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Wednesday, May 15 2013

5 Facts About WCAG 2.0

WCAG 2.0 or Web Content Accessibility Guidelines cover a wide range of recommendations to make your web content accessible.

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Tuesday, May 14 2013

The Social Aspects of CP

By Jeremy Slough, Ai-Media Captioner. What is cerebral palsy (CP)? Cerebral refers to cerebrum, the affected area of the brain, and palsy refers to disorder of movement. Therefore, people with cerebral palsy often have limited to extremely limited movement and muscle coordination.

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Monday, May 13 2013

FUEL & SPEED Now Captioned

Fox Sports has recently added even more closed captioning to its great line-up of programs across a number of channels with some of the top sports telecasts on FUEL TV and SPEED now carrying live captions from Ai-Media for around 24 hours each day from Monday to Friday.

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Thursday, May 09 2013

Ai-Media Appoints Quality Auditor

Education and disability services innovator Ai-Media today announced it had engaged an independent auditor to provide quality assurance services.

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Tuesday, April 30 2013

May 2013 Captioning Highlights

To point out a few highlights for May - Soho TV will premier the Australian drama series Wentworth, FOX CLASSIC will bring you some good old movies never been captioned before for Australian television and the long awaited TV series Switched at Birth airs on FOX8 May 20.

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Monday, April 29 2013

Half Hour Bookings of Ai-Live

Ai-Media are excited to announce the introduction of half hour bookings of Ai-Live.

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Wednesday, April 17 2013

Ai-Live Launches in the UK

Education and disability services innovators Ai-Media and Microlink announced a partnership to deliver into the UK market the unique "Ai-Live" internet based, real-time captioning and transcription service.

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Wednesday, March 27 2013

April Captioning Highlights

April's captioning highlights will have something for everyone in the family to enjoy.

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Tuesday, March 26 2013

NDIS to Become Law

The legislation to set up the Government's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has passed both houses of parliament and soon will become law. Ai-Media applauds this historic event. It will dramatically change the future of Australians with disabilities, their families and carers.

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Tuesday, March 19 2013

5 Facts About the EAF

There are a wide variety of disability support services out there that assist employees and employers, but it's sometimes difficult to know how to access them, how to qualify, what's available and what provides the most effective and innovative solution.

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Monday, March 18 2013

20 Years of DDA

This month marks the 20th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). On March 1st 2013, anniversary celebrations saw Governor-General Quentin Bryce AC CVO launch the Twenty Years: Twenty Stories project at Admiralty House Sydney. Ai-Media was proud to be involved in the event as a sponsor and to caption proceedings throughout the day.

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Sunday, March 17 2013

SoHo Brings Touch to Foxtel

The Emmy-nominated 13 episode drama series is now screening on Foxtel's premium drama channel SoHo. stars Emmy and Golden Globe winner Kiefer Sutherland who plays the role of widower and single father Martin Bohm. Ai-Media is captioning all episodes of this fascinating and innovative series.

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Wednesday, March 13 2013

Young Global Leaders

Ai-Media CEO and Co-Founder, Tony Abrahams, said he would use his recognition by the World Economic Forum yesterday as a Young Global Leader to build his knowledge and involvement in helping people with disability.

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Friday, March 01 2013

March Captioning Highlights

March will bring you another set of new captioned programmes on FOXTEL as well as good old favourites, captioned for the first time.

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Wednesday, February 27 2013

Twenty Years: Twenty Stories

March 1st marks the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act.

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Monday, February 18 2013

Employment Participation

Quite often employers are not aware of, or reluctant to be involved with, the Employment Assistance Fund and that the current level of assistance funding is inadequate.

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Friday, February 01 2013

February Captioning Highlights

Here are some of the new programmes we are captioning for you this month on FOXTEL.

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Friday, February 01 2013

NDIS COAG RIS Submission

Ai-Media thanks COAG for the Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) and for the opportunity to comment on what promises to be transformational, albeit long-overdue, reform of the disability sector.

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Wednesday, January 30 2013

Ai-Media has it Covered

While Ai-Media is well known for providing state of the art transcribing services for deaf and hard of hearing Australians,

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Wednesday, January 30 2013

Huge Variety LifeStyle Channels

Want some new stress-free ideas for entertaining, or some healthy cooking advice from The Hairy Dieters?

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Wednesday, January 30 2013

Ai-Live: Beyond Deaf Services

2013 is shaping up as a great year for Ai-Media. In a significant and important development for the company, educators and the community, Ai-Media will expand its services beyond deafness-related markets in Australia and overseas through three key business developments involving the company's "Ai-Live" internet-based, real-time captioning and transcription service.

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Friday, January 25 2013

NDIS Bill 2012

Ai-Media has welcomed the Australian Government's NDIS Bill and urged its adoption by the Parliament subject to minor modifications.

