Latest News
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30 August 2013 |
New pre-show notes service for audio described theatre Vision Australia has launched a new pre-show notes service for blind and vision impaired patrons of audio described theatre. Pre-show notes provide... |
30 August 2013 |
Ai-Media wins Nine captioning contract Access supplier Ai-Media has won a five-year contract to provide captioning services for the Nine Network across Australia. |
29 August 2013 |
Audio described movie in Mudgee NSW A community event is being held in Mudgee, NSW to raise awareness of audio description. A screening of the Baz Luhrmann film Australia will be... |
28 August 2013 |
Accessible documentary DVDs In an expansion on our regular report on accessible entertainment DVDs, Media Access Australia has taken a look at recent documentary titles to see... |
28 August 2013 |
New access for a new century: we sit down with Karen Peltz Strauss At the recent M-Enabling Conference hosted by the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network in Sydney, one of the keynote speakers was Karen... |
27 August 2013 |
Hearing Awareness Week: the beginner’s guide to captions Hearing Awareness Week runs from 25 to 31 August. To celebrate, we have put together a beginner’s guide to captioning to help raise awareness of the... |
23 August 2013 |
Accessibility improvements on Twitter Social media tool Twitter has announced its efforts to make its website twitter.com more accessible to people with disabilities. |
22 August 2013 |
Accessible computer game released for young children Sonokids have recently released an accessible educational computer game called Ballyland for young children who are blind or vision impaired. |
20 August 2013 |
Is Blu-ray as accessible as DVD? In a twist to Media Access Australia’s regular statistics on accessible new release rental DVDs, we have taken a look at titles available over recent... |
19 August 2013 |
Round-up of the M-Enabling Australasia 2013 Conference Experts in mobile technology, accessibility, industry representatives, government and disability and consumer advocacy groups last week came together... |
16 August 2013 |
Accessible app challenge announced The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) and the Australian Human Rights Commission have announced an accessible app challenge... |
16 August 2013 |
ACCAN calls for new access legislation The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) has called for new legislation to ensure the accessibility of online content and... |
15 August 2013 |
Leading US accessibility advocate speaks at Sydney conference Karen Peltz Strauss, one of the principle architects of accessibility legislation in the US, spoke today at the M-Enabling Conference about the... |
14 August 2013 |
Australia falling behind in video on demand captioning Media Access Australia today released a report, Captioning on Video on Demand: It’s Time for Australia to Catch Up, which shows that most video on... |
09 August 2013 |
The stenocaptioning speed test An American captioner is competing to become the world’s fastest court reporter. The Guinness World Record attempt is part of this year’s National... |
08 August 2013 |
School’s out: CAP THAT! has its biggest year yet Media Access Australia’s annual CAP THAT! campaign promoting the use of captions in the classroom concluded last Sunday along with National Literacy... |
07 August 2013 |
ACMA rules on captioning breaches by Nine and Seven The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has completed two investigations following complaints about captioning on programs broadcast... |
06 August 2013 |
Campaign for a more accessible Netflix Accessibility advocates are leading a campaign to make US-based video streaming service Netflix more accessible to people with disabilities. The... |
05 August 2013 |
Let’s end CAPTCHA for good A campaign has been launched in Australia asking some of the world’s largest companies to lead the way and phase out the use of CAPTCHAs across the... |
02 August 2013 |
Finding the right screen reader Our information on screen readers has been updated to help you find the one that best suits your needs. |