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| 09 January 2014 |
Vimeo enhances accessibility The video sharing website Vimeo has introduced several new features, including support for closed captions and foreign language subtitles on its... |
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| 23 December 2013 |
Highlights of 2013: television caption quality In June, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) released its long-awaited caption standard, setting out the criteria it will use... |
| 20 December 2013 |
Highlights of 2013: Foxtel’s On Demand movies captioned Deaf and hearing impaired viewers have seen large increases in caption levels on television in recent years, but at the same time have been... |
| 17 December 2013 |
Highlights of 2013 – getting captions into the classroom CAP THAT! is our national awareness campaign encouraging teachers to turn on captions in the classroom to help improve learning and literacy for all... |
| 16 December 2013 |
Unscrambling caption quality control In 2014 Media Access Australia will release the world’s first review of how the quality of closed captions and subtitles for the Deaf and hearing... |
| 05 December 2013 |
Forty years of captioned news This week marks the 40th anniversary of the world’s first captioned news program, which went to air on America’s PBS network at 11pm on 3 December... |
| 02 December 2013 |
Highlights of 2013: cinema access advances Throughout December Media Access Australia will bring you a summary of the biggest developments in access to media and technology seen in 2013. The... |
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| 28 November 2013 |
Online content to support the Australian Curriculum Finding online resources that are aligned to the Australian Curriculum is now a whole lot easier. Education Services Australia (ESA) has developed ... |
| 26 November 2013 |
New access company launched in New Zealand Able is the new company which will be supplying captioning for channels TV One, TV2, TV3 and FOUR in New Zealand, as well as audio description for... |
| 20 November 2013 |
Ai-Media adopts European caption quality model The Australian access company Ai-Media, which will take over the captioning of all Nine network television programs in January, has adopted the NER... |
| 06 November 2013 |
Accessible DVDs & Blu-Rays released in October 2013 In Media Access Australia’s most recent search we have found that captioning and audio description across both DVD and Blu-Ray remains at their usual... |
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| 31 October 2013 |
Network Ten stays with Red Bee Media for captioning services Major access supplier Red Bee Media has announced a multi-year arrangement to provide captioning services to Australian broadcaster Network Ten. This... |
| 31 October 2013 |
Foxtel launches captions on its movies on demand People who are Deaf or hearing impaired will have greater access to Foxtel’s content after the subscription service launched closed captioning for... |
| 28 October 2013 |
2013 Captioning Awards winners announced The annual Captioning Awards celebrate excellence and innovation in captioning. The winners in 2013 were announced on Friday in Sydney at a... |
| 21 October 2013 |
Student campaigns for real time captions at school Earlier this month high school senior Delanie Harrington delivered a petition of 1,900 signatures to the Poway Unified School District Board of... |
| 21 October 2013 |
Lack of records hampers captioning complaint decision The broadcasting regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) was unable to make a judgement on a complaint about delayed... |
| 15 October 2013 |
Access All Areas Film Festival announces 2013 feature program Now in its sixth year, the free Access All Areas Film Festival celebrates how the joy of cinema can be opened up to everyone regardless of disability... |
| 14 October 2013 |
Captions improve learning: study A case study conducted at San Francisco State University has found that student test scores and levels of comprehension improve when captions are... |
| 03 October 2013 |
Americans push for accessible in-flight entertainment Following on from the March 2013 introduction of the Air Carrier Access Amendments Act in the USA, a recent Senate hearing has heard statements that... |
| 02 October 2013 |
New access system hits Spanish cinemas A number of Spanish cinemas are introducing captioned and audio described movies across their screens using Acce-Play, an accessible cinema system... |