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MEDIA ACCESS NEWS
American access organisation conducts caption quality survey
Ai-Media acquires stenocaptioning company
Americans seek accessible flight entertainment
Ofcom reports on accessibility of UK electronic program guides
US bill introduced to update Communications Act accessibility
A new style of audio description under discussion
Australasian firm ensures accessible accounting
Ofcom releases first quarter access report
Audio described theatre at Perth Theatre Trust venues
New caption software program ideal for public spaces
Auckland hosts round table on access
Ofcom reports on assisted living technologies for older and disabled people
Pioneer of AD in Australia honoured
ONLINE MEDIA
RNIB empowers blind and vision impaired users through new book
FCC Chair outlines disability approaches to broadband
British Internet TV project outlines access issues
Adobe plans major upgrades to accessibility support in Flash Player
‘Hiccups’ lead White House to focus on web accessibility standard
Captioned online game shows government support for WCAG 2.0
Accessibility training provider to caption fee-based webinars
Apple confirms VoiceOver will dictate e-books
Guidelines for describing images in the sciences and engineering
Office 2010 introduces inbuilt Accessibility Checker
Game Accessibility Day 2010
New research makes Rock Band accessible
VIDEO ON DEMAND
Captions commence on ABC’s iView player
Netflix rolls out captions on streaming movies and TV shows
FREE-TO-AIR TELEVISION
ABC puts captioning services up for tender
DBCDE releases report on multichannels
SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION
Human Rights Commission releases submissions to the subscription television exemption application
Captioning on FOXTEL packages
EDUCATION
MAA launches the Classroom Access Project
AI Media launches Education Division
Accessibility and usability concerns voiced over ICT in National Curriculum
Building resilience in students who are Deaf and hearing impaired
DVDs celebrate Deaf students’ success
Blackboard and NFB improve access to popular education software
DVDs
First audio described Bollywood DVD
Audio description increasing on DVDs in the USA
Access on new release DVDs
CINEMA
Action on cinema follows Human Rights Commission decision
Blind Citizens Australia ramps up cinema access campaign
New digital captioning system unveiled at Show West
US cinema access now includes autism needs
New cinema access system moves to development phase
Cinema access court decisions in the US break down barriers
Audio description and captioning in Australian cinemas
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