Latest News
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15 April 2014 |
Accessible app competition launched The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) and the Australian Human Rights Commission have come together to run the inaugural Apps... |
15 April 2014 |
Results of our survey on multichannel captioning A survey conducted by Media Access Australia has found that levels of captioning on commercial multichannels, which include 7Two, Go! and One, remain... |
14 April 2014 |
Perth to host Web4All and World Wide Web conferences Perth has won its bid to host the 2017 Web4All (W4A) and World Wide Web (WWW) conferences. The two co-located events will see world renowned web... |
10 April 2014 |
Microsoft accessibility expert wins award for captioning work Anne Marie Rohaly, director of accessibility policy and standards at Microsoft, has won a national broadcasting award for her work on making online... |
10 April 2014 |
Live captions for students on the autism spectrum Captioning company Ai-Media has launched a pilot program to test a new product designed to help students on the autism spectrum. |
08 April 2014 |
ACMA grants subscription TV caption exemptions The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has granted caption exemptions to three subscription TV suppliers, Telstra Pay TV, Optus... |
07 April 2014 |
Top captioned shows on Plus7 Last week we reported on Seven becoming the first commercial network in Australia to make its catch-up TV service accessible to viewers who are Deaf... |
02 April 2014 |
Accessible media and the autism spectrum Today is World Autism Awareness Day. While many may be familiar with issues facing people with autism spectrum disorders, few are aware of the... |
02 April 2014 |
Qantas improves in-flight accessibility Australia’s national airline has drastically improved the experience of flying for blind and vision impaired passengers by making the devices used on... |
01 April 2014 |
Captions now available on Plus7 The Seven network’s Plus7 has become the first commercial TV catch-up service to provide closed captions. |
01 April 2014 |
ARIA becomes an official web standard Screen reader users can expect to gain greater access to websites thanks to technical guidelines, called WAI-ARIA (Web Accessibility Initiative -... |
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28 March 2014 |
That 70s captioned show: how the news was first brought to Deaf Americans Following the release of our white paper on caption quality, we look back at the origins of television captioning. |
27 March 2014 |
Making materials accessible in the classroom Accessing education materials, such as videos and diagrams, in the classroom is a particular challenge for students who are blind or vision impaired... |
25 March 2014 |
Measuring caption quality: our white paper Media Access Australia today released a white paper entitled Caption quality: International approaches to standards and measurement. It focuses on... |
24 March 2014 |
Captioning campaign launched in New Zealand The National Foundation for the Deaf has launched a campaign, Caption It!, calling for increased levels of captioning on New Zealand television. |
21 March 2014 |
Top themes from CSUN 2014 The Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference, commonly known as CSUN, has kicked off. The event, held in San Diego,... |
21 March 2014 |
ACMA given more discretion to investigate complaints The Australian Media and Communications Authority (ACMA) is to be given greater discretion about whether to investigate complaints under the ... |
20 March 2014 |
Deaf Australia appoints new CEO Deaf Australia has appointed Kyle Miers as its new chief executive officer, replacing Karen Lloyd AM, who retired in February. |
20 March 2014 |
ABC iview on the road to accessibility The ABC is working on Australia’s most accessible catch-up TV service as it rolls out improvements to iview. |
18 March 2014 |
Deaf Australia appoints new CEO Deaf Australia has appointed Kyle Miers as its new chief executive officer, replacing Karen Lloyd AM, who retired in February. |