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| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 27 August 2012 |
The literacy tool making a difference in Australian schools NSW Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens has called on all Australian teachers to become Captions Champions during National Literacy and Numeracy Week (27... |
| 27 August 2012 |
Closed captions required for online TV in USA The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced a September 30 deadline for TV networks and online video providers to include closed... |
| 27 August 2012 |
Inaccessibility even faster: Facebook’s latest update Facebook's latest app update has improved the speed of the software but has failed to increase the app's accessibility, and made performing some... |
| 24 August 2012 |
Paralympics audio described on UK TV The Opening Ceremony of the Paralympic Games will be audio described on British television after campaigning by the Royal National Institute of Blind... |
| 23 August 2012 |
Delivering for consumers: the 2012 ACCAN National Conference The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) advocates to make Australia’s communications industry more equitable. Its National... |
| 22 August 2012 |
Audiobook encourages blind and vision impaired seniors to get online In July, Media Access Australia, in partnership with Council on The Ageing Western Australia (COTA WA) and funded by the nib foundation, released a... |
| 21 August 2012 |
Live captions made easy Providing professional live captions just got easier thanks to the launch of a new online portal by Ai-Media. The captioning provider hopes that this... |
| 20 August 2012 |
Captions in schools for Hearing Awareness Week This Hearing Awareness Week, Media Access Australia’s education campaign, CAP THAT! is asking teachers to increase inclusion for Deaf and hearing... |
| 16 August 2012 |
Event Cinemas add seven accessible locations Event Cinemas commences captioned and audio described movie sessions at seven new locations from today, bringing the national total of accessible... |
| 15 August 2012 |
YouTube now lets you correct automatic captions An intern has developed a way of editing captions within YouTube, drastically increasing the quality of auto-generated captions across the video... |
| 10 August 2012 |
Exhibition celebrating blindness comes to the Melbourne Museum An exhibition that celebrates people living with blindness or low vision and their achievements is now on show at the Melbourne Museum. According to... |
| 09 August 2012 |
Rival to Siri could enhance app accessibility A voice-activated virtual assistant tool called Nina could improve the accessibility of smartphone apps. Developed by Nuance Communications, the... |
| 08 August 2012 |
Netflix to use crowd-sourced captions Online video company Netflix is testing crowd-sourced captions for the TV shows and movies available on its service. After calling out for volunteers... |
| 06 August 2012 |
Eyes-free viewing: Australia’s first audio described TV Australia’s first audio described TV was switched on on Sunday evening, as the ABC commenced its technical trial. Audio description (AD) is a... |
| 01 August 2012 |
First audio described programs announced The long-awaited trial of audio description commences on ABC1 on Sunday, 5 August, with the first programs to be described including Grand Designs... |
| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 27 July 2012 |
Meet Georgie, the app enhancing Android phones for blind users A vision impaired couple from the UK have come up with an app that improves the way blind or vision impaired people use phones. The app for Android... |
| 26 July 2012 |
Google Maps make Sydney public transport directions accessible Google and Transport New South Wales have teamed up to introduce Sydney public transport directions to the Google Maps app. After testing, we can... |
| 25 July 2012 |
Any Questions for Ben DVD released without access features Roadshow Entertainment, Australia’s most consistent distributor of accessible DVD and Blu-ray, has informed Media Access Australia of an error with... |
| 25 July 2012 |
E-inclusion kit helps seniors with disabilities get online A new resource kit that will help seniors with disabilities get online has been launched in a collaborative project between Media Access Australia... |
| 23 July 2012 |
Death of Media Access Australia’s chairman, Graham Jones It’s with great sadness that we announce the death of Media Access Australia’s Chairman, Graham Jones, after a short illness. |