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Wednesday, January 23 2013

Broadcast Captioning Standards

Ai-Media urges Government to adopt different standards for live and pre-prepared captioning

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Tuesday, January 01 2013

January Captioning Highlights

Some new programmes and some old favourites have been captioned this month on FOXTEL, check out our selection.

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Friday, December 21 2012

Season's Greetings from Ai-Media

From everyone at Ai-Media, we wish you a happy and healthy holiday season.

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Friday, December 21 2012

Expansion Beyond Deaf Services

Australian technology innovator Ai-Media today announced initiatives to grow its breakthrough education and workplace services, and expand beyond deafness-related markets in Australia and overseas.

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Thursday, December 20 2012

Holiday Message from the CEO

2012 was the year that promised so much - and delivered

This holiday season Australians affected by disability are looking forward to a future of participation, choice and opportunity so long denied.

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Friday, November 30 2012

Switched at Birth

FOX8's 'Switched at Birth' coming to Australian audiences in 2013.

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Friday, November 30 2012

Ai-Live: A User's Perspective

Ai-Live@Work participation and accessibility: a user's perspective.

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Friday, November 30 2012

Let’s celebrate IDPwD

Let's celebrate: 20th Anniversary of the International Day of People with Disability

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Thursday, November 29 2012

Disability and Education Reform

Education technology and disability service innovator Ai-Media has welcomed the tabling of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and the related Gonski Schools Funding Reform legislation in the Australian Parliament this week, ahead of the International Day of People with Disability on December 3.

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Wednesday, November 28 2012

December Captioning Highlights

Here are some of the captioning highlights FOXTEL will bring to your lounge room this December.

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Monday, October 29 2012

November Captioning Highlights

FOXTEL will air a raft of exciting new shows this month which we have captioned for your enjoyment.

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Friday, October 26 2012

2012 Captioning Awards

The 2012 Deafness Forum Captioning Awards were held last night at the Sheraton on the Park Hotel Sydney.

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Monday, October 22 2012

Join us for DisabiliTEA

DisabiliTEA is a nationwide get together taking place on Friday 26 October in support of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

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Wednesday, October 10 2012

Oz sport feast throughout October

During September, Ai-Media's captioners were kept on the ball bringing some premium live sporting action to Fox Sports and Fox Footy viewers. Throughout September and October they captioned some outstanding sporting events including the US open, Golf USPGA Tour, AFL MVP Awards and the AFL Grand Final.

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Wednesday, October 10 2012

Ai-Live pilot explores inclusion

The 2010 launch of Ai-Live transformed educational and social inclusion opportunities for students and employees across Australia. Since that time, the integration of Ai-Live into learning facilities and workplaces has only provided greater access for individuals, but it has also increased learning and social outcomes for users.

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Wednesday, October 10 2012

Disability - untold story of the NBN

Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes AM, recently appeared in a YouTube video talking about disability support and the National Broadband Network (NBN). As part of that discussion he aptly remarked that 'disability is the untold story of the NBN'

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Monday, October 01 2012

October Captioning Highlights

What do you like to watch on TV? Drama, TV Series, Documentary, Sports & Live Events, News, Comedy, History, General Entertainment, Current Affaires, Lifestyle? We have it captioned for you.

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Saturday, September 01 2012

September Captioning Highlights

It is season premiere time on FOXTEL. We are proud to have closed captioned some exciting new shows for you.

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Thursday, August 30 2012

Tony Robinson's Time Walks

The hidden history behind the best known streets of Australia towns, cities and suburbs.

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Thursday, August 30 2012

Ai-Live launches new online portal

Making things faster and easier for deaf and hard of hearing at workplaces and education across Australia.

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Thursday, August 30 2012

Hearing Awareness Week retro

Reminiscing to the time I ran to pick up the phone when it rang, I answered with a James Bond accent - hello . Alas, the conversation did not end well as I had to keep asking the person to repeat and then - click . Oops, they hung up.

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Wednesday, August 01 2012

August Closed Captioning Content

Closed captioning has been added to some new and exciting programmes on FOXTEL.

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Sunday, July 01 2012

July Closed Captioning Content

We have captioned some exciting new shows for you this month.

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Thursday, June 07 2012

Never Stand Still

Our vision for the NDIS....

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Friday, June 01 2012

June Captioned Content

Each month we highlight the hottest captioned content being broadcast by our clientele. Keep an eye out for what to watch and when!

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Thursday, May 24 2012

Tim Gunn: Behind the Seams

For all Project Runway fans that can't get enough, Season 9 will wrap up with a bang.

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Wednesday, May 23 2012

More Captions on Subscription TV

Captioning levels on subscription television services will be increased over the next three years.

