Alex Jones is an American actor and advocate for people who are
deaf or have a
hearing impairment
Hearing loss is a partial or total inability to hear. Hearing loss may be present at birth or acquired at any time afterwards. Hearing loss may occur in one or both ears. In children, hearing problems can affect the ability to acquire spoken l ...
. He was a co-founder and brand ambassador of Access Innovation Media (Ai-Media).
Early life
Jones was born to a deaf family in
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
,
U.S.A. A graduate of
NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, he was recruited to
Australia
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in 1997 by the Australian Theatre of the Deaf.
Career
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.
Jones co-founded the Access Innovation Media (Ai-Media) in 2003. The company has developed Ai-Live, a realtime, word accurate
speech-to-text captioning program using broadband technology which featured and won on
ABC1’s
The New Inventors
''The New Inventors'' was an Australian television program, that was broadcast on ABC1 and hosted by broadcaster and comedian James O'Loghlin. Each episode featured three Australian inventions and short video tape packages. IP Australia, a supp ...
.
Jones was the Director of the 2005
Deaflympic Games Cultural Festival in
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
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.
Jones served as an ambassador for Don't DIS my ABILITY from 2004 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.
See also
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National Captioning Institute (NCI)
References
External links
DontDISmyABILITY.comai-media.tv
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Living people
Male actors from Michigan
Year of birth missing (living people)
Tisch School of the Arts alumni