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| 04 July 2012 |
The Other Film Festival returns for 2012 The biennial Other Film Festival has announced its return in 2012, showing films that are not only accessible, but tell stories of people with... |
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| 26 June 2012 |
Open audio described movie in Melbourne Water for Elephants, the 2011 blockbuster movie starring Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson, will screen with open audio description at Reading... |
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| 21 May 2012 |
Behind the scenes: audio description at the theatre For something different, Media Access Australia’s Eliza Cussen takes readers behind the scenes at one of Sydney’s most beloved theatres to reveal how... |
| 10 May 2012 |
Exhibition celebrates the art of audio description An art gallery in Poland has shown an exhibition featuring only audio description of artworks. The exhibition is intended to reveal how visual art is... |
| 02 May 2012 |
Registrations open for leading arts and disability conference The annual Leadership Exchange in the Arts and Disability (LEAD) conference has been announced for 21 – 24 August in Boston, USA, bringing together... |
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| 20 April 2012 |
Joy of theatre brought to Deaf kids A new program will see targeted children’s performances captioned so that more kids who are Deaf or hearing impaired can develop a love of theatre. |
| 18 April 2012 |
Audio description at the MCA The newly expanded Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) in Sydney has greatly enhanced its services for blind and vision impaired art enthusiasts with a... |
| 11 April 2012 |
New app increases access to theatre for the hearing impaired A new service from Adelaide-based The Captioning Studio allows patrons to access theatre captions on their iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch in selected... |
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| 11 January 2012 |
Perth’s Shakespeare in the Park features an audio described session Shakespeare WA has paired up with the Association for the Blind WA to bring A Comedy of Errors to blind and vision impaired theatre fans. A special... |
| 06 January 2012 |
Audio description at the Sydney Festival this January Vision Australia will be providing audio description for the first time during the Sydney Festival this month. Three diverse events in late January... |
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| 15 December 2011 |
Top accessible gifts for the festive season If someone you know is blind, vision impaired, Deaf or hearing impaired, there are a number of accessible gifts that can help improve their access to... |
| 13 December 2011 |
The Captioning Studio wins Human Rights Award A captioning services provider has won a Human Rights Award for its contribution to the inclusion of people with hearing loss. The Australian Human... |
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| 08 November 2011 |
Sydney Festival provides captioned and audio described performances Sydney siders will have the chance to see open captioned and audio described performances as part of the annual Sydney Festival, held from 7-29... |
| 07 November 2011 |
Sydney’s iconic Belvoir St Theatre announces 2012 accessible performances One of Australia’s most enduring theatre companies, Belvoir, has announced audio described and captioned performances for 2012. |
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| 25 October 2011 |
The Captioning Studio announces new theatre project for kids GoTheatrical! Kids is a new project that aims to increase access to children’s theatre performances in Australia through captions. |
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| 26 September 2011 |
New mobile captioning system for visitors to US museums and galleries The National Center for Accessible Media, the development division of WGBH in Boston USA, has developed a mobile system to enhance the experience for... |
| 26 September 2011 |
The Other Film Festival awarded triennial funding from City of Melbourne Arts Access Victoria has confirmed a three-year funding commitment by the City of Melbourne to support The Other Film Festival, Australia’s only... |
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| 25 August 2011 |
Broadway theatre becomes autism friendly USA: The Broadway based Theatre Development Fund (TDF) is piloting a new program to make theatre accessible to audience members on the autism... |
| 04 August 2011 |
Audio description at Melbourne Festival – all requests considered The annual Melbourne Festival has opened its entire program to the blind and vision impaired by inviting patrons to request audio description for the... |
| 02 August 2011 |
International accessible art professionals to give free lectures in Adelaide This August, Adelaide will play host to the British audio describer, Willie Elliot, and artistic director, Daryl Beeton for a free program on... |