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Monday, May 14 2012

Ai-Media Welcomes NDIS Launch

Disability services innovator Ai-Media has welcomed the significant commitment in this month's Federal Budget.

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Monday, April 30 2012

May Captioned Highlights

Each month we highlight the hottest captioned content being broadcast by our clientele. Keep an eye out for what to watch and when!

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Thursday, April 12 2012

Dripping in Chocolate

This Friday on UKTV; the Australian Premiere of Dripping in Chocolate on FOXTEL and AUSTAR.

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Monday, April 02 2012

April Captioned Highlights

Each month we highlight the hottest captioned content being broadcast by our clientele. Keep an eye out for what to watch and when!

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Monday, February 27 2012

March Captioned Highlights

Each month we highlight the hottest captioned content being broadcast by our clientele. Keep an eye out for what to watch and when!

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Tuesday, February 21 2012

New "Ai-Live™ 3.2"

Ai-Media launches new Ai-Live™ 3.2 internet captioning service for education and work.

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Friday, February 17 2012

FOX FOOTY Comes Alive

If you like your AFL, then you'll want to check out FOXTEL's newest channel, FOX FOOTY!

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Thursday, February 16 2012

A&E Coming to FOXTEL

FOXTEL launches a new entertainment channel!

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Wednesday, February 01 2012

NDIS Vital for Economic Health

Ai-Media has welcomed Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's unequivocal commitment this week to implement a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), as proposed by thew Productivity Commission.

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Tuesday, January 31 2012

February Captioned Highlights

Each month we highlight the hottest captioned content being broadcast by our clientele. Keep an eye out for what to watch and when!

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Tuesday, January 10 2012

XVI Australian Deaf Games

This Saturday marks the the start of the XVI Australian Deaf Games in Geelong, Victoria.

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Sunday, January 01 2012

Captioned Contents Highlights

Each month we highlight the hottest captioned content being broadcast by our clientele. Keep an eye out for what to watch and when!

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Friday, December 23 2011

Holiday Message from the CEO

Major progress has been achieved for the disability sector, throughout 2011.

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Friday, December 16 2011

Ai-Media Brings Xmas to Northcott

Ai-Media today delivered some Christmas presents to Northcott Disability Services in Parramatta, as a twist on their Kris Kringle tradition.

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Tuesday, December 06 2011

Ai-Media Set for Growth

Ai-Media has today announced it has completed a series of milestones that has positioned the company for it's next growth phase.

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Monday, December 05 2011

Commercialisation Australia Grant

Commercialisation Australia has reaffirmed the Australian Government's commitment to backing Australian Inventors, by announcing Ai-Media's Commercialisation Australia Grant.

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Thursday, December 01 2011

Captioned Content Highlights

Each month we highlight the hottest captioned content being broadcast by our clientele. Keep an eye out for what to watch and when.

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Wednesday, November 23 2011

Gillard Commits to early NDIS

Ai-Media welcomes Prime Minister Julia Gillard's commitment to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, at the National Disability Awards.

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Tuesday, November 22 2011

Australian Web Awards

Cerebral Palsy Alliance have been announced as the Winners of the 'Best Overall Accessibility' website, as part of the Australian Web Awards.

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Monday, November 21 2011

Parenting a child who is deaf

At the upcoming POD (Parents of Deaf) Christmas party on 23. November, Alex Jones and Leonie Jackson, from Ai-Media, will be sharing their personal journey growing up and their thoughts on parenting, as proud parents of two boys, one being deaf.

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Tuesday, November 01 2011

Closed Captioning Highlights

Each month we highlight the hottest shows we provide closed captioning for. Keep an eye out for what to watch and when!

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Thursday, October 20 2011

National Week of Deaf People 2011

A week long celebration of Deaf people and the Deaf Australian community is underway across Australia.

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Tuesday, October 04 2011

National Disability Award Finalists

Ai-Media has been announced as a finalist in the Australian Government's National Disability Awards.

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Friday, September 30 2011

Closed Captioning Highlights Oct

Each month we highlight the hottest shows we provide closed captioning for. Keep an eye out for what to watch and when!

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Tuesday, September 27 2011

100,000 enquiries for JobAccess

The Australian Government's JobAccess service has announced a growing demand for its services, with over 100,000 enquires from employers and people with disability and mental health conditions.

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Monday, September 12 2011

International Week of the Deaf 2011

It is again that time of the year when deaf people around the world gather together to commemorate the International Week of the Deaf. This year's theme: Accessibility, freedom of expression and opinion, and access to information. This year the International Week of the Deaf is celebrated from 19 to 25 September.

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Friday, September 02 2011

Working in the New World

The NDS Employment Forum will be held on 5-6 September 2011 at the Hilton, Sydney.

