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| Date Published | News headline and description |
|---|---|
| 28 April 2011 |
Blind Canadians will get live audio described Royal Wedding coverage Millions of Canadians are expected to watch the Royal Wedding this Friday and Accessible Media Inc (AMI) will ensure that people who are blind and... |
| 28 April 2011 |
RNIB video shows impact of eBooks for the blind and vision impaired The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) in the United Kingdom has released a YouTube video that talks about the impact that eBooks and... |
| 27 April 2011 |
US cinema chain to provide CaptiView captions America’s third largest cinema chain, Cinemark, will install CaptiView closed caption equipment for Deaf and hearing impaired patrons in all its... |
| 26 April 2011 |
Major conference discusses audio description trial on TV The 30th anniversary Round Table Conference on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities, which will be held in May, will include a... |
| 22 April 2011 |
BBC asks the question: are colourblind gamers left out? With one in twenty men and one in two hundred women suffering from some form of colour blindness, a reporter for the BBC has asked the question: are... |
| 21 April 2011 |
Enjoy this long weekend with an accessible movie Go to the movies this Easter long weekend for some accessible entertainment. There are many films available with both captions and audio description... |
| 20 April 2011 |
US industry group makes standard available for online captioning The Society for Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has released to the public a standard which will make it easier for captions on TV... |
| 20 April 2011 |
ABC renews captioning contract with CSI The ABC has signed a new long-term contract with Captioning and Subtitling International (CSI) to provide captioning services across its channels... |
| 19 April 2011 |
Positive move toward an inclusive Australian Curriculum The Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority (ACARA) has emphasised its commitment to the consideration of students with special... |
| 19 April 2011 |
Customise your news alerts now There are many ways you can choose to receive news from Media Access Australia, and with a few easy steps you can customise your subscription by... |
| 18 April 2011 |
New postgraduate program in inclusive design Time is running out to apply for Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) University’s new and innovative postgraduate program in Inclusive Design. |
| 15 April 2011 |
W3C to launch community and business groups The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has announced plans to launch two new programs in May designed to make it easy for developers, users and other... |
| 15 April 2011 |
Call for nominations for the Technology for Good Awards Nominations are now open for the Technology for Good awards, based in the UK. |
| 14 April 2011 |
New standard helps preserve captions on catch-up TV The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has made freely available a standard that will enable captions from broadcast TV and... |
| 13 April 2011 |
New closed captioned cinema location in Sydney Event Cinemas Top Ryde City is the latest cinema complex to introduce closed caption technology to its sessions. |
| 13 April 2011 |
US company releases new 3D captioning tool US company specialising in captioning and subtitling, CPC, has announced that its MacCaption software now has the ability to create 3D captions. |
| 12 April 2011 |
Education magazine reports on accessible classroom initiative A report about Ai-Media’s initiative Ai-Live has been published in Teacher, a national education magazine from the Australian Centre for Education... |
| 11 April 2011 |
Australian Government advertises for WCAG 2.0 Content and Compliance Officers The Department of Finance and Deregulation has posted a job advertisement for WCAG 2.0 Content and Compliance Officers. |
| 08 April 2011 |
FCC to ensure deaf-blind Americans have access to 21st century communications technology The US media and communications regulator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has announced that it will spend US$10 million per year to... |
| 08 April 2011 |
Communications Minister launches NBN consumer guide Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications & the Digital Economy, today launched the release of a comprehensive consumer’s... |