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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