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| Date Published | News headline and description |
|---|---|
| 28 October 2010 |
Latest MAA Annual Report now available online Media Access Australia held its AGM on 26 October 2010 and approved the annual report and accounts. Media Access Australia had a successful year with... |
| 28 October 2010 |
Accessible Regions Campaign highlights problems with captions in regional Australia The Accessible Regions Campaign, run by Media Access Australia (MAA), has raised problems with the quality and level of captioning in regional areas. |
| 27 October 2010 |
US communications regulator requests caption feedback The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has asked the public to provide feedback on the need to revise its caption rules. This follows an earlier... |
| 26 October 2010 |
Standards body releases accessibility documentary The British Standards Institution (BSI) has this month released a documentary called Standards Make the World Accessible for All which can be viewed... |
| 26 October 2010 |
ASTRA appeals Human Rights Commission decision On 20 September, the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) rejected an application by the Australian Subscription Television and Radio... |
| 22 October 2010 |
New Acrobat X provides better support for screen readers The recently released Acrobat X has been significantly upgraded to work better with screen reader software. |
| 21 October 2010 |
Netflix supports captions on games consoles Following on from April’s roll out of closed captioning on its streaming of movies and TV shows, leading Internet subscription service Netflix has... |
| 21 October 2010 |
Speech-to-text services increase classroom access An article in Hearing Health Magazine has promoted the use of speech-to-text services in the classroom. Such technology allows for spoken words to be... |
| 20 October 2010 |
Noogle Noggles, an accessible interface to Google Goggles for the iPhone Noogle Noggles is an iPhone app that is an accessible alternative to Google Goggles. (Now try saying that three times fast!) |
| 20 October 2010 |
Access key topic in Senate Estimates hearings Captioning and audio description (AD) were hot topics in the Senate Estimates hearings yesterday in Canberra. Both SBS and ACMA were quizzed about... |
| 20 October 2010 |
Review of Sony's RDR HDC300 In October 2010, Sony Australia loaned Media Access Australia an RDR HDC300 Hard Disk Drive/DVD recorder to review for its caption capabilities. |
| 20 October 2010 |
Review of a Strong HD Recorder - SRT 5495A In October 2010, Strong Australia loaned MAA one of its latest high definition hard drive recorders to review for its captioning capabilities. The... |
| 18 October 2010 |
New version of XVid player for iOS devices supports captions A new version of the iPhone app CineXPlayer that allows you to play Xvid movies on your iPad and iPhone now includes support for captions. |
| 15 October 2010 |
Techniques for WCAG 2.0 updated, including techniques for Flash The World Wide Web Consortium has released updates to Techniques for WCAG 2.0 and Understanding WCAG 2.0. WCAG 2.0, or the Web Content Accessibility... |
| 13 October 2010 |
UNESCO publishes report on mainstreaming ICT for people with disabilities The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has published a report on its ‘Consultative Meeting on Mainstreaming... |
| 12 October 2010 |
Think Vitamin's free accessibility video tutorials hit 21 A week ago, Think Vitamin announced at the Future of Web Apps event in London that it would make all its web accessibility videos freely available.... |
| 12 October 2010 |
New Android app WalkyTalky helps the vision impaired find their way The new Android app WalkyTalky is an accessible navigation aid that works alongside Google Maps for Android to better assist people who are blind or... |
| 12 October 2010 |
Media Access Australia launches Accessible Regions Campaign Media Access Australia today launched its Accessible Regions Campaign (ARC), which focuses on ensuring that regional news and current affairs... |
| 11 October 2010 |
Media Access Australia to chair accessibility session at Web Directions South Media Access Australia’s New Media Manager, Sarah Pulis, will be chairing Australia’s Web Accessibility Transition Strategy session at Web Directions... |
| 11 October 2010 |
HTML5 Accessibility website tracks browser support A new HTML5 Accessibility website has been launched over the weekend that provides information about web browser accessibility support for HTML5... |