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| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 22 September 2011 |
American media regulator releases online captioning approach The US media and communications regulator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has released its draft approach on captioning of online video... |
| 16 September 2011 |
Captions and audio description benefit people on the autism spectrum UK researcher Judith Garman has published an article that provides insight into the positive impacts of captions and audio description on people in... |
| 12 September 2011 |
Accessible Talking Set Top Box goes on sale in Australia In a development that will revolutionise television viewing for the blind and vision impaired, the Bush Talking Set Top Box has just gone on sale in... |
| 08 September 2011 |
First accessible Australian digital movie released It may not be opening night but it may as well be for captioned and audio described movie fans that have been waiting weeks to see the hit Australian... |
| 08 September 2011 |
New video game brings blind players out of the dark A new video game is being developed that caters for people who are blind or vision impaired. Voices in the Dark has been designed with accessibility... |
| 07 September 2011 |
Olympics video magazine provides level playing field for Deaf and hearing impaired AUS Contenders, a new video magazine which profiles athletes in training for the London 2012 Olympic Games, is providing captions on all its videos. |
| 05 September 2011 |
Audio description for mobile phones delayed in the US The Federal Communications Commission has agreed to a request by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) that the introduction of an audio... |
| 01 September 2011 |
WA invests $4m in classroom accessibility technology The West Australian government has promised $4m for interactive whiteboards (IWBs) in the state’s public schools. IWBs, which use touchscreen... |
| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 29 August 2011 |
Behind the words: MAA chats with the best captioner in the business Caption quality is a contentious issue frequently raised by Australians who are Deaf or hearing impaired. Despite a number of pressures on the... |
| 26 August 2011 |
Audio description rules formally adopted in USA On 25 August 2011 the Federal Communications Commission formally voted in the requirements to deliver audio description on a number of American TV... |
| 25 August 2011 |
Broadway theatre becomes autism friendly USA: The Broadway based Theatre Development Fund (TDF) is piloting a new program to make theatre accessible to audience members on the autism... |
| 24 August 2011 |
Signed and captioned videos released to assist hearing impaired switch to digital The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has announced the release of 16 videos with Australian... |
| 19 August 2011 |
Achievements in captioning recognised The media industry celebrated a year of achievement last night at the Deafness Forum of Australia Captioning Awards. Leaders from TV networks,... |
| 18 August 2011 |
CAP THAT! at the Communications Access Expo in Canberra Deafness Forum of Australia’s Communications Access Expo is on again at Parliament House in Canberra. Held on Monday and Tuesday, 22 -23 August,... |
| 17 August 2011 |
Canadian communications regulator calls for comments on proposed caption quality standards The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has called for comments on proposed English-language and French-language... |
| 16 August 2011 |
NVDA proven a more robust screen reader than Thunder The American Foundation for the Blind TECH lab recently compared the performance of two free screen readers, NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) and... |
| 12 August 2011 |
Accessibility expert’s ideas to make JetBlue website more accessible Derek Featherstone, accessibility expert and founder of Further Ahead, has posted an article outlining some of the technical changes that the USA’s... |
| 11 August 2011 |
The Captioning Studio offers new online captioning and transcription service The Captioning Studio has launched an online captioning and transcription service that is both easy to use and affordable. |
| 10 August 2011 |
Voice-to-text feature very likely in iOS 5 New information has lent credence to the rumours that Apple and software developers Nuance are partnering to provide voice-to-text in the upcoming... |
| 09 August 2011 |
Latest DVD releases with access features Access to new release DVD titles during the month of July 2011 stands at 30% for audio description and 53% for captioning. A total of 87 titles were... |