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Articles
- “You’re painting the picture with your words!”: Tom Sainsbury on The Hits
- “In simple terms, captions are essential, and the impact is huge.”
- 2022 Impact Report
- 5 Deaf Tiktok Creators You Should Be Following
- 5 Reasons why NZSL is amazing!
- Able recognised with a People’s Choice Accessible Business Award
- Accessibility is a Many-splendoured Thing
- Audio description levels the playing field and brings people together, research shows
- Blind people watch TV too
- Captions and subtitles: what’s the difference?
- Captions for the Kids (and Kids at Heart)
- Creamerie: An interview with co-creator and co-star, Perlina Lau.
- Decade of Able: A history, from 2013-2023
- How to use Earcatch
- Justina Miles and Visible Accessibility
- Listen Up! A reflection
- Mary Fisher: The Importance of Representation
- Navigating authentic representation of disability
- Open Access – The Listener Interview with Dan Buckingham, Chief Executive of Able
- The Creativity of Audio Description
- Tokyo Olympics: Meet the Kiwis who make television accessible
Conversations
- “In simple terms, captions are essential, and the impact is huge.”
- An interview with Jon Tai-Rakena, Māori Deaf TikTok creator
- Connecting the Deaf Community: An Interview with Deaf Aotearoa’s Daniel Harborne
- Creamerie: An interview with co-creator and co-star, Perlina Lau.
- Decade of Able: David Kent, trustee
- Decade of Able: Jane Wrightson
- Decade of Able: Lewis Grant, Chair
- Decade of Able: Virginia Philp, team leader, audio describers
- Decade of Able: Wendy Youens, founding CEO
- Introducing our new trustee, Sacha McNeil!
- Meet the Audio Describers: Fast Facts with Clare Marcie Wilson
- Meet the Audio Describers: Fast Facts with Lee Smith-Gibbons
- Meet the Audio Describers: Fast Facts with Rebekah Dack
- Meet the Audio Describers: Fast Facts with Virginia Philp
- Thomas’ Story
- What it’s like to live-caption Donald Trump, and who is James Tame?
Life at Able
- Able recognised with a People’s Choice Accessible Business Award
- Behind the Screens | Meet Gabriella!
- Clanging swords and armour with a story: What it’s like to audio describe Gladiator with Rebekah
- Decade of Able: A history, from 2013-2023
- From Drama to Description: Anjula’s Journey as an Audio Describer at Able
- Hand in Hand: Bringing stories of NZSL to the screen
- How to access captions on TVNZ+
- Introducing Able’s next Communications & Engagement Manager, Jean Teng!
- Making the Kids of Kōrero Lane accessible: The art of audio description for tamariki
- Meet the Audio Describers: Fast Facts with Clare Marcie Wilson
- Meet the Audio Describers: Fast Facts with Lee Smith-Gibbons
- Meet the Audio Describers: Fast Facts with Rebekah Dack
- Meet the Audio Describers: Fast Facts with Virginia Philp
- The Creativity of Audio Description
- The Intersection of Art and Accessibility: A Conversation with Kitty, Caption Producer
- The red carpet and Everything Everywhere All At Once: Captioning the 95th Oscars and Academy Awards
News
- “He has to write that down now…” Live captions on The Project!
- “Let Deaf people take the lead”: Interview with Gabriella Evans and Stella Huggins on 95bFM
- “You’re painting the picture with your words!”: Tom Sainsbury on The Hits
- 2021’s Audio Description Wrapped: The best descriptions of New Zealand TV this year.
- Able – Our Story
- Able & Tom Sainsbury on Breakfast
- Able on RNZ’s The Panel with Wallace Chapman
- Able recognised with a People’s Choice Accessible Business Award
- Able selected for Government Supplier Panel
- Able’s Brand Evolution
- Access Radio with Able
- Alert Level Change – Able continues to provide Captions and AD
- Behind The Scenes with Karen O’Leary
- Behind-The-Screens | Meet Kristin, Caption Editor
- Behind-The-Screens | Meet Steffi, Caption Editor
- Blind Citizens NZ win an International Award in recognition of their years of Audio Description advocacy!
- Blind people watch TV too
- Captions for the Kids (and Kids at Heart)
- Captions on TVNZ 1’s Breakfast
- Captions on TVNZ OnDemand
- Changing Media Accessibility Landscapes in New Zealand
- COVID-19 Update From Able
- Decade of Able: Clive Lansink, Chair, Blind Low Vision NZ
- Dreaming of a fully inclusive society: From rugby to parenting to CEO in a wheelchair
- Earcatch launches in Aotearoa, increasing accessibility with on-demand audio description
- How the Topp Twins inspired Kiwi actress Karen O’Leary to help others
- Introducing Able’s next Chief Executive
- Introducing our new trustee, Irene Gardiner!
- Karen O’Leary joins Jason Hoyte and Mike Minogue on Radio Hauraki to chat about World Sight Day
- Live captions on Three’s Newshub at 6PM
- Meet the Audio Describers: Fast Facts with Jennifer Daruwalla
- New MACT Trustee: Thomas Bryan
- Newsroom: One-fifth of Kiwis need disability access to television
- NZ Post: Delivering For Good
- On-demand audio description app Earcatch winds up, but will continue to be available in Aotearoa
- Proposal to increase the availability of AD in New Zealand
- Seven Sharp: A Glimpse into the World of Audio Describing
- Stuff: The growth of audio description, on screen and stage
- The Able website wins Silver at The Best Awards!
- The Fold: Duncan Greive & Wendy Youens
- The literacy magic of television subtitles – The Spinoff
- Tom Sainsbury on The Breeze
- Turning on captions improves childrens’ literacy, New Zealand study shows
- Universal Design for Social Media: 3 ways to make your content more accessible
- Warner Bros. Discovery launches audio description on Three
- Warner Bros. Discovery launches live captions on Three!
- What could the new public media entity mean for media accessibility?
- Will new disability legislation include access to media?
- World Sight Day with Able on 95 bFM
Stories
- Advocacy & Captions: Nancy’s Story
- Averil’s Story
- Colenso BDDO
- Creamerie: An interview with co-creator and co-star, Perlina Lau.
- David’s Story
- Decade of Able: Chief Executive Dan Buckingham on Able and its future
- From South Africa to Aotearoa: An Interview With Melody Steyn
- From Star Trek to Iceland: An interview with Mojo Mathers
- Gabriella’s Story
- Impact Stories: Meet Ari
- Impact Stories: Meet Chris
- Impact stories: Meet Donna!
- Impact Stories: Meet Ivy
- Impact Stories: Meet Ursula
- Isla’s Story
- Karen’s Story
- Lianna’s story
- Martine’s Story
- Norelle’s Story
- Pauline’s Story
- Rebecca’s Story
- Sam’s Story
- Shawn’s Story
- Thomas’ Story