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| 16 August 2013 |
ACCAN calls for new access legislation The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) has called for new legislation to ensure the accessibility of online content and... |
| 15 August 2013 |
Leading US accessibility advocate speaks at Sydney conference Karen Peltz Strauss, one of the principle architects of accessibility legislation in the US, spoke today at the M-Enabling Conference about the... |
| 14 August 2013 |
Australia falling behind in video on demand captioning Media Access Australia today released a report, Captioning on Video on Demand: It’s Time for Australia to Catch Up, which shows that most video on... |
| 09 August 2013 |
The stenocaptioning speed test An American captioner is competing to become the world’s fastest court reporter. The Guinness World Record attempt is part of this year’s National... |
| 08 August 2013 |
School’s out: CAP THAT! has its biggest year yet Media Access Australia’s annual CAP THAT! campaign promoting the use of captions in the classroom concluded last Sunday along with National Literacy... |
| 07 August 2013 |
ACMA rules on captioning breaches by Nine and Seven The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has completed two investigations following complaints about captioning on programs broadcast... |
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| 31 July 2013 |
Using captions to teach for literacy With National Literacy and Numeracy Week in full swing, teachers are learning about how watching multimedia with captions can improve literacy. Why... |
| 31 July 2013 |
Foxtel’s online service launches without captions Foxtel yesterday launched Foxtel Play, a service which delivers TV programs via the internet to a variety of devices. Unfortunately for Deaf and... |
| 17 July 2013 |
Online captioning rules clarified in the US The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has clarified how it will deal with requirements to caption online videos, caption quality standards, and... |
| 17 July 2013 |
New online video service to have 100% captioning Films14 is an online subscription service which is set to commence in 2014, and plans to have captioning on all of the movies and TV shows it makes... |
| 16 July 2013 |
Greens crowdsource map of physical access barriers A new app has been developed by the Australian Greens which gathers information on physical accessibility barriers from the public. The app allows... |
| 01 July 2013 |
TV access expands in the UK The UK communications regulator Ofcom has released the list of channels which will be required to provide access services – captioning, audio... |
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| 28 June 2013 |
CineEurope - a roving report on cinema access developments Europe's largest cinema convention, CineEurope, is currently taking place in Barcelona, Spain, and our cinema manager, Ally Woodford, visited the... |
| 26 June 2013 |
DisabilityCare: accessibility essential from the very beginning As the National Disability Insurance Scheme, DisabilityCare, launches, service providers need to be aware of the technology needs of people with... |
| 19 June 2013 |
Real-time captions to be delivered in NSW public schools Progress has been made towards equitable education in New South Wales public schools with captioning provider Ai-Media winning a competitive tender... |
| 17 June 2013 |
Accessibility improvements announced at Apple WWDC A number of new features announced at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) held in San Francisco last week reveals some potential... |
| 12 June 2013 |
ABC found in breach of captioning rules The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has found the ABC in breach of captioning rules due to poor captions on episodes of At the... |
| 05 June 2013 |
ACMA releases new Television Captioning Quality Standard The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) today released its long awaited Television Captioning Quality Standard, which for the first... |
| 04 June 2013 |
Mobile technology and disability at the M-enabling conference The Australian Communications Consumer Network (ACCAN) has announced the major speakers at the M-enabling Australasia Conference. The event will... |
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| 31 May 2013 |
Computer literacy boosted in South African schools Phone manufacturer Huawei has partnered with the Khulisani Foundation to launch a training program in South Africa to increase computer skills... |