United brings back embedded IFE under massive narrowbody overhaul
Way back at the 2014 APEX Exhibition in Long Beach, California, United Airlines’ then managing director of passenger systems, Tarek Ab... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: accessible IFE
Accessible IFE comes in fits and starts, but regulatory push is needed
Bluebox Aviation Systems this spring was forthright about its hopes that airlines would voluntarily adopt accessible inflight entertainment ... Continue Reading
ATR highlights applications of hearing loops, braille to remove barriers
Nearly five hundred million people worldwide – more than six percent of the global population – have hearing loss to a level tha... Continue Reading
Free accessibility plus connectivity-lite coming to Bluebox customers
Fresh off of winning the Best Inflight Entertainment Innovation at the APEX Awards in Boston for Bluebox’s Accessible IFE (aIFE) platform, B... Continue Reading
Bluebox hopeful airlines adopt IFE for the blind before regs hit
Bluebox Aviation Systems is hopeful that airlines will voluntarily adopt accessible inflight entertainment for blind passengers before regul... Continue Reading
Press Release: Crystal Cabin Winners: Eight ideas that make flying better
The 12th Crystal Cabin Awards were presented in Hamburg on Tuesday. The winners of the world’s most famous and highly regarded prize for air... Continue Reading
Gogo and US Deaf group agree landmark captioning deal
Gogo – in its guise as a growing provider of inflight entertainment thanks to its on-demand streaming service, Gogo Vision – is ... Continue Reading
Audio description of IFE in the offing for blind passengers
When she first started her company, Vancouver-based Descriptive Video Works in 2003, Diane Johnson said she did something unusual. Frustrate... Continue Reading
Air Canada enhances IFE options for visually impaired passengers
Air Canada is further enhancing the entertainment options available for its visually impaired passengers, after becoming the first airline i... Continue Reading
VIDEO: Closed captioning is coming to inflight entertainment
Southwest Airlines has listened to its passengers, and says it will offer closed captioning (CC) on its wireless IFE solution beginning in e... Continue Reading
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