014 |
Captioned theatre funding program for US regional venues American not-for-profit organisation Theatre Development Fund (TDF) is offering two-year partnerships to regional venues to provide open captioning... |
| 14 March 2014 |
ACMA releases community safeguards report The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released its report on the ‘Contemporary community safeguards inquiry’ it... |
| 14 March 2014 |
Sydney Opera House unveils its 2014 Access Program One of the world’s most iconic performance spaces has launched a new program of services and initiatives to ensure people with disabilities... |
| 12 March 2014 |
European Union legislates for web accessibility The European Parliament has passed a law to improve the accessibility of information on government websites in European Union member countries. This... |
| 12 March 2014 |
Results of the WebAIM screen reader survey Accessibility service WebAIM has released the results of its international screen reader user survey. They reveal the experience of blind people... |