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| 18 August 2016 |
Dances With Words Hearing impairment and Parkour probably aren’t concepts that many people immediately group together, but a new Sydney Opera House production combines... |
| 04 August 2016 |
Ai-Media wins captioning contract for ‘BBC Worldwide ANZ’ Ai-Media has been given a contract renewal to provide broadcast captioning for BBC Worldwide Australia & New Zealand (ANZ) for a further three... |
| 02 August 2016 |
Accessibility in the workplace has widespread benefits Almost half of all EU citizens living with a disability are unemployed, a new study commissioned by Microsoft has revealed. As people increasingly... |
| 01 August 2016 |
BBC iPlayer trialling subtitles for live channels in world-first In a welcome development from the UK, the BBC has begun trialling subtitles for live channels on their iPlayer platform. This is a first for any... |
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| 22 July 2016 |
Progress with accessibility needed in New Zealand 121 students took over New Zealand’s Parliament to debate about ‘Accessible Web Pages and Apps’. This was a mock bill aiming to improve accessibility... |
| 20 July 2016 |
Screenworks host CC and AD workshop to educate filmmakers As part of the accessibility focus of Screenworks, they will be holding a Closed Captioning (CC) and Audio Description (AD) workshop next month, with... |
| 18 July 2016 |
USAA’s new banking app allows voice-guided cheque depositing USAA, a Texas-based Fortune 500 diversified financial services group, has recently demonstrated that banking and accessibility can easily go hand in... |
| 13 July 2016 |
Barriers for disabled gamers with Pokémon Go The latest Pokémon game, Pokémon Go, has just been released, and instead of its usual portable game console format, it was released as a phone app.... |
| 11 July 2016 |
Google invests in start-up that identifies images through your phone’s camera Google has said “oui” (yes) to buying French start-up Moodstocks, a company that specialises in rapid object recognition from smartphones. This... |
| 07 July 2016 |
Governments are toughening up on public sector web accessibility State and Federal Governments around the globe are toughening up on public sector web accessibility. The latest case is the Alaskan Juneau School... |
| 05 July 2016 |
UK charity puts pressure on government to enforce web accessibility Robin Christopherson, head of digital inclusion at Abilitynet, a UK disabilities charity, has written an open letter to the British Parliament, to... |
| 04 July 2016 |
Apple wins award for accessibility advances The American Council of the Blind (ACB) has awarded Apple the coveted Robert S. Bray Award for their continued accessibility innovations, which will... |
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| 30 June 2016 |
New ‘game-changing’ phone app enhances phone accessibility ‘OpenAccess Captions’ is a brand new application for iPads and iPhones that was developed by Brisbane-based charity Conexu Foundation. It is an app... |
| 27 June 2016 |
Amazon launches new affordable, more accessible Kindles Amazon has just launched a new range of Kindle ebook readers, starting at the affordable price of US$79. Best of all, they come with features that... |
| 24 June 2016 |
Chris Mikul’s captioning legacy Chris Mikul was the Project Manager of Media Access Australia since its inception and has been an active advocate for better captioning, audio... |
| 23 June 2016 |
5 simple ways you can dramatically improve your blog’s accessibility Blogging encourages freedom of personal expression so it should be a right for anyone, regardless of disabilities or requirements, to have access to... |
| 20 June 2016 |
Even Pornhub is now accessible for the blind and vision-impaired Over recent times, an increasing amount of websites have seen the importance of making their sites accessible, including Pornhub, an adult video site... |
| 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... |
| 14 June 2016 |
Lets talk cognitive – a communication reviewer’s perspective Media Access Australia’s Director of Digital Accessibility, Dr Scott Hollier, recently wrote The Cognitive Disability Digital Accessibility Guide.... |