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Tuesday, August 30 2011

Captioned Content Highlights Sept

Each month we highlight the hottest captioned content being broadcast by our clientele. Keep an eye out for what to watch and when!

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Thursday, August 18 2011

Ai-Live™@Work

Ai-Media has released their latest video, Ai-Live@Work, which highlights early stage pilot testing with The Westpac Group and Telstra.

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Friday, August 12 2011

Disability Reform

"Giving people with disability and their carers control and choice over the services they use...."

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Monday, August 01 2011

Captioned Content Highlights Aug

Each month we highlight the hottest captioned content being broadcast by our clientele. Keep an eye out for what to watch and when!

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Monday, July 04 2011

Captioned Content Highlights July

Each month we highlight the hottest captioned content being broadcast by our clientele.

Keep an eye out for what to watch and when!

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Tuesday, May 31 2011

Captioned Content Highlights June

Each month we highlight the hottest captioned content being broadcast by our clientele. Keep an eye out for what to watch and when!

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Wednesday, May 18 2011

NDS Carer Congress

The National Disability and Carer Congress: Make Every Australian Count was held on the 2nd and 3rd of May 2011, at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne.

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Thursday, May 12 2011

Q&A with Claire Stewart

Claire Stewart is a Diversity and Flexibility Manager for the Westpac Group. She has been pivotal in implementing the trial of Ai-Live @ Work for some of the Westpac Group's Deaf and hearing impaired employees.

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Thursday, April 28 2011

Captioned Contents Highlights

Each month we highlight the hottest captioned content being broadcast by our clientele. Keep an eye out for what to watch and when!

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Monday, April 18 2011

Disability & Carer Congress

The National Disability and Carer Congress: Make Every Australian Count will be held on 2nd and 3rd May 2011, at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne.

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Monday, April 18 2011

Raising the Bar

Raising the Bar 2011 will be held on 10th and 11th May 2011, at Dockside Conference Centre, Cockle Bay, Sydney.

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Monday, April 11 2011

Teacher Magazine

Caption it, an article about Ai-Live™, features in the April edition of 'Teacher'.

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Wednesday, April 06 2011

Street TV

Ai-Media is proud to support Street TV.

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Tuesday, April 05 2011

Captioned Content Highlights

Each month we highlight the hottest captioned content being broadcast by our clientele. Keep an eye out for what to watch and when.

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Wednesday, March 30 2011

ASTRA Conference Wrap up

The ASTRA Conferrence, held Tuesday 29 March, was a huge success, with a great deal of insight and innovating thinking coming from the Conference.

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Monday, March 28 2011

BRW 20 Brilliant Business Ideas

BRW spoke to some of the best business entrepreneurs to ask them to share with readers, some great and upcoming ideas on the business horizon.

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Thursday, March 24 2011

2011 ASTRA Conference

The 2011 ASTRA Conference will be held on Tuesday 29th March 2011 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre.

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Wednesday, March 23 2011

MAA launches accessible website

Media Access Australia has today launched their new accessible website, merging the Media Access Australia and Audio Description website.

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Thursday, March 17 2011

Making Google Accessible

Google is committed to making accessibility a reality for all of our users, including those with disabilities.

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Tuesday, February 22 2011

Live captions on Switzer

SKY NEWS BUSINESS programme, Switzer, will now be live captioned, weekdays from 7pm - 8pm AEST.

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Friday, February 11 2011

FOX SPORTS Captioned TV

Want to know what the must watch captioned FOX SPORTS programmes are for February?

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Friday, February 04 2011

Every Australian Counts

On Australian Day, the campaign to revolutionise disability services in Australia kicked off to ensure Every Australian Counts.

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Wednesday, February 02 2011

Captioned Highlights for February

Each month we highlight the hottest captioned content being broadcast by our clientele. Keep an eye out for what to watch and when!

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Tuesday, February 01 2011

Closed Caption Awareness Survey

Closed captioning survey shows high levels of awareness and use of captioning.

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Thursday, January 20 2011

Australia Day Celebrations

This year's Australia Day celebrations will be especially exciting for Ai-Media Co-founder/ Brand Ambassador Alex Jones.

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Thursday, January 20 2011

Australian Deaf Games

The Australian Deaf Games, to be held in Geelong, are just under a year away.

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Thursday, January 13 2011

Closed Captions at Hoyts

The new closed caption sessions at Hoyts Broadway in Sydney have been running for a couple of weeks now. So, what's the experience like?

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Wednesday, January 12 2011

A Big Year for Disability Reform

Senator Mitch Fifield today published his article in response to Todd Winther's article published last week on RampUp.

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Thursday, December 16 2010

Happy Holidays

All of us at Ai-Media wish you a happy and restful holiday season with family and friends. We look forward to continuing to work with you for improved access and inclusion what promises to be an exciting 2011.

