Alex Jones (actor)
Alex Jones is an American actor and advocate for people who are deaf or have a hearing impairment. He was a co-founder and brand ambassador of Access Innovation Media (Ai-Media).
Early life[edit]
Jones was born to a deaf family in Michigan, U.S.A. A graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, he was recruited to Australia in 1997 by the Australian Theatre of the Deaf.
Career[edit]
Alex Jones started his career as an actor for TV and other productions. He portrayed the role of Lyle Slater from 2001-2002 on All Saints. He also worked on a show The Wild Boys from the Australian Theatre of the Deaf.[1]
Jones co-founded the Access Innovation Media (Ai-Media) in 2003.[2] The company has developed Ai-Live, a realtime, word accurate speech-to-text captioning program using broadband technology[3] which featured and won on ABC1’s The New Inventors.[4]
Jones was the Director of the 2005 Deaflympic Games Cultural Festival in Melbourne and toured Australia with Heads Up! – a theatre-in-education production. He appeared on Australian drama All Saints from 2001 to 2002, playing Lyle Slater.[5]
Jones served as an ambassador for Don't DIS my ABILITY from 2004 [6] and was the Chairperson of the Deafness Forum of Australia, a body representing the interests of people with hearing impairments, or chronic disorders of the ear. On 9 May 2014, Jones stepped down from Ai-Media but remained a shareholder of the company.[7]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Boys go wild through the ages - Star Observer".
- ^ "Ai-Media's Timeline". au.ai-media.tv. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ "Computer system gives ears to those who cannot hear". smh.com.au. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ "Winner and people's choice". abc.net.au. Archived from the original on 28 November 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ "Australian Television: All Saints". www.australiantelevision.net.
- ^ "Ambassadors listing on DontDISmyABILITY.com". Archived from the original on 2011-02-18. Retrieved 2010-11-02.
- ^ "Ai-Media's Alex Jones Steps Down". medianet.com.au. 2014-05-09. Retrieved 19 July 2014.