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| 27 April 2011 |
US cinema chain to provide CaptiView captions America’s third largest cinema chain, Cinemark, will install CaptiView closed caption equipment for Deaf and hearing impaired patrons in all its... |
| 20 April 2011 |
US industry group makes standard available for online captioning The Society for Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has released to the public a standard which will make it easier for captions on TV... |
| 20 April 2011 |
ABC renews captioning contract with CSI The ABC has signed a new long-term contract with Captioning and Subtitling International (CSI) to provide captioning services across its channels... |
| 19 April 2011 |
Positive move toward an inclusive Australian Curriculum The Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority (ACARA) has emphasised its commitment to the consideration of students with special... |
| 13 April 2011 |
New closed captioned cinema location in Sydney Event Cinemas Top Ryde City is the latest cinema complex to introduce closed caption technology to its sessions. |
| 13 April 2011 |
US company releases new 3D captioning tool US company specialising in captioning and subtitling, CPC, has announced that its MacCaption software now has the ability to create 3D captions. |
| 12 April 2011 |
Education magazine reports on accessible classroom initiative A report about Ai-Media’s initiative Ai-Live has been published in Teacher, a national education magazine from the Australian Centre for Education... |
| 04 April 2011 |
US online movie service uses remote DVD technology with support for captions A new American streaming video service uses old-fashioned technology to deliver the latest release films to devices, with support for closed... |
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| 31 March 2011 |
Captioned video files now supported in PowerPoint Two new Microsoft Office 2010 Accessibility Add-ins have been released, one to add closed captions to video and audio files included in a PowerPoint... |
| 30 March 2011 |
Senate backs classroom captioning The Senate this week came out in support of funding for new technologies that will benefit students who are Deaf and hearing impaired as well as... |
| 29 March 2011 |
Deaf entrepreneur wins American leadership award Catharine McNally, a co-founder of Keen Guides, has been awarded one of two Paul G. Hearne Leadership Awards for 2011 by the American Association of... |
| 28 March 2011 |
US court rules that football games must be fully captioned American football team the Washington Redskins are now required to caption all game content broadcast over public address systems, including song... |
| 24 March 2011 |
Independent auditor to oversee Nine Network’s captioning The Nine Network has appointed an independent auditor to oversee captioning on its stations TCN and NBN. This follows two instances where the... |
| 17 March 2011 |
US research project aims to improve captions on mobile devices American access organisation National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) has begun a major research project to address access issues relating to... |
| 14 March 2011 |
New cinema caption eyewear being trialled in the USA Equipment manufacturers in the USA are developing a new caption viewing system to compete in the developing market for closed captions. |
| 08 March 2011 |
‘Media Watch’ puts the spotlight on poor captioning Last night’s episode of Media Watch on the ABC looked at the state of news captioning on Australian television, and found that all too often the... |
| 07 March 2011 |
US access group calls for end to caption exemptions The Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT) has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), urging that television be... |
| 04 March 2011 |
Caption levels on the new commercial digital channels Media Access Australia recently conducted a survey of captioning on the commercial digital multichannels (7Mate, 7Two, GO!, Gem, Eleven and One HD),... |
| 02 March 2011 |
Read Captions Across America Day Today is Read Captions Across America day, an annual campaign to promote the use of captions particularly for children, as video-based media can be a... |
| 01 March 2011 |
Media Access Australia welcomes user testing for new website Within the next couple of weeks we will officially launch our new website, showcasing the latest web technologies and meeting best practice... |