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| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 21 June 2012 |
New Zealand TV programs to be captioned for DVD Three of New Zealand’s largest media organisations have joined forces to ensure local content that is broadcast with captions will now also be... |
| 21 June 2012 |
US deafness organisation wins next stage of Netflix captioning suit The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) has had a significant win in its lawsuit against the online movie provider Netflix, with the District... |
| 20 June 2012 |
Dell and Microsoft create program for accessible classrooms A new collaborative effort by Microsoft and Dell has introduced an education program in the U.S. that will provide training and support to teachers... |
| 15 June 2012 |
Campaign video calls for action on captions A new international media campaign, Don’t Leave Me Out!, has been launched by The Collaborative for Communication Access via Captioning (CCAC) with... |
| 12 June 2012 |
Siri update boosts accessibility on iOS devices The update to Apple’s operating system iOS 6 announced today will provide a boost to the accessibility of Apple’s mobile devices such as the iPhone... |
| 08 June 2012 |
Accessible movie goers asked for feedback In a bid to gain feedback from movie goers, Media Access Australia has today launched an online questionnaire which will provide industry with... |
| 08 June 2012 |
Closed Captions now available in Google+ Google has announced closed captions are now available on the Google+ video player, following suit with YouTube, the online video streaming and... |
| 07 June 2012 |
CAP THAT! education campaign kicks off for 2012 Our annual CAP THAT! campaign promoting the use of captions in the classroom for every student is back for 2012, providing free tools and information... |
| 07 June 2012 |
Alligator clips make for accessible gaming Two graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who live by the belief that ‘everyone is an inventor’ have come up with an invention kit... |
| 06 June 2012 |
Court upholds ruling against Canadian government’s website The Canadian government has lost its appeal against a court ruling that said its website was in breach of charter rights of people with vision... |
| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 30 May 2012 |
SKY NZ to provide more captions New Zealand subscription TV provider SKY has extended captioning to a further four channels – History, BBC Knowledge, MTV and TVNZ Heartland. This... |
| 29 May 2012 |
US Government sets assistive app challenge A challenge announced last week by the Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) could see a suite of apps developed to... |
| 24 May 2012 |
How to get your free talking set-top box Blind or vision impaired people who receive the Disability Support Pension will now be given a free talking set-top box as part of the switchover to... |
| 23 May 2012 |
Spotify’s accessibility: so close but so far Apps that are accessible to people who have a disability are few and far between. So when an app qualifies as accessible, it’s a cause for... |
| 21 May 2012 |
Behind the scenes: audio description at the theatre For something different, Media Access Australia’s Eliza Cussen takes readers behind the scenes at one of Sydney’s most beloved theatres to reveal how... |
| 10 May 2012 |
Free screen reader released for BlackBerry smartphones The company behind the popular smartphone BlackBerry, Research in Motion, has released its first screen reader application for the BlackBerry... |
| 10 May 2012 |
Exhibition celebrates the art of audio description An art gallery in Poland has shown an exhibition featuring only audio description of artworks. The exhibition is intended to reveal how visual art is... |
| 08 May 2012 |
More captioning on pay TV An agreement reached between the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA)... |
| 02 May 2012 |
Government releases draft changes to caption legislation Yesterday the Federal Government released a draft bill to amend the Broadcasting Services Act to include caption quotas and caption quality... |
| 01 May 2012 |
Disability ignored in Government’s Convergence Review The Government yesterday released the long awaited Convergence Review, disappointing many by neglecting to address access problems for people with... |