‘We believe that all Australians have the right to access all forms of media and information, through technology, so they can participate fully in society.’
Media Access Australia - Inclusion through technology 1
MEDIA ACCESS NEWS 2
US court rules that football games must be fully captioned 2
Deaf entrepreneur wins American leadership award 3
FCC to ensure deaf-blind Americans have access to 21st century communications technology 4
Study into international exchange of audio description released 4
RNIB launches campaign for book accessibility 5
World Blind Union releases audio description toolkit 6
Report on captioning in the European Union released 6
TELEVISION 6
ABC renews captioning contract with CSI 6
Independent auditor to oversee Nine Network’s captioning 7
Royal wedding audio described for blind Canadians 7
US news organisations argue for audio description exemptions 8
American disabilities association argues for sensible audio description regulations 8
Major conference discusses audio description trial on TV 9
US access group calls for end to caption exemptions 9
Ofcom releases report on access to EPGs 9
DVD 10
UK television network commits to more audio description 10
Access on new release DVDs 11
EDUCATION 11
Website launched for ‘cap that!’ education campaign 12
Video shows educational benefits of using captions in the classroom 12
Senate backs classroom captioning 12
NBC Learn captions videos to include all learners 13
CINEMA & THE ARTS 13
Accessible Cinema Advisory Group releases second communiqué 13
Screen Australia announces its audio description policy 14
New service improves accessibility of museum tours 15
American cinema chain to provide captioning and audio description in theatres nationwide 16
US cinema chain to provide CaptiView captions 16
New cinema caption eyewear being trialled in the USA 16
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY 17
Apple’s iPad 2 and iOS 4.3 17
New device assists vision impaired to understand graphics 18
iPhone app ZoomReader provides cost effective alternative to more expensive devices 18
Mobile Accessibility app comes to Android 19
US Government releases FAQs for accessible eReader laws and rules 20
ONLINE MEDIA 20
Commentary: The increased awareness of web accessibility in Australia 20
Video games and colour blindness 22
Captioned video files in PowerPoint now supported 22
W3C talks accessibility in report on web and television convergence 22
Netflix adds captions to iOS app 23
Phlixie website for captioned Netflix titles launched 23
iPhone app uses real-life people to answer questions for blind and vision impaired 23
US company releases new 3D captioning tool 24
US research project aims to improve captions on mobile devices 24
Irish captioning provider offers live captioning and streaming service 25
US industry group makes standard available for online captioning 25
Australian Government’s web accessibility efforts recognised through award 26
Google launches live captions on YouTube at Google I/O 26
New version of NVDA released 27
Latest Google Chrome (Beta) has voice-to-text capabilities 27
Firefox 4 released with improved accessibility 27
Glossary 28
Acronyms 29