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| Date Published | News headline and description |
|---|---|
| 27 January 2011 |
Charlestown the first Reading cinema with closed captioning Reading Cinemas at Charlestown has commenced closed captioned sessions. |
| 25 January 2011 |
Sarah Pulis wins scholarship to US Nonprofit Technology Conference Media Access Australia’s New Media Manager Sarah Pulis will soon be jetting off to Washington DC for the world’s largest nonprofit technology... |
| 25 January 2011 |
Latest figures for audio described DVDs - January 2011 Audio described DVD titles on new release shelves during the month of January 2011 stand at 39% of all titles. |
| 24 January 2011 |
Ofcom publishes Single Equality Scheme Annual Report Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, has published its Single Equality Scheme Annual Report that details the progress of its equality commitments... |
| 21 January 2011 |
Nine agrees to caption ‘V’ on GO! Nine has agreed to caption the new series of ‘V’ on free-to-air channel GO! after viewers complained that it was not captioned. |
| 20 January 2011 |
Canadian disability service providers appalled at government appeal The Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) and the Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians (AEBC) have come out with strong statements... |
| 20 January 2011 |
Amazon provides accessibility plug-in for Kindle for PC Amazon has released a plug-in to improve the accessibility of its Kindle eBook reader software for PC. |
| 19 January 2011 |
Google Chrome OS to have inbuilt screen reader According to Google support, the next version of Google Chrome Operating System (OS), an operating system targeted at netbooks, will have an inbuilt... |
| 18 January 2011 |
Boxee Box now supports playback of ABC iView captions The D-Link media player Boxee Box has recently updated its firmware, and now supports the playback of captions on the ABC’s iView service. |
| 17 January 2011 |
Canadian access coalition calls for 100% accessibility by 2020 The Access 2020 Coalition has sought the support of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for its new Access... |
| 13 January 2011 |
Canadian government to appeal accessible website ruling The Canadian government is planning to appeal a court ruling that federal government websites are to be made accessible to sensory impaired users by... |
| 13 January 2011 |
Apple hosts free accessibility webinars for teachers Apple is hosting a free series of on-demand webinars which demonstrate how Mac computers and Apple devices can be used to enrich engagement with... |
| 12 January 2011 |
Closed captions at Hoyts Broadway. What’s it like? The new closed caption sessions at Hoyts Broadway in Sydney have been running for a couple of weeks now. As Media Access Australia’s cinema project... |
| 12 January 2011 |
New Android app provides accessible onscreen keyboard A new Android app, Touchtype, will provide Android owners who are blind or vision impaired with their first accessible onscreen keyboard, an... |
| 12 January 2011 |
US access provider releases caption quality survey results The WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) has now released the results of a survey of caption viewers who were presented with examples of... |
| 11 January 2011 |
Latest Skype app supports video calls on WiFi and 3G People who are Deaf or hearing impaired can now use the latest version of Skype for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch to communicate using sign... |
| 07 January 2011 |
What’s new this week with accessible cinema? Following on from the commencement of closed captioned sessions at some cinemas last week, this week sees the increase of open captioned sessions and... |
| 06 January 2011 |
Audio described DVDs on the rise in USA The Audio Description Project in the USA has reported a record count of described DVDs for 2010. |
| 06 January 2011 |
Drupal 7 released with added accessibility support Creating accessible webpages using the open source content management system Drupal is even easier after the release of a new version of Drupal on... |
| 05 January 2011 |
Media accessibility – more of what's in store for Australians with a disability in 2011 What progress can Australians who are Deaf, hearing impaired, blind or vision impaired expect in access to media in 2011? |