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| 11 September 2014 |
Apple launches new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus with accessibility features Apple has launched a series of new products including two new iPhone models and the long awaited smartwatch, with the iPhones containing a number of... |
| 05 September 2014 |
Facebook introduces video captions Facebook has launched a major update to its accessibility features, now allowing users to add captions on videos. |
| 04 September 2014 |
Leading Australian arts and disability conference is fully accessible The fourth national Arts Activated: Creative Connections conference will be presented in Sydney in late October. The conference is the leading arts... |
| 02 September 2014 |
Finding your way around our updated education website content The education section of our website has a new menu structure, with an increased level of content and information to assist teachers and parents. |
| 01 September 2014 |
NSW Premier’s Teacher Scholarships awarded On Saturday 30 August, 22 teachers were awarded NSW Premier’s Teacher Scholarships across a range of subject areas and disciplines at Parliament... |
| 01 September 2014 |
ACMA finds Nine cricket coverage breached caption quality rules The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has found that segments of Channel Nine Cricket broadcast in January 2014 breached its... |
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| 29 August 2014 |
Did you know: One Deaf lawyer helped increase access for all Deaf Canadians? In 2000, Vancouver lawyer Henry Vlug lodged a complaint against the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (... |
| 28 August 2014 |
How fast should captions be? A recent article by Diana Sanchez, General Manager of Red Bee Media Spain, looks at one of the perennial areas of debate about captioning— the... |
| 26 August 2014 |
Teachers asked to switch on captions for literacy and learning It’s National Literacy and Numeracy Week (NLNW) and Media Access Australia is encouraging all educators to switch on captions in the classroom... |
| 22 August 2014 |
Caption reports hide great access story Why is it that our communications regulator seems satisfied to hide great achievements in access by our free-to-air television stations? Commentary... |
| 21 August 2014 |
ACMA releases free-to-air TV captioning compliance reports Most Australian broadcasters exceeded their captioning targets in 2012-2013, according to compliance reports released today by the Australian... |
| 18 August 2014 |
NZ Greens push for 100% captioning The New Zealand Green Party has released a new disability policy which calls for captioning targets of 100% to be phased in for the country’s main... |
| 18 August 2014 |
Phillipines introduce accessible cinema, inspired by American legislation Philippines cinema chain SM Cinemas recently held the nation’s first accessible cinema sessions, simultaneously screening accessible movies across a... |
| 13 August 2014 |
Q&A with Wendy Youens In our latest Media Access Australia ‘experts in access’ Q&A, we talk to Wendy Youens, CEO of the New Zealand access company Able, which provides... |
| 04 August 2014 |
Ai-Media expansion to benefit education and business Access provider Ai-Media has expanded its operations to Melbourne as part of growing its national and global operations in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide... |
| 01 August 2014 |
Audio description takes to the sky Emirates airline has announced the introduction of audio description to its in-flight entertainment system, making it the first airline to provide... |
| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 30 July 2014 |
Accessible cinema to get a legislative boost in the USA Last week the United States Attorney General signed a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which recommends amendments to the Americans With Disabilities... |
| 29 July 2014 |
Caption developments for cinema and the arts The last few years have seen major developments in cinema accessibility alongside the update to digital cinema. Theatre and musical theatre have also... |
| 24 July 2014 |
Q&A: Former Australian Disability Commissioner, Graeme Innes Media Access Australia spoke to former Australian Disability Commissioner Graeme Innes about his time in the role, web accessibility, disability... |
| 22 July 2014 |
Ofcom releases access requirements for 2015 The UK communications regulator Ofcom has released its list of TV channels which will be required to provide access services – captioning, audio... |