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November 2014
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03 November 2014 The Deafness Forum Captioning Awards 2014
Another year of captioning achievements was celebrated at the Deafness Forum Captioning Awards, which were held at the Sheraton on the Park hotel in...
October 2014
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30 October 2014 Previewing Access 2020 – can we predict the future?
Media Access Australia CEO Alex Varley will be hosting a panel discussion on the future of access with four international access experts at the...
30 October 2014 Consumers condemn proposed changes to captioning regulations
Consumer groups have condemned the Federal Government’s proposals to change the rules governing captioning which were introduced in Parliament last...
27 October 2014 Five highlights of Language and the Media
The bi-annual Languages and the Media conference is being held in Berlin from 5-7 November. This is the biggest media access conference in the world...
22 October 2014 Government proposes to end caption reporting by free-to-air broadcasters
A bill was today introduced into the House of Representatives by the Minister for Communications, Malcolm Turnbull, which would remove the...
20 October 2014 The New Zealand Captioning Awards
Individuals and organisations which have contributed to the advancement of captioning will be honoured at the New Zealand Captioning Awards, to be...
16 October 2014 Video on demand services still lack captions
A recent article on the VOD Professional website highlights that fact that most video on demand (VOD) services in the UK still lack closed captions.
16 October 2014 National Curriculum Review and inclusiveness
Commentary by Anne McGrath, Education Manager, Media Access Australia The education community has been anticipating the Australian Government’s newly...
15 October 2014 Dedicated television channel for primary school children with captions
A partnership between Ai-Media and Discovery Kids will culminate in the launching of Australia’s only television channel dedicated to primary school...
10 October 2014 Google Glass to have captions
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed an app which will provide real-time captions on Google Glass, and potentially be of...
08 October 2014 Accessible consumer technologies and the cloud: VisAbility Tech Outlook 2014
Dr Scott Hollier's keynote presentation at the VisAbility Tech Outlook 2014 is now available to download via SlideShare.
07 October 2014 Repealing captioning red tape: Captioning of repeats on multichannels
In the fifth part of our series on red tape repeal, we look at the digital multichannels, which are currently exempt from the normal caption quotas...
01 October 2014 Repealing captioning red tape: Caption quotas
In the fourth part of our series on red tape repeal, we look at the confusing state of caption quotas for Australian TV, and how they can be...
September 2014
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30 September 2014 Digital Theatre productions with captions
UK not-for-profit captioning organisation Stagetext has partnered with on-demand live arts service Digital Theatre to offer captioned versions of...
29 September 2014 Repealing captioning red tape: Caption reporting
In the third part of our series on red tape repeal, we look at calls to end the requirement that broadcasters must report on how much captioning they...
25 September 2014 Ai-Media trials live captioning in UK schools
The Australian-based access company Ai-Media, in collaboration with the University of Melbourne and the UK charity Nesta, has been working on a...
22 September 2014 Repealing captioning red tape: Improving caption regulation
The next round of the Federal Government’s repeal red tape campaign is due to take place next month and is likely to include captioning issues. We...
19 September 2014 Telstra introduces captions on BigPond Movies
Telstra has released an initial batch of 14 BigPond movies with open captions, with a promise to expand the service in the future.
18 September 2014 Telstra announces accessibility initiatives
Telstra has announced several new initiatives aimed at improving access for people with disabilities to telecommunications services.
17 September 2014 ACCAN announces Apps For All Challenge winners
The winners of the inaugural competition to recognise the work of Australian accessible app developers, the Apps For All Challenge 2014, have been...

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