News: Captions on TVNZ 1's Breakfast
1 Oct 2020
Captions will be available on TVNZ 1’s Breakfast programme from Monday 5 October 2020 following a major funding boost for Able, New Zealand’s provider of captioning and audio description for free-to-air television.
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News: Captions on TVNZ OnDemand
14 Jul 2020
Captioned shows are now available all in one place on the TVNZ OnDemand website and app.
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New MACT Trustee: Thomas Bryan
21 Feb 2020
The Media Access Charitable Trust is pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas Bryan to the board.
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Blog: Accessibility is a Many-splendoured Thing
29 Aug 2019
The quantity of online video content is increasing rapidly, and with growing diversity, there are new roles for subtitles. Along with the Deaf and hard-of-hearing communities, hearing people use captions as an aid to clarity.
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News: Captions for the Kids (and Kids at Heart)
24 May 2019
We’re so happy to be making more kids’ content accessible, with captions now available on HEIHEI. Ka mau te pai!
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Blog: Helping Hands… or ‘Eyes’, to be Exact
9 Apr 2019
In a world where technology can serve as an alternative to physical interaction between people – if not an outright replacement – lots has been said about how our smartphones are making us antisocial and unhealthy. But the Be My Eyes app both harnesses and advances what is, really, the heart of ICT – human connection.
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News: More Captions Available on TVNZ OnDemand
19 Nov 2018
We’re well pleased more captioned content will be available on TVNZ OnDemand from Monday 19 November!
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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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Blog: Captioning Matters
9 Jul 2018
We were super excited to be featured in the Winter 2018 edition of Hearing Matters, the National Foundation for the Deaf’s magazine. Our chief executive Wendy graced the cover, and she had the opportunity to talk at length about our captioning service.
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Blog: NZ On Screen
12 Jun 2018
You may not know that Able provides captions for some NZ On Screen content. Some of their newly digitised work includes Winners & Losers, which we’re particularly honoured to have been involved in.
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