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January 2012
Date Published News headline and description
11 January 2012 Perth’s Shakespeare in the Park features an audio described session
Shakespeare WA has paired up with the Association for the Blind WA to bring A Comedy of Errors to blind and vision impaired theatre fans. A special...
06 January 2012 Audio description at the Sydney Festival this January
Vision Australia will be providing audio description for the first time during the Sydney Festival this month. Three diverse events in late January...
06 January 2012 Canada pioneers audio description methods
A Canadian media company is changing the way television is made accessible for people who are blind or vision impaired. Accessible Media Inc (AMI),...
04 January 2012 Fix The Web project in desperate need of funding
A UK project that helps people with a disability report inaccessible websites is struggling for survival after it failed to secure government funding...
03 January 2012 Perth cinema allows families to share the movie experience
West Australian families have another entertainment option for their summer holidays with the introduction of audio described and captioned movies at...
03 January 2012 How to contact organisations about website accessibility
Many organisations fail to consider how people with a disability interact with their websites. As this is a large number of potential customers and...
December 2011
Date Published News headline and description
21 December 2011 Accessible app review: Cards by Apple
One of the great things about living in the digital age is the ease with which we can send an e-card to family and friends, on any occasion of the...
20 December 2011 Captioned Internet TV timeline proposed in US
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has proposed a new plan and timeline for the captioning of television programs and movies delivered...
19 December 2011 Call for increased captioning in New Zealand
A new working group, composed of members of the National Federation of the Deaf (NFD) and Deaf Aotearoa, has been established to push for compulsory...
16 December 2011 Free-to-air TV requests temporary caption exemption
Australian free-to-air TV broadcasters, including the commercial networks, ABC and SBS, have applied to the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC...
15 December 2011 Top accessible gifts for the festive season
If someone you know is blind, vision impaired, Deaf or hearing impaired, there are a number of accessible gifts that can help improve their access to...
15 December 2011 Blind Citizens Australia calls for an accessible FOXTEL
Blind Citizens Australia (BCA) has called on subscription TV provider FOXTEL to make its equipment and programming accessible for people who are...
13 December 2011 The Captioning Studio wins Human Rights Award
A captioning services provider has won a Human Rights Award for its contribution to the inclusion of people with hearing loss. The Australian Human...
09 December 2011 New app gives hearing impaired access to public announcements
Australian Communication Exchange has developed a smartphone app that displays text-based public announcements for people who are Deaf or hearing...
08 December 2011 Vodafone rewards accessible Android development
The winners of the 2011 Vodafone Smart Accessibility Awards have been announced, with each winner awarded £50,000 (A$76,300) for their contribution...
08 December 2011 Advanced session of Mission: Impossible with access features to be screened in Brisbane
Event Cinemas has notified Media Access Australia that on Wednesday 14 December an advance screening of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol with...
08 December 2011 Internet Explorer 10 to improve support for captions
The preview version of Microsoft’s latest web browser has come with a slate of new features including greater support for HTML5 <video>, which...
07 December 2011 Adelaide cinema extends open caption screenings of Twilight: New Dawn
Due to an unforeseen delay in the rollout of the new accessible program at Adelaide’s Marion cinema, Twilight: New Dawn Part One will screen for one...
06 December 2011 Captions shown on US flights
LiveTV, a US company which provides inflight entertainment, has announced that it can now provide closed captioning on the television content...
05 December 2011 Canada leads on bilingual caption quality
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved a set of mandatory standards for French-language closed captions...

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