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| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 22 July 2014 |
The National Library: a ‘treasure trove’ of captioned resources The National Library of Australia (NLA), located in Canberra, is home to extensive collections across a range of disciplines including Australian... |
| 21 July 2014 |
WA Accessibility Camp agenda now available The agenda for the WA accessibility camp to be held on 1 August 2014 is now available. The event is headlined with keynotes by Alec Coles from the... |
| 18 July 2014 |
Call for Japanese news to have English subtitles An expert panel at Japan’s ministry of communications has called for broadcasters to provide English-language subtitles for news bulletins in time... |
| 18 July 2014 |
Leading the field - Betty Siegel Betty Siegel, Director of VSA and Accessibility at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, is a driving force in accessible arts across... |
| 17 July 2014 |
Q&A: TIA on mobile technology and Baby Boomers Media Access Australia spoke to Brian Scarpelli, Director, Government Affairs at the US Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) following his... |
| 16 July 2014 |
Teachers on the power of captions in the classroom Media Access Australia recently spoke to teachers participating in this year’s CAP THAT! campaign about the power of captions to transform education... |
| 16 July 2014 |
Captioning of online video clips to be mandatory in US The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted unanimously to make it mandatory to caption online video clips which were originally captioned... |
| 16 July 2014 |
UK regulator begins consultation on speaking TV program guides The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has begun a consultation process in which it is asking for feedback on how electronic program guides (EPGs)... |
| 11 July 2014 |
US communications regulator reports on audio description The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a report on the current state of audio description on broadcast television and television... |
| 11 July 2014 |
Q&A: Accessible on-demand video services Media Access Australia spoke with Dr Katie Ellis, Senior Research Fellow at the School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts at Curtin University ahead... |
| 10 July 2014 |
Web accessibility vital to elections Media Access Australia’s resident web accessibility expert, Dr Scott Hollier, has warned that a lack of accessible websites could lead to voters with... |
| 09 July 2014 |
Q&A: How SMS aids Deaf research and communication Media Access Australia spoke with Erin Walsh and Meaghan Arundell from the Australian National University ahead of their presentations at the... |
| 08 July 2014 |
Canada makes captioning of commercials and promos mandatory The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has made it a licence condition for all television commercials, sponsorship... |
| 08 July 2014 |
Q&A: Improving inclusive and accessible design Media Access Australia spoke with Linda Leung, Associate Professor at the School of Software Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the... |
| 07 July 2014 |
The Audio Description Project Conference The third annual Audio Description Conference, an initiative of the American Council of the Blind, will be held in Las Vegas from 13 to 15 July. |
| 07 July 2014 |
Telstra backs ACCAN’s Apps For All challenge Australian app developers have been encouraged to enter the Apps For All challenge following the news that significant cash and career development... |
| 04 July 2014 |
Google Glass helping audiences or pirates? Google Glass has been hailed as a potential access tool for people with disabilities, but two very recent news pieces show how one person’s lifeline... |
| 04 July 2014 |
Graeme Innes’s greatest media access hits With Graeme Innes finishing up in his role as Disability Discrimination Commissioner today, Media Access Australia takes the opportunity to look back... |
| 03 July 2014 |
ACMA releases data on teens’ web use The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released statistics on how Australian teenagers use the internet, showing that almost... |
| 02 July 2014 |
Australia signs treaty to increase print access for blind and vision impaired On 23 June 2014, the Australian Government signed the ‘Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually... |