Online Media
Ai-Media interviews MAA
Like Media Access Australia, Ai-Media is committed to increasing accessibility to the media through simple and affordable solutions.
Varley and McGrath each took the time to explain what drew them to the work of Media Access Australia. This led to a discussion about some of the major projects being undertaken by Media Access Australia such as Your Local Cinema and the Classroom Access Project.
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Super-fast data networks can increase accessibility for older and disabled people: report
The research study was commissioned by Ofcom’s Advisory Committee on Older and Disabled People, and looks at the effects that Next Generation Services can bring to older and disabled people and their access to information online.
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Internet Explorer 9 beta hands-on - a mixed bag for accessibility
First, the new version of the browser remains fast. IE9 works differently to other web browsers in that it makes better use of the graphics card and Windows features to speed up image download times, and on most computers it succeeds. This test was done on a basic Asus Eee PC running Windows 7. There was a substantial performance increase, making IE9 more competitive against browsers such as Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
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