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| 16 June 2015 |
Captioning helps ASD students One of the identified audiences for Media Access Australia’s CAP THAT! campaign is students with diverse learning needs. This includes students who... |
| 16 June 2015 |
Affordable Access secures grant funding Media Access Australia has secured an Australian Communications Consumers Action Network (ACCAN) grant for its Affordable Access project, which will... |
| 09 June 2015 |
Captions aid literacy in the classroom Worldwide studies have identified that captions can play a vital role in improving literacy levels of students. Improving reading skills is... |
| 09 June 2015 |
UK disability advocates release roadmap for VOD accessibility The accessibility of video-on-demand (VOD) services is a hot topic in Australia, the UK and other countries at the moment. There have been calls for... |
| 05 June 2015 |
ACMA releases caption compliance reports for 2013-2014 The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released the annual captioning compliance reports for free-to-air and subscription... |
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| 26 May 2015 |
UK regulator releases caption quality report The UK communications regulator Ofcom has released the third of four planned reports on the quality of live captioning on television. |
| 21 May 2015 |
NZ increases funding for captioning and audio description NZ On Air, the New Zealand Government’s broadcast funding agency, has announced that it will increase its funding for captioning and audio... |
| 14 May 2015 |
Digital TV regulation submissions released The Federal Government has released the submissions it has received in response to its review of digital television regulations, with a number of... |
| 11 May 2015 |
Government sector must improve digital experience The government sector has been found to deliver the worst digital experiences of a range of Australian industries in a new report by consulting firm... |
| 11 May 2015 |
Case Study: Municipal Association of Victoria unlocks power of digital accessibility The peak body representing local councils in the Australian state of Victoria partners with Media Access Australia to deliver upskilling, training... |
| 07 May 2015 |
Hawaii makes cinema access compulsory The US state of Hawaii has brought in state legislation to mandate the provision of captions and audio description (described as “descriptive... |
| 06 May 2015 |
Consumers encouraged to nominate accessible apps Users of mobile device apps have been encouraged to nominate their favourite accessible apps for the 2015 Apps For All Challenge. |
| 05 May 2015 |
Report on the state of captioning in Europe released The European Federation of Hard of Hearing People (EFHOH) has released a report which looks at the levels of captioning on television, video-on-... |
| 01 May 2015 |
Q&A with Robert Kingett: motivational speaker, author and video-on-demand accessibility advocate Media Access Australia spoke to Robert Kingett, accessibility advocate, motivational speaker, author of “Off the Grid: Living Blind Without the... |
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| 27 April 2015 |
Why does Netflix’s accessible offering hit Presto and Stan for six? Barely a moment after we were celebrating the launch of ABC’s long-awaited audio description service on the popular iview player video on demand (VOD... |
| 24 April 2015 |
Apple Watch accessibility features With Apple’s new watch becoming officially available, Media Access Australia has put together a round-up of all the accessibility features of the new... |
| 23 April 2015 |
What are the most accessible video-on-demand services? With consumers increasingly turning to their computers and mobile devices to watch TV programs and movies, the accessibility of video-on-demand... |
| 22 April 2015 |
Hong Kong honours accessible websites and apps The Government of Hong Kong has once again recognised the efforts of web developers and designers in creating websites and mobile apps that are... |
| 20 April 2015 |
Report shows British TV channels are exceeding access requirements The UK communications regulator Ofcom has released its Television Access Services report for 2014, which shows that all 72 domestic channels have met... |
| 16 April 2015 |
Media Access Australia launches report on the accessibility of video-on-demand services Media Access Australia's latest report on the state of play for accessibility on video-on-demand (VOD) services recommends that captioning be... |