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| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 07 October 2011 |
Top accessibility tips for project managers This week, two accessibility bloggers, Henny Swan and Karl Groves, weighed in on the debate of how project managers should incorporate accessibility... |
| 07 October 2011 |
Cinema access expands nationally: seven more locations announced Under the Federal Government’s Cinema Access Implementation Plan the major cinema chains of Hoyts, Village, Event/Greater Union/Birch Carroll &... |
| 06 October 2011 |
Pressure placed on Prime Minister to consider the needs of students with disabilities At a cabinet meeting in Tasmania this week, Prime Minister Julia Gillard was approached by the mother of a child with a disability, and urged to... |
| 06 October 2011 |
UK TV services continue to exceed access requirements Ofcom, the UK media and communications regulator, has published data on access services provided on television in the first half of 2011, revealing... |
| 05 October 2011 |
New iPhone release: a summary of accessibility improvements Apple CEO Tim Cook announced iPhone 4S today – but what impact does the announcement have on accessibility for people with disabilities? |
| 05 October 2011 |
Siri adds another dimension to iPhone accessibility Apple has released a new version of iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, with enhanced accessibility features. Perhaps the most important is a new voice recognition... |
| 04 October 2011 |
W3C announces new online training course in HTML5 audio and video The World Wide Web Consortium has just launched a new training course in HTML5 for web developers and designers. |
| 04 October 2011 |
Phone carrier gives away accessibility apps to blind and vision impaired users The US telecommunications provider AT&T is offering Mobile Accessibility Lite, a suite of eleven accessible Android applications free to vision... |
| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 29 September 2011 |
Accessible cinema technologies – now and the future Cinema and DVD project manager, Ally Woodford, talks through the technologies currently affecting access to movies in Australia. |
| 29 September 2011 |
New Kindle Fire disappoints on accessibility Amazon, the world’s most popular online ebook store, has updated its Kindle ebook readers with the release of four new models. The three cheaper e-... |
| 27 September 2011 |
Sony’s subtitle glasses continue to earn promising responses from movie goers A live demonstration of Sony’s new subtitle glasses took place in London this week, with positive reports from attendees. Tom Fiddian from Action on... |
| 26 September 2011 |
New mobile captioning system for visitors to US museums and galleries The National Center for Accessible Media, the development division of WGBH in Boston USA, has developed a mobile system to enhance the experience for... |
| 26 September 2011 |
The Other Film Festival awarded triennial funding from City of Melbourne Arts Access Victoria has confirmed a three-year funding commitment by the City of Melbourne to support The Other Film Festival, Australia’s only... |
| 23 September 2011 |
Windows 8 hands-on test: major accessibility improvements Microsoft has released a preview of its Windows 8 operating system and early tests by Media Access Australia show that accessibility has been a major... |
| 22 September 2011 |
American media regulator releases online captioning approach The US media and communications regulator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has released its draft approach on captioning of online video... |
| 21 September 2011 |
Government’s media convergence review continues to ignore disability The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has released five discussion papers on a range of issues as part of the... |
| 20 September 2011 |
Data projector helps deaf and hearing impaired kids at school The need for accessible media in schools is becoming more recognised by technology providers. Epson has announced the release of two new projectors... |
| 19 September 2011 |
Schools and teachers commended for literacy through captions Educators across the country were today commended for their commitment to increasing literacy and inclusion through captions. CAP THAT!, a national... |
| 16 September 2011 |
Community forum on CaptiView in cinemas to be held in Melbourne CaptiView is an individual closed captioning device which has received mixed reviews from Deaf and hearing impaired users. Melbourne community group... |
| 16 September 2011 |
Captions and audio description benefit people on the autism spectrum UK researcher Judith Garman has published an article that provides insight into the positive impacts of captions and audio description on people in... |