Highlights: Rio 2016 Paralympics Highlights
08 Sep 2016Don’t miss your favourite Kiwi Paralympians take on the world! Read more
Blog: Rio 2016 Olympic Games Captioning Coverage
01 Aug 2016We're busy gearing up for our most exciting captioning event yet! Next week 200 of New Zealand’s best athletes take to the world stage for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Read more
Blog: Captioning sound effects, non-verbal utterances and music.
25 Jul 2016Dialogue forms the core of what we as viewers hear in a TV programme, but sound goes beyond simply what is spoken in order to tell a story. Most programmes use sound effects to relay information, such as the approaching footsteps of an intruder, a time-out buzzer in a quiz show, the chime of a cell phone, the beeping of an electronic heart monitor. Others are used to heighten the atmosphere of the scene rather than further the narrative, like laughter at a comedian’s joke, a wailing siren in a bad neighbourhood, or birds chirping in a wide landscape shot. Read more
Media release: Rio 2016 Olympics captioning coverage announced
20 Jul 2016For the first time ever, Able are offering captioning services for free-to-air coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Prime, making the games accessible for Kiwis who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing. Read more
Blog: Able celebrates Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
11 Jul 2016Last week was Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week), and to celebrate, we took some time to think about how we treat Māori content. Read more