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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... |
| 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... |
| 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)... |
| 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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| 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... |
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| 06 June 2017 |
Be part of 24 hours of inclusive design A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility is being staged on 9 June 2017 by The Paciello Group – one the world’s leading Assistive... |
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| 29 May 2017 |
New eGlasses can improve vision for many who are legally blind Canadian company eSight creates futuristic glasses that use images from a forward-facing camera to overcome vision loss, even for many people who are... |
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| 24 April 2017 |
Aipoly Vision is a truly visionary app ‘Aipoly Vision’ is a very useful object-and-colour recogniser app that helps the blind, vision-impaired, and colour blind to understand their... |
| 20 April 2017 |
New vision-impaired user interface launched by Virgin Australia Virgin Australia has become the first airline in the Asia Pacific region, and the second airline in the world, to introduce an in-flight... |
| 07 April 2017 |
Government forms Working Group on AD for TV The Turnbull Government has set up a new taskforce with the aim of improving TV accessibility. They have announced the formation of an Audio... |
| 03 April 2017 |
New game allows you to play face-to-face even if you’re blind The Nintendo Switch console has a terrific new game that's accessible for the blind. Called 1-2 Switch, it allows two players to enjoy game-play... |
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| 07 March 2017 |
New report on the trial of A.D. on ABC iview Media Access Australia was one of seven leading advocacy organisations that have just tabled a report, including consumer feedback, perspectives and... |
| 07 March 2017 |
New Australian app for A.T. users to better equip themselves A new consumer app is helping Australians with disabilities to identify the range of Assistive Technology (AT) equipment and technology options... |
| 02 March 2017 |
Design-a-thon event showcased innovative thinking The recent Enabled Design-a-thon event was held in Sydney on 25-26 February 2017 with two Media Access Australia accessibility specialists taking... |
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| 06 February 2017 |
Magnifier feature in Apple iOS 10 – a hidden gem Towards the end of 2016, Apple's iOS10 mobile operating system was released. One of its ‘box of tricks’ that didn’t get much publicity is a helpful... |
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| 13 December 2016 |
Riverside Theatres present accessible movies Riverside Theatres in Parramatta are staging a large number of accessible screenings of a variety of popular films including the latest releases,... |