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January 2014
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17 January 2014 Report looks at television access levels across Europe
A major report commissioned by the European Commission has found that levels of captioning, audio description and signing on television vary widely...
December 2013
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20 December 2013 Highlights of 2013: access in the air
As many of our readers prepare to jet off on summer holidays, people will be curious about how their access needs will be accommodated by airlines. A...
November 2013
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11 November 2013 US air travel access rules will affect Australian airlines
In a ruling issued last week by the US Department of Transportation, airlines servicing the US will need to improve access to core travel information...
October 2013
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31 October 2013 US adopts rules to make electronic devices more accessible
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted a set of rules which will make a wide range of electronic devices more accessible for the...
21 October 2013 Student campaigns for real time captions at school
Earlier this month high school senior Delanie Harrington delivered a petition of 1,900 signatures to the Poway Unified School District Board of...
17 October 2013 UK moves to measure live captioning
The UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom has announced that it will require television broadcasters to measure the quality of live captioning (known as ‘...
08 October 2013 Internet use higher among people with a disability in UK
More people with a disability are using the internet more frequently for social networking and job seeking than people without a disability,...
03 October 2013 Americans push for accessible in-flight entertainment
Following on from the March 2013 introduction of the Air Carrier Access Amendments Act in the USA, a recent Senate hearing has heard statements that...
September 2013
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26 September 2013 UK broadcasters exceed access requirements
The bi-annual report into the provision of captioning, audio description and sign language on British TV has been released by the media regulator...
20 September 2013 eReader producers continue fight to avoid accessibility
eReader manufacturers Amazon, Kobo and Sony have petitioned the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to seek  exemption from laws requiring...
12 September 2013 Virgin America found in breach of access regulations
The Virgin America airline has been fined for failing to make its safety videos accessible for passengers who are Deaf or hearing impaired.
August 2013
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28 August 2013 New access for a new century: we sit down with Karen Peltz Strauss
At the recent M-Enabling Conference hosted by the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network in Sydney, one of the keynote speakers was Karen...
July 2013
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17 July 2013 Online captioning rules clarified in the US
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has clarified how it will deal with requirements to caption online videos, caption quality standards, and...
01 July 2013 Australia signs treaty to boost access to books
People who are blind or vision impaired will have increased access to books and other print media after an international copyright treaty was signed...
01 July 2013 TV access expands in the UK
The UK communications regulator Ofcom has released the list of channels which will be required to provide access services – captioning, audio...
June 2013
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13 June 2013 Awareness of audio description increases in the UK
New research released by Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, shows that over 60% of people are aware of the service, which gives blind and vision...
May 2013
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20 May 2013 UK regulator seeks to improve live TV captioning
The UK communications regulator Ofcom has announced proposals aimed at improving the quality of live captioning on television, including asking...
13 May 2013 Blind taxpayers sue for inaccessible website
The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) in the USA and two Massachusetts residents who are legally blind have filed a lawsuit against one of the...
08 May 2013 Audio description on British TV
A new video produced by the UK’s Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) celebrates some recent advances which have made TV more accessible...
April 2013
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18 April 2013 Emergency information accessibility required in US
Subscription TV providers and program owners in the USA have been ordered by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to make emergency...

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