Latest News
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| 29 June 2011 |
UN releases report on international ICT accessibility The Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies (G3ICT), an arm of the United Nations, has released a report on international developments in ICT accessibility, finding a gap between countries’ commitment and real-world implementation. |
| 29 June 2011 |
NV Access awarded Mozilla grant to improve NVDA Mozilla has awarded NV Access an $80,000 grant to improve its free and open source screen reader for Windows, Non-Visual Desktop Access (NVDA). |
| 27 June 2011 |
Media Access Australia’s Captioning Grant If you are a video producer or owner of video content in the areas of education or community service, and this material is being made available to the public on DVD or online, you could be eligible for Media Access Australia’s Captioning Grant. |
| 24 June 2011 |
CSU cautions use of Google apps due to accessibility issues A report by the Accessible Technology Initiative at California State University has cautioned US universities on campus-wide adoption of Google’s Apps for Education based on the accessibility issues found in these products. |
| 24 June 2011 |
YouTube’s auto-captions improve, but there’s a long way to go Scientific American has published an article on the state of YouTube’s auto caption service, introduced in 2009, which uses speech recognition software to automatically caption videos. |
| 24 June 2011 |
New large print contacts app for the iPad now available Ai Squared has released a new ‘large print’ contacts app for the iPad for users who have difficulty with the text size on the screen. |
| 24 June 2011 |
Dr Hollier presents at Council on the Ageing WA Conference Media Access Australia WA Manager Dr Scott Hollier will be presenting today on access to online media and digital technology at the Council on the Ageing WA Active Ageing Conference. |
| 23 June 2011 |
UK travel company websites fall short on basic accessibility An investigation into the accessibility of the top ten UK travel company websites has shown that none of these websites met the most basic level of accessibility, with Ryanair providing the poorest accessibility to customers. |
| 23 June 2011 |
Media Access Australia staff to judge accessibility compliance for Australian Web Awards Media Access Australia staff members Dr Scott Hollier and Sarah Pulis will judge the accessibility compliance of candidate websites and mobile applications for the Australian Web Awards 2011. |
| 22 June 2011 |
W3C calls for review of WCAG supporting documents The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) has announced a Call for Review of updates to two supporting documents for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. |
| 22 June 2011 |
Accessibility a judging criteria for Australian Web Awards The Australian Web Awards 2011 is now open for submissions from Australian websites or mobile applications that have been newly created or significantly redesigned in the last financial year, with accessibility a key consideration for judges. |
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Accessibility Summit brings accessibility experts live to a computer near you The second annual Accessibility Summit conference will be held on 27 September, streaming leading web accessibility experts online to attendees around the world. |
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Leading online video provider Netflix sued for not captioning videos The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is suing Netflix, the largest provider of on-demand video in the US, for failing to provide captions on most of its titles. |
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ACCAN funds Media Access Australia’s social media accessibility project The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) today announced that Media Access Australia’s social media accessibility project will be among six to receive funding under the ACCAN Grants Scheme for 2011. |
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US non-profit group sues CNN.com for uncaptioned online video A Berkeley-based non-profit group has filed a lawsuit against Time Warner for allegedly discriminating against the Deaf and hearing impaired by not providing captioned online videos on CNN.com. |
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Vodafone Foundation Accessibility Awards promote apps for disabled and elderly Vodafone Foundation has launched a competition to promote the development of software applications that improve the lives of people with disabilities, and older people. |
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New version of Apple iBooks includes read-aloud feature The latest version of the Apple iBooks app includes a new read-aloud feature, allowing publishers to include human-voice narration in their books. |
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ACCAN Standing Advisory Committee members appointed Media Access Australia Project Manager Dr Scott Hollier and board member Victoria Rubensohn have been appointed to the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) Standing Advisory Committees for 2011-2013. |
| 06 June 2011 |
CAPTCHAs shown to yet again impede accessibility The question of accessible CAPTCHAs has been raised once again as they are shown to impede ticket purchase on the 2012 London Olympic website. |
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VizWiz now available in iTunes store VizWiz, a new iPhone app which enables people who are blind or vision impaired to recruit sighted users to answer questions about an item they have taken a photo of, is now available in the iTunes store. |
