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July 2011
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20 July 2011 YouTube expands automatic captioning to other languages
YouTube, which introduced automatic captions for English language videos in 2009, has now expanded the service to Japanese videos.
18 July 2011 Cinemas change from open to closed captions
A number of major cinema complexes have made the change from open captions to closed captions in recent weeks. This provides more opportunities to...
18 July 2011 US access committee reports on Internet video captioning
The the Video Programming Accessibility Advisory Committee has released a report to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which proposes a...
April 2011
Date Published News headline and description
26 April 2011 Major conference discusses audio description trial on TV
The 30th anniversary Round Table Conference on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities, which will be held in May, will include a...
22 April 2011 BBC asks the question: are colourblind gamers left out?
With one in twenty men and one in two hundred women suffering from some form of colour blindness, a reporter for the BBC has asked the question: are...
21 April 2011 Enjoy this long weekend with an accessible movie
Go to the movies this Easter long weekend for some accessible entertainment. There are many films available with both captions and audio description...
20 April 2011 US industry group makes standard available for online captioning
The Society for Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has released to the public a standard which will make it easier for captions on TV...
20 April 2011 ABC renews captioning contract with CSI
The ABC has signed a new long-term contract with Captioning and Subtitling International (CSI) to provide captioning services across its channels...
19 April 2011 Positive move toward an inclusive Australian Curriculum
The Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority (ACARA) has emphasised its commitment to the consideration of students with special...
19 April 2011 Customise your news alerts now
There are many ways you can choose to receive news from Media Access Australia, and with a few easy steps you can customise your subscription by...
15 April 2011 W3C to launch community and business groups
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has announced plans to launch two new programs in May designed to make it easy for developers, users and other...
15 April 2011 Call for nominations for the Technology for Good Awards
Nominations are now open for the Technology for Good awards, based in the UK.
14 April 2011 New standard helps preserve captions on catch-up TV
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has made freely available a standard that will enable captions from broadcast TV and...
13 April 2011 New closed captioned cinema location in Sydney
Event Cinemas Top Ryde City is the latest cinema complex to introduce closed caption technology to its sessions.
13 April 2011 US company releases new 3D captioning tool
US company specialising in captioning and subtitling, CPC, has announced that its MacCaption software now has the ability to create 3D captions.
12 April 2011 Education magazine reports on accessible classroom initiative
A report about Ai-Media’s initiative Ai-Live has been published in Teacher, a national education magazine from the Australian Centre for Education...
11 April 2011 Australian Government advertises for WCAG 2.0 Content and Compliance Officers
The Department of Finance and Deregulation has posted a job advertisement for WCAG 2.0 Content and Compliance Officers.
08 April 2011 FCC to ensure deaf-blind Americans have access to 21st century communications technology
The US media and communications regulator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has announced that it will spend US$10 million per year to...
08 April 2011 Communications Minister launches NBN consumer guide
Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications & the Digital Economy, today launched the release of a comprehensive consumer’s...
05 April 2011 iPhone app ZoomReader provides cost effective alternative to more expensive devices
The new iPhone app ZoomReader enables people who are blind or vision impaired to use their iPhone to convert images taken with their iPhone into text...

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