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| 21 September 2017 |
Media Access Australia is expanding our mission! After many years advocating for digital inclusion along with auditing and remediating web and digital content so that it is accessible to people with... |
| 18 September 2017 |
Excluded web visitors often don’t complain, they just leave The facts speak clearly – 71% of web users with a disability will simply leave a website that is not accessible to them, according to recent research... |
| 14 September 2017 |
More retailers under the hammer for inaccessible websites A new wave of lawsuits has begun in the USA with Kmart, McDonald’s, Sears, Ace Hardware, and GrubHub among the latest to be sued by blind and vision-... |
| 07 September 2017 |
Upcoming webinars for 2017-18 Access and Inclusion Index If you’d like to know how your organisation is faring in regards to access and inclusion, then three upcoming webinars will provide you with a... |
| 04 September 2017 |
Useful app helps the blind navigate around crowded places A pioneering smartphone accessibility app was recently updated and was designed to help orient and guide blind and vision impaired people through... |
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| 29 August 2017 |
Be My Eyes app gets August 2017 update Be My Eyes allows blind and vision impaired users to request help from a sighted person and the sighted users will then be called for help via linked... |
| 25 August 2017 |
ACMA launches two new captioning videos The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has created two new videos in order to widen the knowledge of people who are Deaf and... |
| 22 August 2017 |
Transport for NSW seeks accessibility feedback The Draft Transport for NSW Disability Inclusion Action plan is now available for public comment, and you can help steer the discussion. Plus... |
| 18 August 2017 |
ABS announces updated processes for same-sex marriage postal vote The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) sent out a news release on Thursday 17 August announcing a newly updated process for the upcoming ‘... |
| 16 August 2017 |
Same-sex marriage postal vote could be inaccessible for 275,000 people Australians who are blind or vision-impaired won’t be able to vote unassisted in the upcoming same-sex marriage postal vote, because it will be... |
| 14 August 2017 |
Five Guys burger chain in a pickle over website inaccessibility On 21 July 2017, a US federal district court in Manhattan rejected a ‘motion to dismiss’ claim by the ‘Five Guys’ burger chain (Case No. 17-cv-788)... |
| 09 August 2017 |
Push for mandatory captioning in New Zealand Change is being urged in New Zealand when it comes to TV and film captioning for Deaf and hearing impaired people. The reality behind this call to... |
| 07 August 2017 |
Airbnb launches inclusive design toolkit Recently, Airbnb Design launched a “toolkit” for designers built around the premise of ‘how can you design for everyone without understanding the... |
| 01 August 2017 |
Commonwealth Bank disrupting EFTPOS usage for the blind and vision-impaired The Commonwealth Bank is continuing to roll out their EFTPOS tablet despite repeated concerns voiced over the past 18 months that this payment... |
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| 25 July 2017 |
Uber sued for only having 0.3% accessible cars A New York disability advocacy group is taking the world’s biggest ride-share company to court in New York, accusing Uber of being rotten to the core... |
| 19 July 2017 |
Technology is key to creating ‘most accessible neighbourhood’ The CNIB, Canada’s National Institute for the Blind, is turning to a combination of inclusive design and the latest technology to transform a small... |
| 17 July 2017 |
Microsoft releases new app – a talking camera for the blind The revolutionary new Seeing AI app has evolved from a long-running Microsoft research project for people with visual impairment to narrate the world... |
| 10 July 2017 |
Legal win for Deaf couple against hospital with ineffective communication A high-profile hospital in Texas has settled a lawsuit which alleged that their communications for Deaf patients were ineffective, in a landmark... |
| 10 July 2017 |
PCWA web access course wins top honour The Professional Certificate in Web Accessibility (PCWA) web and digital access course has been officially praised for ‘Educational Achievement’ as... |
| 03 July 2017 |
Nominate for the Australian Mental Health Prize The second annual Australian Mental Health Prize was launched in late June, with nominations now open. This award event seeks to recognise... |