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| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 16 February 2012 |
UK broadcasters launch audio description campaign UK broadcasters have launched a campaign to raise public awareness of audio description, with promotions for the service to be shown on 60 channels... |
| 13 February 2012 |
Disability Discrimination Commissioner endorses the National Broadband Network The Australian Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes, has signed on as a champion of the National Broadband Network (NBN). Through the... |
| 10 February 2012 |
CNN sued for not captioning its online videos A judge in California has refused to dismiss a suit by the Greater Los Angeles Agency for Deafness (GLAD) against CNN for not captioning news clips... |
| 07 February 2012 |
New iPhone app could rival telephone relay services A yet-to-be-released iPhone app called Deaftel will let people who are Deaf, hearing or speech impaired make phone calls to hearing people without a... |
| 06 February 2012 |
UK discount airline faces legal action over inaccessible website The UK discount airline BMI Baby faces a legal case for its inaccessible website. The complaint was made this week by the Royal National Institute of... |
| 03 February 2012 |
Latest accessible DVD releases – January 2012 Every two months, Media Access Australia conducts an audit of new release DVDs. Of the 73 DVD titles researched during January 2012, 34% feature... |
| 03 February 2012 |
SKY New Zealand launches captions On 1 February, New Zealand’s main subscription TV provider, SKY Television, introduced closed captioning on 13 of its channels: Animal Planet, Disney... |
| 02 February 2012 |
Online video service brings treatment to children with disabilities A new initiative will mean that more children with hearing or vision impairment living in regional and remote Australia will be able to talk to a... |
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| 31 January 2012 |
Canadian access company modernises its brand Accessible Media, the not-for-profit organisation which operates The Accessible Channel, is rebranding all its media operations under the name AMI as... |
| 30 January 2012 |
American churches apply for caption exemptions Around 80 churches in the USA have filed new applications with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for an exemption from closed caption rules... |
| 28 January 2012 |
Phone support now offered for NVDA users NV Access, the organisation behind the NVDA screen reader, has announced it will provide phone support for its services. The NVDA screen reader is... |
| 25 January 2012 |
American cinema formalises commitment to accessible movies After an informal announcement in August, American Multi-Cinema Inc (AMC) has officially committed to captioning in its complexes across the USA.... |
| 25 January 2012 |
Most accessible mainstream game of 2011 announced The AbleGamers Foundation has named Star Wars: The Old Republic the 2011 Accessible Mainstream Game of the Year, rewarding its publishers for... |
| 23 January 2012 |
World first: US legislates captioning online videos The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the USA has adopted a set of rules governing the closed captioning of TV programs that are distributed... |
| 19 January 2012 |
US independent cinema chain commits to closed captions The USA’s largest independent cinema chain, Landmark Cinemas, has agreed to implement closed captions in conjunction with its conversion to digital... |
| 16 January 2012 |
Melbournians invited to have their say on new captioning technology IMAX Melbourne is seeking feedback from Deaf and hearing impaired cinema goers on its trial of the new Rear Window Captioning system. The cinema is... |
| 16 January 2012 |
Hunter cinema delivers the goods for blind movie-goers Going to the movies just got a whole lot more enjoyable for people who are blind or vision impaired in the Hunter region of NSW, with the... |
| 13 January 2012 |
Report on 2011 rollout of accessible cinema locations in Australia 2011 was a year of progress in accessible cinema as the Federal Government's rollout of captions and audio description across the four cinema chains... |
| 12 January 2012 |
W3C WAI news: Calls for feedback on WAI-ARIA, multimedia accessibility and updated WCAG 2.0 Techniques The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) sets the standard for websites to reach in order to be accessible for people with disabilities. The international... |
| 12 January 2012 |
New apps improve Android accessibility A developer of open-source accessible apps, Apps4Android, has announced the release of four new IDEAL apps for Android smartphones. Android is Google... |