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New initiative promotes technology designed for everybody

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A major initiative recently launched in London is raising awareness of the need for technology design that includes people with a disability.

An initiative of The Royal London Society for the Blind, Everybody Technology works collaboratively with technology companies, developers, designers and people with disabilities to create products that combine technology and design for the benefit of all users.

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World’s first accessible gaming arcade

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The AbleGamers Foundation has opened an Accessibility Arcade at the Washington DC Public Library in the USA, providing a permanent space for people to experience accessible gaming.

The AbleGamers Foundation works to educate and promote video games that are accessible to people with a disability. The Accessibility Arcade will feature games that have accessible options or use accessible technology and provide an opportunity for people to have a hands-on experience of accessible gaming.

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Media Access Australia named internet award finalist

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Media Access Australia’s sociABILITY: social media for people with a disability project has been named a finalist in the Australia New Zealand Internet Awards (ANZIAs).

The project, which was published in March, guides people with vision impairment, hearing impairment or restricted mobility into getting started on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Skype and blogging tools. In particular, sociABILITY guides users through overcoming access barriers when using assistive technology such as a screen reader.

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Windows 8 accessibility

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The latest version of Microsoft Windows, Windows 8, is due for release in late October 2012 and is radically different to its predecessors. The main difference is that Windows 8 has been developed for both traditional computers and touchscreen devices such as tablets.

Like Apple and Google Android operating systems, Windows 8 includes an app store, allowing users to easily download additional software. Unlike Apple and Android, however, the Windows Store lets users search only for apps which the developer has certified as accessible.

A version of Windows 8 for tablets, called Windows RT, only allows software from the Windows Store to be installed.

Windows 8 also has a number of enhanced accessibility features to make web browsing, entertainment and work applications easier to use for people with a disability.


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