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May 2011
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30 May 2011 Report on captioning in the European Union released
The European Federation of Hard of Hearing People (EFHOH) has released a report which looks at levels of captioning on audiovisual media across the...
26 May 2011 NBC Learn captions educational videos to include all learners
NBC Learn, the education arm of NBC News in the US, has announced that it will provide closed captioning on educational videos available on NBCLearn....
20 May 2011 Australian festival director takes cinema access across the globe
Film and festival director Rick Randall, Artistic Director of The Other Film Festival, has travelled to Israel where he will participate as keynote...
13 May 2011 Irish captioning provider offers live captioning and streaming service
Premier Captioning and Realtime Ltd. in Ireland has launched a new live streaming and captioning service for online events.
13 May 2011 Netflix adds captions to iOS app
A new update to the Netflix app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch now allows you to watch movies and TV episodes with captions.
11 May 2011 The SubStation introduces fast captioning service for TV commercials
Australian access company The SubStation has introduced a new service called Captionflow which will allow captions for TV commercials to be ordered...
11 May 2011 Google launches live captions on YouTube at Google I/O
For the first time, people who are Deaf or hearing impaired can watch the live video stream of Google I/O, Google’s developer conference, with live...
06 May 2011 Football fan sues American university over lack of captioning at games
A hearing impaired man who attends University of Kentucky home football games at Commonwealth Stadium, has filed a case in a US district court to try...
05 May 2011 New service improves accessibility of museum tours for the deaf
A new service from the Australian Communication Exchange will improve the accessibility of museum tours for the Deaf and hearing impaired.
April 2011
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21 April 2011 Enjoy this long weekend with an accessible movie
Go to the movies this Easter long weekend for some accessible entertainment. There are many films available with both captions and audio description...
20 April 2011 US industry group makes standard available for online captioning
The Society for Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has released to the public a standard which will make it easier for captions on TV...
20 April 2011 ABC renews captioning contract with CSI
The ABC has signed a new long-term contract with Captioning and Subtitling International (CSI) to provide captioning services across its channels...
19 April 2011 Positive move toward an inclusive Australian Curriculum
The Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority (ACARA) has emphasised its commitment to the consideration of students with special...
13 April 2011 US company releases new 3D captioning tool
US company specialising in captioning and subtitling, CPC, has announced that its MacCaption software now has the ability to create 3D captions.
12 April 2011 Education magazine reports on accessible classroom initiative
A report about Ai-Media’s initiative Ai-Live has been published in Teacher, a national education magazine from the Australian Centre for Education...
March 2011
Date Published News headline and description
31 March 2011 Captioned video files now supported in PowerPoint
Two new Microsoft Office 2010 Accessibility Add-ins have been released, one to add closed captions to video and audio files included in a PowerPoint...
30 March 2011 Senate backs classroom captioning
The Senate this week came out in support of funding for new technologies that will benefit students who are Deaf and hearing impaired as well as...
29 March 2011 Deaf entrepreneur wins American leadership award
Catharine McNally, a co-founder of Keen Guides, has been awarded one of two Paul G. Hearne Leadership Awards for 2011 by the American Association of...
28 March 2011 US court rules that football games must be fully captioned
American football team the Washington Redskins are now required to caption all game content broadcast over public address systems, including song...
24 March 2011 Independent auditor to oversee Nine Network’s captioning
The Nine Network has appointed an independent auditor to oversee captioning on its stations TCN and NBN. This follows two instances where the...

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