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Friday, December 10 2010

FCC Appoint Advisory Commission

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced the membership of its new Video Programming and Emergency Access Advisory Committee (VPEAAC).

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Wednesday, December 08 2010

MAA's Successful Second Pilot

The Media Access Australia Classroom Access Project (CAP) will finish at the end of the 2010 school year.

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Tuesday, December 07 2010

The View from the Opposition

The National Disability Services CEO's Conference was held this morning at Rydges Lakeside, Canberra. Senator Mitch Fifield addressed the event focusing on two elements - education and workforce participation.

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Monday, December 06 2010

DFA Announces New CEO

Ai-Media would like to congratulate Ms Kris Newton on her appointment as CEO of Deafness Forum of Australia (DFA).

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Friday, December 03 2010

2010 IDPwD

Ai-Media CEO, Tony Abrahams, today welcomed the significant progress towards delivering improved access and inclusion for people with disability.

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Thursday, December 02 2010

Understanding the Entrepreneur

Ai-Media's CEO, Tony Abrahams, features in Savvy - Understanding the Entrepreneur, a publication produced by the University of New South Wales (UNSW).

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Wednesday, December 01 2010

Don't DIS my ABILITY

Friday the 3rd of December is an important date for all involved with the NSW's Government initiative, Don't DIS my ABILITY.

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Wednesday, December 01 2010

Captioned Content Highlights

Each month we highlight the hottest captioned content being broadcast by our clientele. Keep an eye out for what to watch and when.

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Friday, November 26 2010

2010 National Disability Awards

Nine exceptional nominees have been announced as recipients in the 2010 National Disability Awards.

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Wednesday, November 24 2010

Best Deaf Athletes Honoured

Australia's most outstanding deaf athletes for 2010 have been recognised at the Deaf Sports Australia (DSA) Annual Awards in Melbourne.

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Wednesday, November 17 2010

Ai-Media Capital Raising

Ai-Media has announced an A$8m capital raising to fund the growth and development of its proven Ai-Live technology, that delivers better access to education and employment for people who are deaf or have difficulty hearing.

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Tuesday, November 16 2010

2GB Radio Appeal for RIDBC

Sydney Radio Station, 2GB 873, in partnership with the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children, will host 2GB's See me, Hear me Radio Appeal on Thursday, November 18th, from 6.00am to 6.00pm.

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Tuesday, November 09 2010

Advice for Students with Disability

Minister for School Education Peter Garrett has commissioned advice on strategies that could assist school students with disability and special needs in the classroom and at school.

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Tuesday, November 09 2010

New Appointments for Ai-Media

Ai-Media today announced new Board and Senior Executive appointments to lead to company's next development phase.

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Thursday, November 04 2010

Video Log with Alex Jones

There has been a great deal of interest surrounding Ai-Live™ with the introduction of the school trial, in April of this year.

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Thursday, November 04 2010

School for Social Entrepreneurs

The School for Social Entrepreneurs runs learning programs in Sydney and Melbourne for entrepreneurial individuals with ideas or businesses that have a community benefit.

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Tuesday, November 02 2010

Bringing Down The Wall

Encore Magazine has published an article in their November issue, that deals with media accessibility services and inclusion within Australia.

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Monday, November 01 2010

Research Participants Required

Doppio Designs will be undertaking a research project in November on behalf of a Not-for-Profit community organisation that will help provide vital information for the deaf and hearing impaired.

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Friday, October 29 2010

Captioned Content Highlights

Each month we highlight the hottest captioned content being broadcast by our clientele. Keep an eye out for what to watch and when!

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Friday, October 29 2010

Ambassadors Announced

Ai-Media's Alex Jones and Leonie Jackson have been announced as 2010 Don't DIS my ABILITY campaign ambassadors.

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Friday, October 29 2010

Q&A with Nicole Lawder

The deaf and hearing impaired community know Nicole Lawder due to her tireless work with Deafness Forum of Australia. Nicole has taken on a new challenge, as CEO of Homelessness Australia, so we decided to ask her a few questions about her new role and what she hopes to achieve within the sector.

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Monday, October 18 2010

Closed Captioned Canonisation

Australia has welcomed the nation's first saint, Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop, with cheers, tears of joy and enthusiastic applause.

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Friday, October 15 2010

Equality for America's Disabled

Blind and Deaf people will find it easier to use smartphones, the internet, emergency broadcast information and much more.

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Friday, October 15 2010

Labor considers Disability Reform

Disability Reform, including a national no-fault insurance scheme, will be a key social policy priority for the Gillard government.

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Thursday, October 07 2010

Live Captions: FOXTEL & AUSTAR

In August, SKY NEWS and FOX SPORTS announced that live captioning of their flagship programming would launch on October 1, 2010.

