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Media Access News
Canadian access coalition calls for 100% accessibility by 2020
Ofcom publishes Single Equality Scheme Annual Report
US communications regulator proposes new access rules
UK study looks at 3D audio description guidelines
Disney sued over lack of accessibility
Government announces the Terms of Reference for the Convergence Review
Television
A new regime for television captioning
Media Watch puts the spotlight on poor captioning
US access provider releases caption quality survey results
American groups call for universal television captioning
US Super Bowl fully captioned for first time
US cable TV provider agrees to address captioning problems
NZ audio description trial begins
US communications regulator proposes new rules for audio description
DVD
Access on new release DVDs
Education
The Government reviews disability standards in education
Read Captions Across America day
US video highlights learning benefits of captions
Cinema and the Arts
New captioned cinema location in Melbourne
Music for the hearing impaired
US cinema chain expands captioning following litigation
Audio description and captioning in Australian cinemas
Digital Technology
iOS versus Android: two models for achieving access
Latest Skype app supports video calls on WiFi and 3G
New Android app provides accessible onscreen keyboard
Amazon provides Kindle screen reader access on the PC
Free and low-cost screen reader use on the rise
Online Media
ITV Player in the UK now has captions
Boxee Box now supports playback of ABC iView captions
UK broadcasters create accessible YouView
Canadian government to appeal accessible website ruling
BSI web accessibility code of practice formally launched
Competition on accessible web development open to all
Drupal 7 released with added accessibility support
UK project Fix the Web hits 500 mark for website access reports
Research and Policy
Survey shows high levels of awareness and use of captioning
Captioning levels on new commercial digital channels
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