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| 15 April 2016 |
U.K. Government fails to act on video-on-demand accessibility The organisation Action on Hearing Loss has expressed disappointment at the U.K. Government’s failure to set targets or introduce legislation for the... |
| 14 April 2016 |
DIY 3D-printed tactile maps The expansion of affordable 3D printing into the mainstream has meant that people needing tactile versions of objects or printed material can access... |
| 11 April 2016 |
TV in UK exceeds captioning and audio description quotas Television channels in the UK continue to deliver access at much higher levels than the regulated quotas. All channels are covered by the access... |
| 11 April 2016 |
The force is even stronger with AD and CC The latest film in the Star Wars universe, The Force Awakens, is now available for sale in iTunes with audio description (AD) and closed captions, so... |
| 08 April 2016 |
Australian Network on Disability seeks participants for Banking Accessibility Survey 2016 The Australian Network on Disability (AND) is conducting a new survey to extend its research into the accessibility of banking services, encouraging... |
| 07 April 2016 |
Artificial intelligence in the home with Amazon Echo The Amazon Echo is a newly released device that could greatly benefit people with vision or motor impairments, but its usability in Australia is... |
| 07 April 2016 |
Facebook introduces automatic alternative text feature to iOS app Facebook has launched a feature based on image recognition to provide Automatic Alternative Text (AAT) for photos uploaded to the social media... |
| 06 April 2016 |
Egypt gets a taste of Hotel Transylvania 2 with live AD In a first for Egypt and the Middle East, the popular new children’s fantasy-comedy movie Hotel Transylvania 2 was screened in Cairo with live Audio... |
| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 31 March 2016 |
Twitter supports alternative text for images sent via app Twitter has announced that images tweeted from its iOS and Android apps can now include alternative text, ensuring that users of assistive... |
| 30 March 2016 |
Consultation on communications access The inclusion of accessibility features in many mainstream smartphones and tablets is a potential game changer in the delivery of special services... |
| 29 March 2016 |
Social media for those with a disability gets 2016 update The ground-breaking 2012 ‘SociAbility’ review into social media for those with a disability has had a much anticipated update. The Media Access... |
| 29 March 2016 |
Audio description awards call for nominations The annual audio description awards hosted by the American Council of the Blind’s Audio Description Project are now open for nomination. |
| 15 March 2016 |
Accessible media preview from CSUN The annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference (commonly known as CSUN) starts on 21 March in San Diego, California.... |
| 14 March 2016 |
Wikispeech project aims to make Wikipedia accessible for vision impaired people Swedish researchers are developing an open source speech synthesis platform to make Wikimedia-based websites more accessible to blind and vision... |
| 10 March 2016 |
Crossing the digital divide A recent discussion paper states that 1 million Australians with a disability don’t have internet access at home, because of cost, complexity and/or... |
| 04 March 2016 |
Sydney Opera House launches expanded access strategic plan One of the world’s leading arts venues, the Sydney Opera House, has launched a significantly expanded access strategic plan, covering all elements of... |
| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 26 February 2016 |
More work needed for digital inclusion at home A newly-released report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) lists the number of households with access to the internet at home as 7.7... |
| 24 February 2016 |
First NVDA screen reader update for 2016 now available NV Access has launched the 2016.1 update of its NVDA screen reader for Microsoft Windows, adding a new option to lower the volume of external sounds... |
| 23 February 2016 |
Blind Americans frustrated over cinema customer service failure Most cinemas in America (and Australia) provide audio description technology and screen audio described movies for blind and vision impaired people,... |
| 19 February 2016 |
Microsoft reveals accessibility goals for Windows 10 and Office 365 Tech giant Microsoft has revealed its roadmap of accessibility features to be introduced in Windows 10 and Office 365 over the course of 2016. The... |