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November 2012
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22 November 2012 Presentation: Does measuring caption quality really make any difference?
Our CEO, Alex Varley, is presenting at the Languages and the Media Conference in Berlin this week. Below are the slides and summary of his...
22 November 2012 Greens Senators support audio description
Senator Scott Ludlam, Greens spokesperson for communications, and Senator Rachel Siewert, Greens spokesperson for disability, have urged the...
20 November 2012 Trailer captioning: Netflix shows initiative with its first original drama series
American video on demand provider, Netflix, has announced its first original series and has captioned the trailer for an inclusive build-up in...
19 November 2012 Indoor mapping to increase mobility for blind users
Increasing the independence of people who are blind or vision impaired could be possible through indoor mapping technology, according to experts who...
16 November 2012 Join the campaign for caption quality
The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) is seeking Caption Campaigners who can monitor TV programs and report on poor quality...
15 November 2012 We cover the world’s largest access conference
Hosted in Berlin every two years, the Languages and the Media conference brings together media access experts from around the world. Our CEO, Alex...
14 November 2012 New US service matches captioning jobs with suppliers
CaptionMatch is a new online initiative by the American captioning advocacy group Collaborative for Communication Access via Captioning (CCAC)....
12 November 2012 NVDA screen reader now recognises long description
Free screen reader for Windows, NVDA, has been updated to recognise 'longdesc', an attribute used by web developers to describe the data that is...
09 November 2012 Australian cinema chains up for human rights award
The Australian Human Rights Commission has announced the nominees for the 25th Human Rights Awards, including Hoyts, Village, Event/Greater Union/...
09 November 2012 ABC launches new education site with captioned videos
The ABC has partnered with Education Services Australia in launching Splash, a new educational website offering a range of multimedia resources...
06 November 2012 Audio description trial hailed a great success
The trial of audio description on Australian television ended Sunday night on ABC1, with the Australian drama Dangerous Remedy being the last program...
01 November 2012 NVDA adapted for Windows 8
The popular free screen reader Non-Visual Desktop Access (NVDA) has been adapted for use on computers with Microsoft Windows 8, including touch...
October 2012
Date Published News headline and description
30 October 2012 Feature: Aussie TV finds its voice
As the trial of audio description on ABC1 draws to a close, we met with the talented captioners turned describers tasked with finding a voice fitting...
26 October 2012 Windows 8 released with enhanced accessibility
Microsoft has today launched Windows 8 and its tablet version, Windows RT, the latest operating system for computers and tablets. Rather than simply...
26 October 2012 Captioning Award winners announced
Last night the Deafness Forum of Australia celebrated the achievements of the media and entertainment industry in providing access to the one in six...
25 October 2012 Audio description comes to New Zealand subscription TV
The audio description service which has been provided on the free-to-air channels TV One and TV2 since 2011 will now be available to people who watch...
24 October 2012 Call in your feedback on the audio description trial
With the trial of audio description on the ABC coming to a close, Blind Citizens Australia (BCA) is hosting a series of teleconferences to gather...
19 October 2012 World’s first accessible gaming arcade
The AbleGamers Foundation has opened an Accessibility Arcade at the Washington DC Public Library in the USA, providing a permanent space for people...
17 October 2012 Send a postcard before 31 October to support audio description on TV
The national campaign to keep audio description on Australian TV is building momentum. Two weeks remain to get involved in the campaign that has seen...
15 October 2012 Open captions for movies – the real story
Accessible cinema, which offers movies with captions for the Deaf and hearing impaired and audio description for the blind and vision impaired, is a...

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