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| 16 June 2016 |
Curtin University receives grant to investigate the impact of mobile apps on people with a disability An investigation by researchers at Curtin University into how mobile apps can support individuals with a disability has been awarded the 2016 Dr... |
| 14 June 2016 |
Apple announces minor software accessibility improvements at WWDC 2016 conference Apple has announced a number of new features in its range of products at its annual World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC), with a focus on... |
| 10 June 2016 |
New Zealand holds an inquiry into captioning New Zealand’s Government Administration Committee has announced an inquiry into captioning, and is seeking submissions from the public. |
| 09 June 2016 |
PCWA online course aims to promote accessibility Inclusion and accessibility are hot topics that impact on the daily lives of around 25% of the population who have a disability or impairment. And... |
| 08 June 2016 |
How the blind experience the internet What is the internet like when you have a vision impairment? Chris Moury, who has rapidly declining vision, speaks about this topic on Control Z, a... |
| 07 June 2016 |
A demo of Microsoft Office 365’s new accessibility features Microsoft has recently updated Office 365 with three main new features that enhance accessibility for users with vision impairments. We provide an... |
| 06 June 2016 |
Audio description trial on iview ending soon The trial of audio description on the ABC’s online iview service, which commenced in April 2015, will soon be drawing to a close. |
| 02 June 2016 |
Election websites accessibility report – improving but still difficult to use Media Access Australia’s Director of Digital Accessibility, Dr Scott Hollier, recently tested a number of websites related to the upcoming Federal... |
| 01 June 2016 |
Vivid Sydney includes AD at the festival Last week Sydney saw the launch of Vivid, which is claimed to be the largest Winter festival of light, music and creativity in the country. Although... |
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| 23 May 2016 |
“Okay Google, turn on Voice Access” As part of its focus to make Android devices more accessible to people with disabilities, Google has launched Voice Access Beta, a new accessibility... |
| 19 May 2016 |
5 ways to experience digital accessibility on Global Accessibility Awareness Day As today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), we thought that we would encourage some involvement amongst the community so that you can gain... |
| 13 May 2016 |
VoiceView improves vision-impaired access on budget-priced Kindles Earlier this week Amazon introduced text-to-voice accessory ‘VoiceView‘ to its more affordable Kindle models, starting with the Kindle Paperwhite (... |
| 12 May 2016 |
Apple Store adds new access section in time for Global Accessibility Awareness Day Individuals with impairments can now find third party accessible accessories for Mac, iPad and iPhone devices to suit their specific needs under the... |
| 10 May 2016 |
ACCAN calls on networks to use windfall to improve accessibility The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) has called on the free-to-air networks to use some of the windfall from a 25% cut in... |
| 04 May 2016 |
New updates by Twitter client app Twitterrific enhance accessibility for vision impaired users Twitterrific, a Mac OS X and iOS client for the social networking site Twitter, has launched a host of new and improved accessibility features for... |
| 02 May 2016 |
Movies with AD on iTunes, May 2016 Last month we provided an up-to-date list of audio described (AD) movies in the Australian iTunes store. Some of the listed titles had specific... |
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| 26 April 2016 |
Double accessibility dose from the Doctor Dr Scott Hollier will be giving two presentations at the upcoming Print Disability Conference in Melbourne at the Bayview on the Park from 14-17 May. |
| 22 April 2016 |
ABC seeks feedback on iview audio description trial This month marks the anniversary of the trial of audio description for the blind or vision impaired on iview, and the ABC has released a survey in... |
| 20 April 2016 |
Netflix improves accessibility for the blind In a court settlement with the American Council of the Blind (ACB), Netflix has agreed to include more audio description on its streamed content and... |
| 19 April 2016 |
Australia’s first disability-focused tech accelerator launched Australia’s first disability-focused impact accelerator, Remarkable, held its official launch event on 31 March at the University of Sydney. The... |