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| 06 November 2014 |
Legal action against Coles over website accessibility Legal proceedings have begun against supermarket chain Coles over the accessibility of its online shopping service, with users reporting that they... |
| 04 November 2014 |
Milestones and open mikes at the Other Film Festival In a celebratory edition of the bi-annual Other Film Festival, a world-first live audio description competition will be held to raise awareness of... |
| 03 November 2014 |
American theatre takes audio description to a new level Arena Stage in Washington DC has partnered with the American Council of the Blind to expand its established audio described theatre program to every... |
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| 30 October 2014 |
Previewing Access 2020 – can we predict the future? Media Access Australia CEO Alex Varley will be hosting a panel discussion on the future of access with four international access experts at the... |
| 29 October 2014 |
Facebook introduces VoiceOver gestures for iOS Messenger app Facebook has recently announced the addition of gesture-based accessibility features in the latest version of its Messenger app for iOS8. |
| 27 October 2014 |
Five highlights of Language and the Media The bi-annual Languages and the Media conference is being held in Berlin from 5-7 November. This is the biggest media access conference in the world... |
| 16 October 2014 |
National Curriculum Review and inclusiveness Commentary by Anne McGrath, Education Manager, Media Access Australia The education community has been anticipating the Australian Government’s newly... |
| 14 October 2014 |
Print disability conference calls for papers for 2015 The Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities is calling for papers for its next conference, to be held in Adelaide on 2... |
| 09 October 2014 |
Texpo to showcase new assistive technology for the blind Vision Australia’s Texpo 14, which starts in Melbourne on Friday, will showcase the latest assistive technology which has been developed to improve... |
| 08 October 2014 |
Accessible consumer technologies and the cloud: VisAbility Tech Outlook 2014 Dr Scott Hollier's keynote presentation at the VisAbility Tech Outlook 2014 is now available to download via SlideShare. |
| 03 October 2014 |
Assistive technology: choice never greater Despite an often slow and mixed development history, the choice and availability of assistive technology to help people with disabilities access PCs... |
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| 19 September 2014 |
Telstra introduces captions on BigPond Movies Telstra has released an initial batch of 14 BigPond movies with open captions, with a promise to expand the service in the future. |
| 18 September 2014 |
Californian DVD kiosks to be accessible after court settlement The DVD supplier Redbox has agreed to makes its kiosks in California accessible for blind and vision impaired consumers after several advocates for... |
| 18 September 2014 |
Telstra announces accessibility initiatives Telstra has announced several new initiatives aimed at improving access for people with disabilities to telecommunications services. |
| 17 September 2014 |
ACCAN announces Apps For All Challenge winners The winners of the inaugural competition to recognise the work of Australian accessible app developers, the Apps For All Challenge 2014, have been... |
| 17 September 2014 |
Human Rights Commission releases disability survey results The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has released the results of a survey it undertook in the lead-up to the National Disability Forum which... |
| 16 September 2014 |
How to improve media access: complain People with disabilities have been urged to make formal complaints to the Australian Human Rights Commission in order to encourage governments to... |
| 15 September 2014 |
Disability Inclusion and Liveable Communities: Local Government NSW 2014 Dr Scott Hollier's presentation at the Disability Inclusion and Liveable Communities Forum 2014 is now available to download via SlideShare. |
| 15 September 2014 |
Cavena announces text-to-speech system for ‘audio subtitling’ Cavena, a major developer of captioning software based in Sweden, has announced a new system for vocalising the subtitles on foreign language films,... |
| 11 September 2014 |
Apple launches new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus with accessibility features Apple has launched a series of new products including two new iPhone models and the long awaited smartwatch, with the iPhones containing a number of... |