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| 11 October 2012 |
Amendments to Broadcast Services Act a win for Deaf viewers The Broadcast Services Act (BSA) has been amended to include increased quotas and quality guarantees for captioning on free-to-air and subscription... |
| 10 October 2012 |
YouTube asks users to report lack of captions YouTube has posted a notification on its site asking users to report videos that lack captions. The online video streaming website is asking users to... |
| 08 October 2012 |
Media Access Australia named internet award finalist Media Access Australia’s sociABILITY: social media for people with a disability project has been named a finalist in the Australia New Zealand... |
| 03 October 2012 |
Access to cinema promoted in UK and USA Organisations in the UK and the USA have recently produced advertising campaigns to promote movies with audio description and captions to the general... |
| 03 October 2012 |
Campaign for equal access to ABC TV kicks off today Australian blindness and consumer organisations have today launched a national campaign to promote the importance of audio description currently... |
| 03 October 2012 |
September accessible DVD releases The month of September has seen at least 23 new movies released to the DVD market with both access features of closed captions and audio description... |
| 02 October 2012 |
SBS adds captions to catch-up TV Captions are now available for all non-live programs on SBS’s On Demand service. This makes it the second Australian ‘catch-up TV’ service to have... |
| 02 October 2012 |
Apple Maps misses accuracy but shows accessibility Last week when Apple released iOS 6, the software for its mobile devices, many critics pointed out the shortcomings of the newly created Apple Maps... |
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| 26 September 2012 |
Windows 8 accessibility The latest version of Microsoft Windows, Windows 8, is due for release in late October 2012 and is radically different to its predecessors. The main... |
| 21 September 2012 |
Apple iOS 6 accessibility The release of iOS 6, the latest version of Apple's operating system for mobile devices such as the iPhone and iPad, has come with new features that... |
| 18 September 2012 |
Accessible cinema a way to learn for British schools The world’s largest free cinema festival for young people is being held in the UK this October. In its 17th year, National Schools Film Week will... |
| 17 September 2012 |
Six new accessible cinema locations announced Both Hoyts and Event Cinemas have announced the commencement of closed captioned and audio described movies at six of their locations collectively. |
| 12 September 2012 |
YouTube’s iPhone app includes closed captions Google has beaten Apple in the accessibility stakes by releasing its own YouTube app for the iPhone which includes a host of new features, including... |
| 10 September 2012 |
Had technical issues at the cinema? Let us know and you could win a DVD Media Access Australia’s accessible cinema questionnaire is gathering feedback from moviegoers on technical issues for closed captions and audio... |
| 07 September 2012 |
Red Bee Media wins access contract with BBC Following a tender process, Red Bee Media has won a 7-year contract to provide access services for the BBC, including captioning, audio description... |
| 06 September 2012 |
First Australian TV programs audio described tonight For the first time in Australian television history, locally produced programs will be broadcast with audio description. With Rake chronicling the... |
| 03 September 2012 |
Windows 8 introduces accessibility features for touchscreens Microsoft Windows 8 is set to be released on 26 October and has a number of enhanced assistive features to increase accessibility for blind and... |
| 03 September 2012 |
Captioning Awards 2012 nominations open Entries are now open for the 2012 Deafness Forum of Australia Captioning Awards which recognise the contributions and achievements made towards... |
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| 31 August 2012 |
Race against the clock: the challenges of captioning live sport Special feature: With the Paralympics gripping the nation’s attention, Media Access Australia’s Eliza Cussen takes a look at the work going on behind... |
| 31 August 2012 |
October accessibility course for web professionals open for registrations Registrations are filling up fast for our last intake for 2012 of The Professional Certificate in Web Accessibility, running 8 October – 16 November... |