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| 08 December 2014 |
Accessible festivals during Australia’s summer Along with an Australian summer comes a raft of festivals nationwide. Three of the biggest festivals are the Sydney Festival, Adelaide Festival and... |
| 01 December 2014 |
Captions supporting students with autism Captions are acknowledged as being beneficial for a range of students with diverse learning needs, including Deaf and hearing impaired, English as a... |
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| 28 November 2014 |
Five live-caption quality issues from the UK The quality of live captioning was a major topic discussed at the recent The Future of Subtitling conference held in London on 10 November 2014.... |
| 27 November 2014 |
US cinemas and advocacy groups agree on accessible cinema recommendations US cinema owners and advocacy groups have come to a historic agreement in order to make accessible cinema recommendations to government around the... |
| 26 November 2014 |
Ofcom releases first access report for 2014 The UK communications regulator Ofcom has released its Television Access Report for the first half of 2014, which shows that once again, most British... |
| 26 November 2014 |
Curtain call for Stagetext CEO Tabitha Allum For the last decade, UK arts captioning organisation Stagetext has been led by the dedicated and talented Tabitha Allum. Tabitha steps down from her... |
| 24 November 2014 |
2014 Access All Areas film festival starts soon The annual Access All Areas Film Festival brings accessible screenings of the best new Australian films to venues near you. The festival travels to... |
| 21 November 2014 |
Access 2020 predicting the future – five experts, 20 ideas A highlight of the recent the Languages and the Media Conference in Berlin was a panel presentation speculating about what access might look like in... |
| 20 November 2014 |
Senate committee seeks submissions about caption changes The Senate committee which is looking at the Government’s recently proposed changes to caption regulations is seeking submissions by interested... |
| 20 November 2014 |
Hong Kong art for everyone, By ALL Means Media Access Australia recently met with staff from Arts with the Disabled Association Hong Kong (ADAHK) during their visit to Australia for the Arts... |
| 19 November 2014 |
UK VOD industry has two years to deliver captions or face regulation The video on demand (VOD) industry in the United Kingdom has two years to prove that it can deliver reasonable access for deaf people or it will face... |
| 17 November 2014 |
Interview with Kate Kennedy, winner of the Roma Wood OAM Award at the 2014 Captioning Awards Kate Kennedy is the Coordinator, Information and Advocacy for Parents of Deaf Children (PODC). |
| 17 November 2014 |
Victorian council to hold accessible cinema trial Yarra Ranges Council in Melbourne’s far north east is exploring the possibility of offering audio described and captioned movies at its iconic... |
| 13 November 2014 |
Understanding the experience of gamers with disabilities Gamers with disabilities often face challenges due to accessibility issues found in games, despite some good resources for developers who want to... |
| 12 November 2014 |
Japanese group develops new accessible cinema technology Japan’s Media Access Support Center (MASC) has developed a new glasses system to provide closed captions and audio description of movies for people... |
| 11 November 2014 |
Discovery Kids on Foxtel – learning and access all in one Engaging educational TV that is 100% captioned is a boon for students with diverse learning needs. Discovery Kids on FOXTEL, launched last week,... |
| 11 November 2014 |
Annual film festival brings free accessible movies to Sydney surrounds Access All Areas Film Festival will run again this year from 1-5 December across Sydney venues, bringing captioned and audio described Australian... |
| 06 November 2014 |
Ofcom report highlights live captioning issues The UK communications regulator Ofcom has issued the second of four planned reports on the quality of live captioning. It finds that there have been... |
| 05 November 2014 |
Government postpones changes to captioning regulations After lobbying from consumer groups, the Government has referred to a Senate committee a bill which would change captioning requirements for... |
| 04 November 2014 |
Milestones and open mikes at the Other Film Festival In a celebratory edition of the bi-annual Other Film Festival, a world-first live audio description competition will be held to raise awareness of... |