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| 11 September 2014 |
Apple launches new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus with accessibility features Apple has launched a series of new products including two new iPhone models and the long awaited smartwatch, with the iPhones containing a number of... |
| 10 September 2014 |
Air Canada improves access for the vision impaired Air Canada has become the first airline in the world to introduce ‘text-to-speech’ functionality on its in-flight entertainment system, making it... |
| 09 September 2014 |
Local Government: Practical accessibility steps Local councils have been urged to consider taking practical steps to improve the accessibility of their websites so that they can better meet their... |
| 09 September 2014 |
Australian accessible apps developers to be honoured The shortlist for the inaugural competition to recognise the work of Australian accessible app developers, the Apps For All Challenge 2014, has been... |
| 05 September 2014 |
Facebook introduces video captions Facebook has launched a major update to its accessibility features, now allowing users to add captions on videos. |
| 05 September 2014 |
Aussie boy Huey inspires internet accessibility for all At age four, Huey Springer became ill with a life-threatening condition which doctors identified as a result of head fluid build-up, requiring... |
| 04 September 2014 |
Leading Australian arts and disability conference is fully accessible The fourth national Arts Activated: Creative Connections conference will be presented in Sydney in late October. The conference is the leading arts... |
| 02 September 2014 |
Finding your way around our updated education website content The education section of our website has a new menu structure, with an increased level of content and information to assist teachers and parents. |
| 01 September 2014 |
NSW Premier’s Teacher Scholarships awarded On Saturday 30 August, 22 teachers were awarded NSW Premier’s Teacher Scholarships across a range of subject areas and disciplines at Parliament... |
| 01 September 2014 |
Trial of audio description on ABC iview to start in 2015 The Minister of Communications, Malcolm Turnbull, has advised Media Access Australia that a trial of audio description will commence on the ABC’s... |
| 01 September 2014 |
ACMA finds Nine cricket coverage breached caption quality rules The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has found that segments of Channel Nine Cricket broadcast in January 2014 breached its... |
| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 29 August 2014 |
Did you know: One Deaf lawyer helped increase access for all Deaf Canadians? In 2000, Vancouver lawyer Henry Vlug lodged a complaint against the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (... |
| 28 August 2014 |
How fast should captions be? A recent article by Diana Sanchez, General Manager of Red Bee Media Spain, looks at one of the perennial areas of debate about captioning— the... |
| 27 August 2014 |
Consumers and cloud accessibility Consumers stand to benefit from the wider adoption of cloud services in their private and work lives, but the lack of accessibility of these services... |
| 26 August 2014 |
Teachers asked to switch on captions for literacy and learning It’s National Literacy and Numeracy Week (NLNW) and Media Access Australia is encouraging all educators to switch on captions in the classroom... |
| 22 August 2014 |
Caption reports hide great access story Why is it that our communications regulator seems satisfied to hide great achievements in access by our free-to-air television stations? Commentary... |
| 22 August 2014 |
Accessibility: the missing essential in cloud services Independent access expert Media Access Australia has released a research paper on the need for commercial services and governments to incorporate... |
| 21 August 2014 |
ACMA releases free-to-air TV captioning compliance reports Most Australian broadcasters exceeded their captioning targets in 2012-2013, according to compliance reports released today by the Australian... |
| 21 August 2014 |
Google Glass flips the classroom Students with disabilities at times require specialist technology in the classroom that is often relevant just for their use. With the yet to be... |
| 20 August 2014 |
Hearing Awareness Week approaches with the promise of resources for teachers Hearing Awareness Week (HAW), which runs from 24th to 30th August, provides a focus for all things relating to hearing health and access, and will be... |