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| 25 May 2012 |
Get nominations ready for the Advancement in Accessibility Awards The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the USA has called for nominations for the Chairman’s Advancement in Accessibility Awards 2012, in... |
| 25 May 2012 |
Foxtel and Xbox 360 gesture towards accessibility Foxtel has teamed up with Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect to provide voice and gesture based commands on the Foxtel subscription TV service. By using... |
| 24 May 2012 |
How to get your free talking set-top box Blind or vision impaired people who receive the Disability Support Pension will now be given a free talking set-top box as part of the switchover to... |
| 24 May 2012 |
Access rules for UK broadcasters to be extended to international channels The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, is proposing a change of rules so that UK broadcasters whose services are intended for other European... |
| 23 May 2012 |
Spotify’s accessibility: so close but so far Apps that are accessible to people who have a disability are few and far between. So when an app qualifies as accessible, it’s a cause for... |
| 21 May 2012 |
Behind the scenes: audio description at the theatre For something different, Media Access Australia’s Eliza Cussen takes readers behind the scenes at one of Sydney’s most beloved theatres to reveal how... |
| 18 May 2012 |
Cinemas across Australia add captions and audio description Accessible cinema in Australia has received a boost to the number of sessions available to people with hearing or vision impairments with both the... |
| 17 May 2012 |
Google maps app takes accessibility indoors Update: Google made its Indoor Maps feature available in Australia on 13 March 2013. Indoor maps can be viewed once a user zooms in on a building.... |
| 16 May 2012 |
Outcry as Irish TV reduces captioning TV Access, a coalition of organisations in the disability and ageing sector, has strongly condemned new Access Rules released by the Broadcasting... |
| 15 May 2012 |
Accessible Cinema Advisory Group’s latest communique The Accessible Cinema Advisory Group (ACAG) is a body convened by the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs to... |
| 10 May 2012 |
Free screen reader released for BlackBerry smartphones The company behind the popular smartphone BlackBerry, Research in Motion, has released its first screen reader application for the BlackBerry... |
| 10 May 2012 |
Exhibition celebrates the art of audio description An art gallery in Poland has shown an exhibition featuring only audio description of artworks. The exhibition is intended to reveal how visual art is... |
| 09 May 2012 |
9 May marks the first Global Accessibility Awareness Day What started as a simple blog post calling for developers to raise awareness about the importance of creating accessible websites for people with a... |
| 08 May 2012 |
More captioning on pay TV An agreement reached between the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA)... |
| 03 May 2012 |
Closed caption movies not an option on Google Play Google’s new multimedia content platform, Google Play, has failed to include closed caption facilities on its movie rental service, which was... |
| 02 May 2012 |
Government releases draft changes to caption legislation Yesterday the Federal Government released a draft bill to amend the Broadcasting Services Act to include caption quotas and caption quality... |
| 02 May 2012 |
Registrations open for leading arts and disability conference The annual Leadership Exchange in the Arts and Disability (LEAD) conference has been announced for 21 – 24 August in Boston, USA, bringing together... |
| 01 May 2012 |
Disability ignored in Government’s Convergence Review The Government yesterday released the long awaited Convergence Review, disappointing many by neglecting to address access problems for people with... |
| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 30 April 2012 |
Sony’s caption glasses reach first US cinema Sony has officially launched its much anticipated cinema access technology which displays captions on a pair of glasses, replicating the look of open... |
| 26 April 2012 |
New talking set top box on sale in Australia Hills Antenna and TV Systems has released a new digital set top box which features talking menus and program guides, making them accessible for the... |