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Latest News

  • Monday, 17 June 2013
     Accessibility improvements announced at Apple WWDC

    A number of new features announced at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) held in San Francisco last week reveals some potential improvements to the accessibility of Apple devices. Presenting to developers, Apple unveiled its new operating system (OS), called OS X Mavericks, and the latest version of its mobile OS, called iOS 7.

  • Friday, 14 June 2013
     ABC to improve app accessibility

    The ABC has agreed to make its main mobile app accessible after complaints made to the Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes.

  • Thursday, 13 June 2013
     Opinion: Do we still need specialist technology?

    Dr Scott Hollier shares his scepticism about some of the latest mobile devices to hit the disabled market.

  • Thursday, 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 impaired people access to television programs.

  • Wednesday, 12 June 2013
     ABC found in breach of captioning rules

    The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has found the ABC in breach of captioning rules due to poor captions on episodes of At the Movies (broadcast on 22 August 2012) and Gruen Planet (broadcast on 17 October 2012).

  • Wednesday, 5 June 2013
     ACMA releases new Television Captioning Quality Standard

    The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) today released its long awaited Television Captioning Quality Standard, which for the first time imposes obligations on broadcasters to ensure that the captions on their programs are readable, comprehensible and accurate.

  • Tuesday, 4 June 2013
     Mobile technology and disability at the M-enabling conference

    The Australian Communications Consumer Network (ACCAN) has announced the major speakers at the M-enabling Australasia Conference. The event will bring together consumers, government and industry, and focus on how mobile devices, operating systems and apps can be made more accessible for people with disability.

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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, the artsXXX, 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.

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