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| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 27 June 2012 |
Fleksy app improves texting for blind or vision impaired users A yet-to-be-released iOS iPhone app called Fleksy has stripped down the traditional touchscreen keyboard to make typing text more accessible to... |
| 26 June 2012 |
Open audio described movie in Melbourne Water for Elephants, the 2011 blockbuster movie starring Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson, will screen with open audio description at Reading... |
| 25 June 2012 |
TV captioning bill passed in Senate This morning, a bill to amend the access provisions of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 was passed by the Senate, and now only awaits royal assent... |
| 21 June 2012 |
New Zealand TV programs to be captioned for DVD Three of New Zealand’s largest media organisations have joined forces to ensure local content that is broadcast with captions will now also be... |
| 21 June 2012 |
US deafness organisation wins next stage of Netflix captioning suit The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) has had a significant win in its lawsuit against the online movie provider Netflix, with the District... |
| 20 June 2012 |
Dell and Microsoft create program for accessible classrooms A new collaborative effort by Microsoft and Dell has introduced an education program in the U.S. that will provide training and support to teachers... |
| 15 June 2012 |
Campaign video calls for action on captions A new international media campaign, Don’t Leave Me Out!, has been launched by The Collaborative for Communication Access via Captioning (CCAC) with... |
| 13 June 2012 |
Web accessibility course brings skills to industry and government Registrations are now open for our six-week online web accessibility course, Australia's only tertiary-backed accessibility course for web... |
| 12 June 2012 |
Siri update boosts accessibility on iOS devices The update to Apple’s operating system iOS 6 announced today will provide a boost to the accessibility of Apple’s mobile devices such as the iPhone... |
| 08 June 2012 |
Accessible movie goers asked for feedback In a bid to gain feedback from movie goers, Media Access Australia has today launched an online questionnaire which will provide industry with... |
| 08 June 2012 |
Closed Captions now available in Google+ Google has announced closed captions are now available on the Google+ video player, following suit with YouTube, the online video streaming and... |
| 07 June 2012 |
CAP THAT! education campaign kicks off for 2012 Our annual CAP THAT! campaign promoting the use of captions in the classroom for every student is back for 2012, providing free tools and information... |
| 07 June 2012 |
Alligator clips make for accessible gaming Two graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who live by the belief that ‘everyone is an inventor’ have come up with an invention kit... |
| 06 June 2012 |
Court upholds ruling against Canadian government’s website The Canadian government has lost its appeal against a court ruling that said its website was in breach of charter rights of people with vision... |
| 06 June 2012 |
Canadian access company launches audio described TV guide Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) has launched an online guide listing all programs available with audio description on Canadian TV channels. |
| 05 June 2012 |
Free and mobile screen readers on the rise The use of free screen reader NVDA and screen readers on mobile devices has increased significantly over the last year, according to a survey... |
| 04 June 2012 |
In it together: NVDA gets help from Adobe on PDF compatibility Adobe has announced it is working with NV Access to improve the accessibility of its Portable Document Files (PDFs) with the free, open source screen... |
| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 30 May 2012 |
SKY NZ to provide more captions New Zealand subscription TV provider SKY has extended captioning to a further four channels – History, BBC Knowledge, MTV and TVNZ Heartland. This... |
| 29 May 2012 |
US Government sets assistive app challenge A challenge announced last week by the Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) could see a suite of apps developed to... |
| 28 May 2012 |
Apple registers patent for accessible TV features A patent registered by Apple earlier this month will make Apple TV more accessible by incorporating an audible menu. This will allow blind or vision... |