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| 27 July 2011 |
Commentary: Getty-Google partnership misses the mark on accessibility The Getty Museum recently announced that it would be the first museum to collaborate with Google, and using Google’s image recognition application... |
| 25 July 2011 |
First free practical guide to NVDA screen reader released Media Access Australia has released the first free training resource for the NVDA screen reader: a ‘wikispace’ that provides a step-by-step guide to... |
| 21 July 2011 |
Australian university adopts Google Apps for Education with known accessibility issues Australia’s RMIT University may be excluding students with disabilities after all of its 74,000 student email accounts were moved to Google Apps for... |
| 20 July 2011 |
Student team wins Microsoft Imagine Cup for new and innovative assistive technology A team of students in the US has won second place in the Microsoft Imagine Cup for Note-Taker, an assistive technology that helps people who are... |
| 15 July 2011 |
Round-up of accessibility in WA To celebrate Media Access Australia’s first year in Western Australia, let’s take a look at the state of accessibility in WA and some of the events... |
| 08 July 2011 |
Victorian Government releases access guidelines for colour blindness The Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development has developed guidelines to improve access to visual materials for people with colour... |
| 07 July 2011 |
Disney offers audio description technology for outdoor attractions Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort theme park patrons will now be able to receive audio description when outdoors at the attraction parks. |
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| 29 June 2011 |
NV Access awarded Mozilla grant to improve NVDA Mozilla has awarded NV Access an $80,000 grant to improve its free and open source screen reader for Windows, Non-Visual Desktop Access (NVDA). |
| 23 June 2011 |
TV Speak makes TV accessible for the blind and vision impaired TV Speak is a revolutionary new application which makes a TV-enabled computer accessible for the blind and vision impaired by speaking on-screen... |
| 17 June 2011 |
Tickets to audio described theatre session in Perth available until 12 July Ticket sales for the Black Swan State Theatre Company’s audio described performance of Rising Water will close on 12 July. |
| 15 June 2011 |
Vodafone Foundation Accessibility Awards promote apps for disabled and elderly Vodafone Foundation has launched a competition to promote the development of software applications that improve the lives of people with disabilities... |
| 10 June 2011 |
ABC’s 7.30 program highlights Screen Australia’s audio description policy Screen Australia’s announcement yesterday of its new audio description policy for feature films was highlighted on last night’s 7.30 on the ABC. |
| 08 June 2011 |
New version of Apple iBooks includes read-aloud feature The latest version of the Apple iBooks app includes a new read-aloud feature, allowing publishers to include human-voice narration in their books. |
| 06 June 2011 |
CAPTCHAs shown to yet again impede accessibility The question of accessible CAPTCHAs has been raised once again as they are shown to impede ticket purchase on the 2012 London Olympic website. |
| 03 June 2011 |
VizWiz now available in iTunes store VizWiz, a new iPhone app which enables people who are blind or vision impaired to recruit sighted users to answer questions about an item they have... |
| 01 June 2011 |
American disabilities association argues for sensible audio description regulations The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) has made a submission to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), making numerous... |
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| 31 May 2011 |
US Government releases FAQs for accessible eReader laws and rules The United States Department of Education has released a new guide that provides further clarification for schools and colleges about the laws and... |
| 27 May 2011 |
World Blind Union releases audio description toolkit The World Blind Union (WBU) has released a comprehensive document which aims to increase the awareness and availability of audio description... |
| 26 May 2011 |
UK television network commits to more audio description The UK’s largest commercial television network ITV has made a commitment to release more of its programs with audio description on DVD. |
| 17 May 2011 |
iPhone app uses real-life people to answer questions for blind and vision impaired A new iPhone app enables people who are blind or vision impaired to recruit sighted users to answer questions about an item they have taken a photo... |