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| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 22 August 2011 |
A comparison of free and low cost screen magnifiers Media Access Australia’s web accessibility team has reviewed several free and low cost screen magnifiers and their common features. |
| 22 August 2011 |
Participants needed for review of social media accessibility Media Access Australia, supported by the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, is researching how people with disabilities use social... |
| 19 August 2011 |
Achievements in captioning recognised The media industry celebrated a year of achievement last night at the Deafness Forum of Australia Captioning Awards. Leaders from TV networks,... |
| 18 August 2011 |
CAP THAT! at the Communications Access Expo in Canberra Deafness Forum of Australia’s Communications Access Expo is on again at Parliament House in Canberra. Held on Monday and Tuesday, 22 -23 August,... |
| 17 August 2011 |
Canadian communications regulator calls for comments on proposed caption quality standards The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has called for comments on proposed English-language and French-language... |
| 17 August 2011 |
Victorian Government endorses web accessibility standards The Victorian Government has released an update to its Accessibility Standard that requires all Victorian Government websites to conform to the... |
| 16 August 2011 |
NVDA proven a more robust screen reader than Thunder The American Foundation for the Blind TECH lab recently compared the performance of two free screen readers, NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) and... |
| 12 August 2011 |
Accessibility expert’s ideas to make JetBlue website more accessible Derek Featherstone, accessibility expert and founder of Further Ahead, has posted an article outlining some of the technical changes that the USA’s... |
| 12 August 2011 |
Accessible Internet Rally increases web accessibility awareness When it comes to increasing awareness about web accessibility, the not-for-profit organisation Knowbility continues to inspire developers to create... |
| 12 August 2011 |
Update: goMoney even more accessible says ANZ ANZ contacted Media Access Australia this week to let us know that the accessibility issue that prevented users from reviewing payment input details... |
| 11 August 2011 |
Gmail for Android is now more accessible Google has released an update to Gmail on Android that improves its accessibility for people who are blind or vision impaired using Android... |
| 11 August 2011 |
The Captioning Studio offers new online captioning and transcription service The Captioning Studio has launched an online captioning and transcription service that is both easy to use and affordable. |
| 10 August 2011 |
Voice-to-text feature very likely in iOS 5 New information has lent credence to the rumours that Apple and software developers Nuance are partnering to provide voice-to-text in the upcoming... |
| 09 August 2011 |
Latest DVD releases with access features Access to new release DVD titles during the month of July 2011 stands at 30% for audio description and 53% for captioning. A total of 87 titles were... |
| 09 August 2011 |
Nokia unveils plans to include voice-to-text feature Nokia has recently announced plans to include a voice-to-text feature on its new Windows Phones, a feature that could have a positive impact on... |
| 08 August 2011 |
UK: Audio description now mandatory on Freeview TV receivers All new HD digital set top boxes and integrated digital TVs sold in the UK will now have to receive audio description to qualify for approval by... |
| 05 August 2011 |
New Captioning Studio and Echo360 partnership brings captions to university students The Captioning Studio in partnership with Echo360 has launched a lecture recording system aimed at benefiting university students with hearing loss... |
| 04 August 2011 |
Web accessibility meets SEO for a win-win situation Every business is interested in return on investment, so when Jared Smith, Associate Director of WebAIM, blogged earlier this week about web... |
| 04 August 2011 |
Audio description at Melbourne Festival – all requests considered The annual Melbourne Festival has opened its entire program to the blind and vision impaired by inviting patrons to request audio description for the... |
| 04 August 2011 |
Outrage at decision in JetBlue accessibility case In a decision that has sent disbelief and anger through the disability community, a United States federal judge has ruled that California anti-... |