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Sunday, October 03 2010

Q&A with MAA

Ai-Media wanted to know a little bit more about Media Access Australia (MAA) and the people that make it tick, so we asked Alex Varley, CEO of MAA and Anne McGrath, MAA's Education Manager, a few questions.

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Thursday, September 30 2010

New Board Member at Northcott

Leading not-for-profit disability services provider, Northcott Disability Services, today announced the appointment of Ai-Media Chief Executive Officer Tony Abrahams to Northcott's Board of Directors.

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Wednesday, September 29 2010

Captioned Content

Each month we highlight the hottest captioned content being broadcast by our clientele. Keep an eye out for what to watch and when!

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Thursday, September 23 2010

Ai-Live™ - Semi Finalist

Ai-Live™ featured as a semi finalist on Series 7 of ABC1's The New Inventors last night...

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Tuesday, September 21 2010

RIDBC Launch iPad App

Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children have launched Auslan Tutor for iPad

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Friday, September 17 2010

MAA's New Classroom Initiative

Media Access Australia's new technological solutions test pilot, launched at Cerdon College, Merrylands NSW, will benefit regional children with a hearing impairment.

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Tuesday, September 14 2010

New Secretary for Disabilities

Ai-Media welcomes the appointment of Senator Jan McLucas as the Parliamentry Secretary for Disability and Carers.

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Friday, September 10 2010

DFA announces Acting CEO

Deafness Forum of Australia has announced that Anne Porter will take up the position of Acting CEO whilst they recruit a new full time CEO

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Friday, August 27 2010

Awards, Achievements & Access

Last night's 2010 Captioning Awards was a celebration of all the achievements made in captioning over the last year...

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Thursday, August 26 2010

SKY NEWS launches Live Captions

SKY NEWS to Launch Live Captioning from October 1, 2010.

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Thursday, August 26 2010

Live Captioning on FOX SPORTS

FOX SPORTS today confirmed that from October 1, 2010, a live captioning services will be available to all subscribers across a selection of live Australian sport telecasts.

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Tuesday, August 24 2010

Ai-Media's New Recruits

Meet the newest team members at Ai-Media

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Monday, August 23 2010

Hearing Awareness Week

The purpose of Hearing Awareness Week is to raise awareness and understanding of hearing loss.

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Friday, August 20 2010

Live Captioning for Election 2010

On Election night August 21st 2010, Sky News and Ai-Media will be launching live captioning for Australia's News Channel.

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Friday, August 20 2010

Support for a Disability Reform

Deafness services innovator Ai-Media today welcomed the support of all major political parties for a disability reform as part of their policies for election 2010.

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Thursday, August 19 2010

Ai-Media Submission

Ai-Media welcomes the Productivity Commission's inquiry into disability reform as an opportunity to tackle these long term intergenerational challenges. We hope that the inquiry will shine light on issues that can no longer be swept under the carpet.

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Thursday, July 29 2010

60 Seconds with Nick Watkins

Nick Watkins took up impossible challenges on a new game show...and won the hearts of 1.3 million viewers nationally, plus he put the Deaf and hearing impaired community in the spotlight...

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Monday, July 19 2010

Ai-Live™ in The SMH

Ai-Media has spent the past three and half years researching and developing Ai-Live™, which is a system set to provide about 10,000 Australian children with hearing loss access in the classroom like never before.

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Sunday, July 18 2010

New Cinema Access Innovations

Disability services innovator Ai-Media said today's launch by the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities, Mr Bill Shorten MP, of new cinema access initiatives for people with hearing and vision loss or impairment was a landmark advance for Australia.

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Friday, July 09 2010

PCDE Morning Tea

On the 7th July 2010, Ai-Media and members from Parent Council for Deaf Education and some of their children gathered at Ai-Media Headquarters for a live demonstration and a showcase of the Ai-Live™ - captioning solution.

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Wednesday, June 30 2010

ASTRA Awards 2010

The 8th annual ASTRA Awards were held last Wednsday, 24th June 2010. The Ai-Media team was out in force to show their support.

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Thursday, June 24 2010

Ai-Live™ - From The New Inventors

Two months after launching at the 6th National Deafness Sector Summit in Sydney, Ai-Live featured last night on ABC's The New Inventor program - up against a ride-in organic weeder and a 7-in1 matrix lock system.

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Wednesday, June 23 2010

RU a WordNerd?

We hear about code-cutters, wire-benders, propeller-heads, geeks and nerds. Silicon Valley gazillionairre? 5-time TED speakers? Fanboys? U ain't got nuffin on... ... A WordNerd.
A What?

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Thursday, June 17 2010

Ai-Media Supports CEO Sleepout

Our CEO, Tony Abrahams, will brave the elements tonight in Sydney, as he rises to the challenge of the first national Vinnie's CEO Sleepout.

