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| 21 November 2011 |
Five new Hoyts locations to begin accessible cinema programs From Thursday, 1 December Hoyts Cinemas will add a further five locations to its list of complexes across Australia screening movies with closed... |
| 11 November 2011 |
New organisation to make online video more accessible for blind and vision impaired people The Video Description Research and Development Center (VDRCD) is a new organisation funded by the US Department of Education which will investigate... |
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| 26 October 2011 |
Access to Adelaide library increased for people who are blind and vision impaired Onkaparinga City Council has been successful in their bid for 15 DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) digital playback devices under the... |
| 19 October 2011 |
Access conference calls for papers The Roundtable on Print Disability, hosted by the Western Australian Association for the Blind, is calling for papers for its April 2012 conference... |
| 17 October 2011 |
Three new audio described and closed captioned cinema locations It’s out with the old and in with the new at three Event/Greater Union/Birch Carroll & Coyle cinema locations with the introduction of closed... |
| 14 October 2011 |
Perth gets a new accessible cinema Event Cinemas has notified Media Access Australia that its Innaloo Megaplex in suburban Perth will commence closed captioned and audio described... |
| 13 October 2011 |
Report from America on a world leading education initiative The Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) is a US initiative run by the Department of Education and the National Association of the Deaf. Its... |
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| 12 September 2011 |
Accessible Talking Set Top Box goes on sale in Australia In a development that will revolutionise television viewing for the blind and vision impaired, the Bush Talking Set Top Box has just gone on sale in... |
| 08 September 2011 |
First accessible Australian digital movie released It may not be opening night but it may as well be for captioned and audio described movie fans that have been waiting weeks to see the hit Australian... |
| 08 September 2011 |
New video game brings blind players out of the dark A new video game is being developed that caters for people who are blind or vision impaired. Voices in the Dark has been designed with accessibility... |
| 05 September 2011 |
Audio description for mobile phones delayed in the US The Federal Communications Commission has agreed to a request by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) that the introduction of an audio... |
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| 26 August 2011 |
Audio description rules formally adopted in USA On 25 August 2011 the Federal Communications Commission formally voted in the requirements to deliver audio description on a number of American TV... |
| 16 August 2011 |
NVDA proven a more robust screen reader than Thunder The American Foundation for the Blind TECH lab recently compared the performance of two free screen readers, NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) and... |
| 12 August 2011 |
Accessibility expert’s ideas to make JetBlue website more accessible Derek Featherstone, accessibility expert and founder of Further Ahead, has posted an article outlining some of the technical changes that the USA’s... |
| 10 August 2011 |
Voice-to-text feature very likely in iOS 5 New information has lent credence to the rumours that Apple and software developers Nuance are partnering to provide voice-to-text in the upcoming... |
| 09 August 2011 |
Latest DVD releases with access features Access to new release DVD titles during the month of July 2011 stands at 30% for audio description and 53% for captioning. A total of 87 titles were... |
| 09 August 2011 |
Nokia unveils plans to include voice-to-text feature Nokia has recently announced plans to include a voice-to-text feature on its new Windows Phones, a feature that could have a positive impact on... |
| 08 August 2011 |
UK: Audio description now mandatory on Freeview TV receivers All new HD digital set top boxes and integrated digital TVs sold in the UK will now have to receive audio description to qualify for approval by... |
| 04 August 2011 |
Outrage at decision in JetBlue accessibility case In a decision that has sent disbelief and anger through the disability community, a United States federal judge has ruled that California anti-... |
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| 28 July 2011 |
ANZ goMoney supports blind and vision impaired customers ANZ banking customers can now access the ANZ goMoney app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch using VoiceOver, Apple’s inbuilt screen reader... |