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| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 26 April 2016 |
Double accessibility dose from the Doctor Dr Scott Hollier will be giving two presentations at the upcoming Print Disability Conference in Melbourne at the Bayview on the Park from 14-17 May. |
| 22 April 2016 |
ABC seeks feedback on iview audio description trial This month marks the anniversary of the trial of audio description for the blind or vision impaired on iview, and the ABC has released a survey in... |
| 20 April 2016 |
Netflix improves accessibility for the blind In a court settlement with the American Council of the Blind (ACB), Netflix has agreed to include more audio description on its streamed content and... |
| 19 April 2016 |
Australia’s first disability-focused tech accelerator launched Australia’s first disability-focused impact accelerator, Remarkable, held its official launch event on 31 March at the University of Sydney. The... |
| 15 April 2016 |
U.K. Government fails to act on video-on-demand accessibility The organisation Action on Hearing Loss has expressed disappointment at the U.K. Government’s failure to set targets or introduce legislation for the... |
| 14 April 2016 |
DIY 3D-printed tactile maps The expansion of affordable 3D printing into the mainstream has meant that people needing tactile versions of objects or printed material can access... |
| 12 April 2016 |
Snapchat adds closed captioning support for Discover videos Social messaging app Snapchat has added closed captioning support for videos shared within its Discover section, allowing major publishers to share... |
| 11 April 2016 |
TV in UK exceeds captioning and audio description quotas Television channels in the UK continue to deliver access at much higher levels than the regulated quotas. All channels are covered by the access... |
| 11 April 2016 |
The force is even stronger with AD and CC The latest film in the Star Wars universe, The Force Awakens, is now available for sale in iTunes with audio description (AD) and closed captions, so... |
| 08 April 2016 |
Australian Network on Disability seeks participants for Banking Accessibility Survey 2016 The Australian Network on Disability (AND) is conducting a new survey to extend its research into the accessibility of banking services, encouraging... |
| 07 April 2016 |
Artificial intelligence in the home with Amazon Echo The Amazon Echo is a newly released device that could greatly benefit people with vision or motor impairments, but its usability in Australia is... |
| 07 April 2016 |
Facebook introduces automatic alternative text feature to iOS app Facebook has launched a feature based on image recognition to provide Automatic Alternative Text (AAT) for photos uploaded to the social media... |
| 06 April 2016 |
Australian TV networks swap caption suppliers Some major changes have taken place in Australian television captioning this year, with Ericsson winning the contract to provide captions to the ABC... |
| 06 April 2016 |
Egypt gets a taste of Hotel Transylvania 2 with live AD In a first for Egypt and the Middle East, the popular new children’s fantasy-comedy movie Hotel Transylvania 2 was screened in Cairo with live Audio... |
| 01 April 2016 |
UK Cinemas support World Autism Awareness Day More than 900 UK cinemas are taking part in special screenings to help recognise World Autism Awareness Day on Saturday 2 April. |
| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 31 March 2016 |
Twitter supports alternative text for images sent via app Twitter has announced that images tweeted from its iOS and Android apps can now include alternative text, ensuring that users of assistive... |
| 30 March 2016 |
Consultation on communications access The inclusion of accessibility features in many mainstream smartphones and tablets is a potential game changer in the delivery of special services... |
| 29 March 2016 |
Social media for those with a disability gets 2016 update The ground-breaking 2012 ‘SociAbility’ review into social media for those with a disability has had a much anticipated update. The Media Access... |
| 29 March 2016 |
Audio description awards call for nominations The annual audio description awards hosted by the American Council of the Blind’s Audio Description Project are now open for nomination. |
| 18 March 2016 |
Using captions for children’s literacy in any language Captions are not just essential for Deaf and hearing impaired people. Their power to assist literacy, especially in developing countries, has been... |