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Monday, May 31 2010

Ai-Live™ on The New Inventors

Save the Date: Ai-Live on The New Inventors -- 8pm, Wednesday June 23, 2010

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Friday, May 14 2010

Report on Hearing Health

The Senate Community Affairs References Committee today tabled its report titled Hear Us: Inquiry into Hearing Health in Australia. The issues most commonly raised with the committee concerned access and services. The committee has made a number of recommendations to address these issues.

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Friday, May 07 2010

Ai-Live™ Beta Video

Ai-Live™ Beta was released on the 23 of April at the National Deafness Sector Summit. It is a world’s first education innovation for Deaf and hearing impaired students.

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Tuesday, May 04 2010

ABC Radio Interview

Radio interview with Tony Abrahams and Alex Jones aired at 9.40am on the 4th May, 2010 on Deborah's Program - "Mornings with Deborah Cameron" - on ABC 702.

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Thursday, April 22 2010

Check out our NEW videos!

Ai-Media to Unveil World-First -- Education Innovation for Deaf School Students at National Deafness Sector Summit - Friday 23 April.

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Wednesday, April 21 2010

New School Captioning Services

Deafness services and captioning innovator Ai-Media will unveil a world-first education service for deaf and hearing impaired school students at the National Deafness Sector Summit this Friday in Sydney.

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Monday, April 19 2010

National Deafness Sector Summit

The National Deafness Sector Summit on 23-24 April will turn a spotlight on the critical issue of hearing disability that affects more than 3.5 million Australians.

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Friday, April 16 2010

New Education Division

Ai-Media today launched a new Education Access Division to enable deaf and hearing impaired students to participate fully in mainstream classrooms in schools, TAFEs and universities.

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Saturday, March 20 2010

ASTRA Respeaking Competition

Winner of iPod Touch --- Colin Stapleton of OpenTV

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Wednesday, March 17 2010

WIN iPod Touch in 30 seconds

ASTRA Conference RESPEAKING COMPETITION

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Wednesday, March 17 2010

Ai-Media Acquires RipperReporters

Ai-Media today announced the expansion of its stenographic captioning resources to service growing demand for television broadcasters and clients in the public and private sectors.

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Monday, March 15 2010

Experienced Captioners Wanted!

Ai-Media is looking for experienced speech captioners to join our growing team! The position will initially be based onsite in our Macquarie Park office; however we are looking for people who can be set up to work from their own home. You will also be trained in offline captioning (Swift).

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Monday, March 15 2010

Live Stenocaptioners wanted!

Ai-Media is looking for experienced live stenocaptioners to provide high quality captioning. The postion will initially be based on site in our North Ryde office; however we are looking for people who can also be set up to work from home.

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Thursday, February 18 2010

Jo Booth Joins Ai-Media

Access services company Access Innovation Media (Ai-Media) has appointed Jo Booth to the newly created position of Development Manager.

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Tuesday, February 02 2010

EARN $$$--WORK FROM HOME

We are looking for people who are keen to work long-term as an offline captioners for at least 20 hours a week. Your main task would be to author and edit captions for television.

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Wednesday, January 27 2010

The Henry Report Supports NDIS

On the 23rd of January 2010, the Sydney Morning Herald publised an article about The Henry Report.

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Thursday, January 21 2010

Changing Attitudes

RACHEL BROWNE meets the man speaking out on the rights of the 'hearing impaired'.

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Thursday, December 03 2009

Alex Jones-ABC Radio Interview

Adam Spencer, ABC Sydney Radio host, conducted an interview with Alex Jones this morning.

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Monday, November 30 2009

Better Media Access!!

Tony Abrahams, CEO of Access Innocation Media, welcomes the release of the report "Access to Electronic Media for the Hearing and Vision Impaired: Approaches for Consideration".

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Thursday, November 26 2009

Captioning on YouTube

Google has announced that they are adding automatic caption capabilities to YouTube.

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Tuesday, November 24 2009

Productivity Commission Inquiry

Last night The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, announced a Productivity Commission inquiry to examine the feasibility, costs and benefits of replacing the current system of disability services with a new approach which provides long-term essential care and support for people with severe or profound disabilities however acquired.

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Friday, November 13 2009

5th Anniversary of CC

October 21 marked the 5th anniversary of Closed Captioning (CC) on FOXTEL. Ai-Media and the FOXTEL CC crew celebrated this great milestone together with a luncheon to reflect on the wonder years. Since its inception on the digital service in 2004, over 390,000 hours of programming content has been broadcast which is a remarkable achievement by all involved. At launch, there were 20 channels enabled for CC and by the end of 2009 there will be over 50.

