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| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 03 June 2011 |
VizWiz now available in iTunes store VizWiz, a new iPhone app which enables people who are blind or vision impaired to recruit sighted users to answer questions about an item they have... |
| 01 June 2011 |
American disabilities association argues for sensible audio description regulations The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) has made a submission to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), making numerous... |
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| 31 May 2011 |
BBC trials MyDisplay web customisation tool The BBC is currently trialling web customisation tool MyDisplay, designed to improve the accessibility of the BBC website for people with a... |
| 31 May 2011 |
Media Access Review progress page launched Today Media Access Australia launched a new webpage in our Research and Policy section detailing the progress which has so far been made on the Media... |
| 31 May 2011 |
US Government releases FAQs for accessible eReader laws and rules The United States Department of Education has released a new guide that provides further clarification for schools and colleges about the laws and... |
| 30 May 2011 |
Report on captioning in the European Union released The European Federation of Hard of Hearing People (EFHOH) has released a report which looks at levels of captioning on audiovisual media across the... |
| 30 May 2011 |
Australian Government seeks Senior Web Accessibility Policy Officer The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) is advertising for an Executive Level 1 – Senior Web Accessibility Policy Officer. |
| 27 May 2011 |
World Blind Union releases audio description toolkit The World Blind Union (WBU) has released a comprehensive document which aims to increase the awareness and availability of audio description... |
| 26 May 2011 |
UK television network commits to more audio description The UK’s largest commercial television network ITV has made a commitment to release more of its programs with audio description on DVD. |
| 26 May 2011 |
NBC Learn captions educational videos to include all learners NBC Learn, the education arm of NBC News in the US, has announced that it will provide closed captioning on educational videos available on NBCLearn.... |
| 24 May 2011 |
World-leading arts access conference in USA in August The annual Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability (LEAD) conference will be held this year in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. |
| 20 May 2011 |
Australian festival director takes cinema access across the globe Film and festival director Rick Randall, Artistic Director of The Other Film Festival, has travelled to Israel where he will participate as keynote... |
| 17 May 2011 |
iPhone app uses real-life people to answer questions for blind and vision impaired A new iPhone app enables people who are blind or vision impaired to recruit sighted users to answer questions about an item they have taken a photo... |
| 17 May 2011 |
US news organisations argue for audio description exemptions The National Association of Broadcasters and Fox News Channel have written to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), requesting that they are... |
| 16 May 2011 |
Government issues audio description trial correction The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) has issued a statement correcting a misprint in the final report of the... |
| 16 May 2011 |
Audio described contemporary art tour at Art Gallery of NSW The Art Gallery of NSW is holding an audio described tour of the new John Kaldor Family Gallery on Sunday, 22 May at 1:30pm. |
| 16 May 2011 |
The third annual Audio Description Institute This year’s Audio Description Institute will be held in Reno, Nevada, on 14-16 July, in conjunction with the American Council of the Blind’s annual... |
| 13 May 2011 |
Irish captioning provider offers live captioning and streaming service Premier Captioning and Realtime Ltd. in Ireland has launched a new live streaming and captioning service for online events. |
| 12 May 2011 |
Federal Household Assistance Scheme continues to help people with disabilities A bright point in this week’s Federal Government budget is the continuation of the Digital TV Taskforce’s Household Assistance Scheme (HAS). |
| 11 May 2011 |
The SubStation introduces fast captioning service for TV commercials Australian access company The SubStation has introduced a new service called Captionflow which will allow captions for TV commercials to be ordered... |