ACCAN is the peak body that represents Australian consumers on communications issues, working towards the availability, accessibility and affordability of communications.
Dr Hollier has been reappointed to its Standing Advisory Committee for Disability Issues (SACDI), which assists ACCAN in identifying communications issues faced by people with disabilities and planning strategies to address them.
According to the press release, the name change is due to several reasons, mainly, that Twitter rules of use for third-party applications do not allow the word ‘Twitter’ in the name of the application.
Also, the word ‘easy’ is more understood than ‘accessible’, particularly to those not in the accessibility or disability communities. Easy Chirp is also shorter, especially important with the 140-character limit in Twitter statuses, better known as tweets.
Wells Fargo has been the subject of numerous complaints by Deaf and hearing impaired people, as well as people with speech difficulties, many of which related to the company’s refusal to use the telecommunications relay service.
As part of the settlement, Wells Fargo will ensure that its 10,000 retail and banking stores, over 12,000 ATMs, and phone and website services will be fully accessible. It will also pay US$16 million in compensation to individuals, and a US$55,000 civil penalty to the United States.
Dr Hollier looks at the recent work of the W3C in making it easier for people to check if websites are accessible for people with disabilities. This work includes the creation of the Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) 1.0 Schemato help web developers, and the WCAG 2.0 Evaluation Methodology Task Force(Eval TF)to create a methodology for accessibility evaluation.
