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| 25 May 2017 |
Five tips for teachers of students with hearing impairment So you’ve started a new term this year and you’ve discovered that one (or perhaps more) of your students has a hearing impairment or doesn't have... |
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| 22 July 2016 |
Progress with accessibility needed in New Zealand 121 students took over New Zealand’s Parliament to debate about ‘Accessible Web Pages and Apps’. This was a mock bill aiming to improve accessibility... |
| 21 July 2016 |
G3ict acquires IAAP in global accessibility merger The Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies (G3ict) has announced it will be acquiring the International... |
| 20 July 2016 |
Screenworks host CC and AD workshop to educate filmmakers As part of the accessibility focus of Screenworks, they will be holding a Closed Captioning (CC) and Audio Description (AD) workshop next month, with... |
| 18 July 2016 |
USAA’s new banking app allows voice-guided cheque depositing USAA, a Texas-based Fortune 500 diversified financial services group, has recently demonstrated that banking and accessibility can easily go hand in... |
| 14 July 2016 |
Google announces Android Nougat with new accessibility features Google has officially launched its new version of Android 7.0 Nougat which will feature a number of significant accessibility additions and... |
| 13 July 2016 |
Barriers for disabled gamers with Pokémon Go The latest Pokémon game, Pokémon Go, has just been released, and instead of its usual portable game console format, it was released as a phone app.... |
| 11 July 2016 |
Google invests in start-up that identifies images through your phone’s camera Google has said “oui” (yes) to buying French start-up Moodstocks, a company that specialises in rapid object recognition from smartphones. This... |
| 08 July 2016 |
New free technology resource for teachers of the Deaf Australian not-for-profit, Conexu Foundation, has developed a free resource guide for teachers aimed at students who are Deaf, hard of hearing or... |
| 07 July 2016 |
Governments are toughening up on public sector web accessibility State and Federal Governments around the globe are toughening up on public sector web accessibility. The latest case is the Alaskan Juneau School... |
| 05 July 2016 |
UK charity puts pressure on government to enforce web accessibility Robin Christopherson, head of digital inclusion at Abilitynet, a UK disabilities charity, has written an open letter to the British Parliament, to... |
| 04 July 2016 |
Apple wins award for accessibility advances The American Council of the Blind (ACB) has awarded Apple the coveted Robert S. Bray Award for their continued accessibility innovations, which will... |
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| 30 June 2016 |
New ‘game-changing’ phone app enhances phone accessibility ‘OpenAccess Captions’ is a brand new application for iPads and iPhones that was developed by Brisbane-based charity Conexu Foundation. It is an app... |
| 28 June 2016 |
Channel 4 seeks viewer feedback about its accessibility services Channel 4 has created a survey to capture as much feedback as possible from people who view their programming with captions (subtitles in the UK),... |
| 27 June 2016 |
Amazon launches new affordable, more accessible Kindles Amazon has just launched a new range of Kindle ebook readers, starting at the affordable price of US$79. Best of all, they come with features that... |
| 24 June 2016 |
Chris Mikul’s captioning legacy Chris Mikul was the Project Manager of Media Access Australia since its inception and has been an active advocate for better captioning, audio... |
| 22 June 2016 |
E3 Gaming conference accessibility announcements This year at the EA's E3 Gaming Conference, a number of gaming companies and console producers announced their commitment to accessibility. We... |
| 21 June 2016 |
Call for judges – Australian Web Award 2016 Would you like to be a judge, or do you know a suitably qualified professional who would like to, for this year’s Australian Web Awards? Applications... |
| 17 June 2016 |
Political websites offer a lesson in access Election campaigns… The drudgery of all those politicians, political parties and media outlets all vying for your attention. Trying to get the latest... |
| 16 June 2016 |
Curtin University receives grant to investigate the impact of mobile apps on people with a disability An investigation by researchers at Curtin University into how mobile apps can support individuals with a disability has been awarded the 2016 Dr... |