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| 11 December 2012 |
Can machines make audio description easier? The question of whether automated tools help or hinder the production of access services, such as audio description, was a much discussed topic at... |
| 10 December 2012 |
Top 12 of 12 #6 – changes to the Broadcasting Services Act An issue close to home for many of our readers is the quality and availability of captions on free-to-air and subscription TV. Good news arrived in... |
| 06 December 2012 |
Partnership to provide training for deafblind Telstra and non-profit organisation Able Australia have joined together in a program to help increase access to technology for Australians who are... |
| 06 December 2012 |
Top 12 of 2012 #4 – captions come to SBS online In July, SBS became the second Australian television network to offer captions on its catch-up service. |
| 05 December 2012 |
ACMA releases draft television captioning standard The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released a draft of the new standard covering caption quality on free-to-air and... |
| 04 December 2012 |
Top 12 of 2012 #2 – access to social media As social media continues to dominate what people do online, a new digital divide is opening up between those who use social media and those excluded... |
| 03 December 2012 |
Sydney Opera House introduces captioned online videos As part of the 3 December celebration of International Day of People with Disabilities, Sydney Opera House has published the first four of 31 closed... |
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| 28 November 2012 |
Accessible DVD releases for November 2012 There have been 21 movies released on DVD in the last two months with closed captions and audio description. Of the 69 titles we researched, 53 were... |
| 27 November 2012 |
Highlights of the Languages and the Media conference The Languages and the Media conference was held in Berlin last week. This is the premier access conference in the world and Media Access Australia’s... |
| 22 November 2012 |
Presentation: Does measuring caption quality really make any difference? Our CEO, Alex Varley, is presenting at the Languages and the Media Conference in Berlin this week. Below are the slides and summary of his... |
| 15 November 2012 |
We cover the world’s largest access conference Hosted in Berlin every two years, the Languages and the Media conference brings together media access experts from around the world. Our CEO, Alex... |
| 09 November 2012 |
ABC launches new education site with captioned videos The ABC has partnered with Education Services Australia in launching Splash, a new educational website offering a range of multimedia resources... |
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| 26 October 2012 |
Captioning Award winners announced Last night the Deafness Forum of Australia celebrated the achievements of the media and entertainment industry in providing access to the one in six... |
| 19 October 2012 |
World’s first accessible gaming arcade The AbleGamers Foundation has opened an Accessibility Arcade at the Washington DC Public Library in the USA, providing a permanent space for people... |
| 15 October 2012 |
Open captions for movies – the real story Accessible cinema, which offers movies with captions for the Deaf and hearing impaired and audio description for the blind and vision impaired, is a... |
| 12 October 2012 |
Netflix to caption 100% of its content Netflix, the popular US-based video on demand service, has reached an agreement with the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) to provide 100% of... |
| 10 October 2012 |
YouTube asks users to report lack of captions YouTube has posted a notification on its site asking users to report videos that lack captions. The online video streaming website is asking users to... |
| 08 October 2012 |
Media Access Australia named internet award finalist Media Access Australia’s sociABILITY: social media for people with a disability project has been named a finalist in the Australia New Zealand... |
| 02 October 2012 |
SBS adds captions to catch-up TV Captions are now available for all non-live programs on SBS’s On Demand service. This makes it the second Australian ‘catch-up TV’ service to have... |
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| 18 September 2012 |
Accessible cinema a way to learn for British schools The world’s largest free cinema festival for young people is being held in the UK this October. In its 17th year, National Schools Film Week will... |