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| 24 July 2015 |
Ofcom consults on accessibility of on-screen TV guides The UK communications regulator Ofcom has issued a consultation paper outlining changes it is proposing to make electronic program guides (EPGs) more... |
| 22 July 2015 |
Five key captioning roles for specialist educators Specialist education roles, such as Itinerant or Supporting Teachers of the Deaf, have a strategic and practical role in promoting the use of... |
| 21 July 2015 |
Academic calls for new audio description policy Dr Katie Ellis, senior research fellow in the Department of Internet Studies at Curtin University, is calling for a new policy on audio description... |
| 20 July 2015 |
Five tips to make the web work better in your language In late May, Dr Scott Hollier travelled to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to teach a web accessibility course to 22 students. As part of the assignment work,... |
| 17 July 2015 |
Developer discusses the creation of handheld audio description device In a recent interview, Bryan Gould, Accessible Learning and Assessment Technologies Director at the National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) in... |
| 16 July 2015 |
UK channels breach rules by not providing access in other countries The UK communications regulator Ofcom has found that a number of UK-based channels owned by AXN and MTG breached access regulations by not providing... |
| 16 July 2015 |
Choosing captioned options is an essential first step In many subjects, students (and teachers) have a choice about which texts or resources to study. For students who use captions, it makes sense to... |
| 15 July 2015 |
Using captions to teach skills and concepts Access and opportunity combine with the use of captioned video in the classroom to provide necessary context, as well enduring information, after the... |
| 13 July 2015 |
Study will review disabled consumer experiences with video on demand Curtin University academic Katie Ellis will investigate disabled consumer experiences of subscription video-on-demand (VOD) services in Australia in... |
| 13 July 2015 |
Captioned Discovery Kids helps primary children learn Discovery Kids is Australia’s only dedicated educational channel for primary-school aged children (5-12) and a sponsor of Media Access Australia's... |
| 10 July 2015 |
Audio description trial on iview enters third month The trial of audio description on the ABC’s iview service is about to enter its third month, with feedback from viewers on the choice of programs and... |
| 07 July 2015 |
Blind viewer sues ABC for not providing audio description Suzanne Hudson, a blind television viewer, has launched a case against the ABC in the Federal Circuit Court, claiming that it has unlawfully... |
| 01 July 2015 |
iTunes to remove content that isn’t captioned 1 July 2015 is the deadline in the United States for all online video content to have captions if it was previously captioned for broadcast on... |
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| 30 June 2015 |
Accessible Live Events call for papers The University of Antwerp is hosting a special international symposium on Accessible Live Events on 29 April 2016 and is seeking proposals for papers... |
| 26 June 2015 |
UK Labour MP supports VOD access campaign Labour MP Lillian Greenwood has submitted a private member’s bill to the House of Commons in support of Subtitle It!, a campaign to improve the... |
| 25 June 2015 |
UK regulator releases access requirements for 2016 The UK communications regulator Ofcom has released its list of TV channels which will be required to provide access services – captioning, audio... |
| 24 June 2015 |
Egypt audio describes its first feature film On 11 June 2015, the 1963 epic drama Al Nasser Saladin became the first Egyptian feature film to be screened with audio description for blind and... |
| 23 June 2015 |
Apple wins AFB award for its accessibility product features The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) has announced that the Helen Keller Award for 2015 has been won by Apple due to its commitment to... |
| 22 June 2015 |
Employment conference to cover digital accessibility One of the most powerful practical approaches to assist people with a disability in becoming self-sufficient and managing their needs is through... |
| 18 June 2015 |
Vale Tammy Axelsen It is with great sadness that we note the sudden death of Tammy Axelsen on 10 June at her home in Tasmania. Tammy was the dedicated administrator and... |