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Wednesday, November 11 2009

NDIS

All Australians need a no-fault insurance scheme for everyone who has, or acquires a significant disability. Australia's approach to disability services is crisis-driven and welfare-based. A National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) would change this.

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Tuesday, October 13 2009

New strategy to benefit Deaf

Employment Participation Minister Mark Arbib and Disabilities and Children’s Services Parliamentary Secretary Bill Shorten have unveiled the Government’s new National Mental Health and Disability Employment Strategy.

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Tuesday, October 06 2009

2009 Captioning Awards

Ai-Media were proud to be a sponsor of the 2009 Captioning Awards, hosted by Deafness Forum.

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Thursday, August 27 2009

The end of Disability

"The end of Disability" - Keynote Address to Launch 2009 Hearing Awareness Week, which was held at Jubilee Dining Hall, Parramatta Town Hall, August 24th 2009 at 7pm

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Monday, August 24 2009

Hearing Awareness Week

Hearing Awareness Week is here again. It runs from Sunday 23 August through to Saturday 29 August.

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Tuesday, August 18 2009

Shut Out

What is life like for Australians with disabilites, their families and carers? This thought provoking report has the answers.

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Monday, August 17 2009

Captioning Awards 2009

2009 Captioning Awards - 27 August 2009

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Saturday, August 01 2009

FOX8 Highlights

Want to know what's happening in the realm of FOX8? Check out the FOX8 highlights

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Tuesday, July 07 2009

Australia's Next Top Model

What a night! Australia's Next Top Model final was live captioned and broadcast across Australia exclusively on FOX8 on 7th July.

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Wednesday, May 13 2009

Superfast Broadband for all?

Ai-Media strongly supports the Australian Government’s proposed National Broadband Network (NBN) initiative to deliver every house, school and business access to affordable fast broadband.

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Wednesday, May 13 2009

Sign Language on the iPhone

The hottest new iPhone App is the "Auslan Tutor" and a steal at just $50 for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. The best way to learn Auslan is by watching it - and trying it out - and now you can carry 500 of the most common signs in your pocket.

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Wednesday, April 01 2009

Ai hits the Street

The freshest non-conformist original reporting in town is Street TV.

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Thursday, March 19 2009

Ai-LIVE at ASTRA

Ai-Media’s LIVE captions deliver 100% accessibility to the ASTRA Conference held on 19 March at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney.

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Thursday, March 19 2009

Laws are Changing

Recognising the enormous loss to society if people with disabilities are unable to fulfil their potential and fully participate in their communities, laws around the world are changing to promote Access and Inclusion.

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Friday, February 13 2009

Closing the Gap

Geoffrey Robertson's Hypothetical: Closing The Gap saw the veteran broadcaster and provocateur return to his unique forum for NITV.

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Monday, December 15 2008

CHANGE we can believe in

Barack Obama's successful campaign for change resonates with many of us all over the world.

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Sunday, December 14 2008

Priscilla in sign

"Why should they miss out on such a fabulous show?"

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Thursday, November 27 2008

Wild Boys

Let's Get Physical! Ai-Media hosted three separate groups during the 17-day season of Caroline Conlon's Wild Boys at the NIDA Playhouse in Sydney.

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Saturday, November 15 2008

FOXTEL backstage access

Access is all about connection and some great connections were made at the FOXTEL Backstage Access Day on 15 November.

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May 2013 Captioning Highlights

Monday, April 29 2013

Half Hour Bookings of Ai-Live

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NDIS to Become Law

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20 Years of DDA

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Young Global Leaders

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March Captioning Highlights

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Twenty Years: Twenty Stories

Monday, February 18 2013

Employment Participation

Friday, February 01 2013

February Captioning Highlights

Friday, February 01 2013

NDIS COAG RIS Submission

Wednesday, January 30 2013

Ai-Media has it Covered

Wednesday, January 30 2013

Huge Variety LifeStyle Channels

Wednesday, January 30 2013

Ai-Live: Beyond Deaf Services

Friday, January 25 2013

NDIS Bill 2012

Wednesday, January 23 2013

Broadcast Captioning Standards

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Season's Greetings from Ai-Media

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Expansion Beyond Deaf Services

Thursday, December 20 2012

Holiday Message from the CEO

Friday, November 30 2012

Switched at Birth

Friday, November 30 2012

Ai-Live: A User's Perspective

Friday, November 30 2012

Let’s celebrate IDPwD

Thursday, November 29 2012

Disability and Education Reform

Wednesday, November 28 2012

December Captioning Highlights

Monday, October 29 2012

November Captioning Highlights

Friday, October 26 2012

2012 Captioning Awards

Monday, October 22 2012

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Wednesday, October 10 2012

Oz sport feast throughout October

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Ai-Live pilot explores inclusion

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Disability - untold story of the NBN