Blog: Why is Accessibility a Good Investment?
28 Aug 2018
Why should businesses, governments, educators, companies and not-for-profits make their content, products or services accessible?
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News: Wellington Access Radio Interview
13 Apr 2018
Check out the latest edition of Access Radio’s No Labels podcast to hear our chief executive Wendy talking about Able’s captioning and audio description services. Host Thomas Bryan asks Wendy about accessible technology, online TV platforms, plus a couple of her favourite songs.
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Blog: What’s Around the Corner?
11 Jan 2018
Happy New Year! As Kiwis pack up their tents and chillybins, put the cover back on the barbie and get back into work mode, let’s take a peek around the corner at what’s in store for media accessibility in 2018.
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Blog: Accessibility is good for everyone
17 Nov 2017
Cast your mind back to earlier this year – America’s Cup 2017. You arrive at work and your workmates are crowding around the television watching the racing. You’re hard of hearing, so you can’t hear what’s being said in a noisy environment. You’re finding it hard to follow what’s happening, so you drift away from the group, back to your desk.
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Highlights: Face the Classroom
18 Sep 2017
This two-night special will offer viewers a unique opportunity to see our political leaders unmasked, as a classroom of inquisitive 8 to 12-year-olds ask them the refreshingly honest questions that only children would think to ask.
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News: Able wins international audio description award!
12 Jul 2017
The Able team is absolutely delighted to have been selected as the recipient of the 2017 Audio Description Achievement Award-International, awarded by the American Council of the Blind and its Audio Description Project.
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Highlights: The Job Interview
22 Nov 2016
In an interview situation, some people will thrive while others nose-dive.
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Highlights: The Simpsons
20 Nov 2016
Pack your bags. The Simpsons are off to Paris! Your favourite yellow family are back on TVNZ 2 this week, with all new episodes.
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Blog: Able celebrates Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
11 Jul 2016
Last 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.
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Blog: Audio described movie bonanza
15 Jun 2016
A chef rat, a barbarian warrior, a scheming raccoon and a scientist who turns into a monster are just some of the protagonists featured in audio described movies playing on TV2 for the next two Saturday nights.
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