Welcome to Media Access Australia
This website provides information on access to media using technology. It covers a wide range of practical information on access issues involving TV, DVDs, cinema, the arts, new media and education; and access technologies including captioning (primarily used by people who are Deaf and hearing impaired) and audio description (primarily used by people who are blind and vision impaired). You will also find information on rules and regulations affecting access, and levels of access on various types of media in Australia and the rest of the world. The key to our service is keeping people up-to-date with the world of accessible media.
UK cinema access website shortlisted for major award
3 July 2009
The cinema access listings and information website in the UK, www.yourlocalcinema.com, has been shortlisted for a National Lottery Award in the ‘Best Arts Project’ category. The website provides a comprehensive listing of all the movies that are audio described or captioned and where they are playing across the United Kingdom.
Read more: UK cinema access website shortlisted for major award
Communications accessibility bill re-introduced to US Congress
30 June 2009
Last Friday, Democrat Ed Markey introduced the Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009 to the floor of the United States House of Representatives. The bill is a reintroduction of a similar, failed bill introduced by Congressman Markey in 2008, the Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2008.
Read more: Communications accessibility bill re-introduced to US Congress
Federal Government supports access in mobile communications
26 June
2009
Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities Bill Shorten and Communications Minister Stephen Conroy have reinforced the importance of accessibility in mobile communication services at the launch on 24 June of the Global Accessibility Reporting Initiative (GARI).
Read more: Federal Government supports access in mobile communications
FOXTEL Backstage Access II highlights value of captioning in education
25 June 2009
Accessible media was top of the list at FOXTEL Television Centre during a recent event for students from mainstream schools who are Deaf or have hearing impairment, supported by the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC).
Read more: FOXTEL Backstage Access II highlights value of captioning in education
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