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| 09 August 2011 |
Nokia unveils plans to include voice-to-text feature Nokia has recently announced plans to include a voice-to-text feature on its new Windows Phones, a feature that could have a positive impact on... |
| 08 August 2011 |
UK: Audio description now mandatory on Freeview TV receivers All new HD digital set top boxes and integrated digital TVs sold in the UK will now have to receive audio description to qualify for approval by... |
| 05 August 2011 |
New Captioning Studio and Echo360 partnership brings captions to university students The Captioning Studio in partnership with Echo360 has launched a lecture recording system aimed at benefiting university students with hearing loss... |
| 04 August 2011 |
Outrage at decision in JetBlue accessibility case In a decision that has sent disbelief and anger through the disability community, a United States federal judge has ruled that California anti-... |
| 03 August 2011 |
Ofcom reveals UK television’s spotless access record The UK's media and communications regulator, Ofcom, has not reported a breach of access requirements on UK television in over 15 months. |
| 01 August 2011 |
UK project to help bring music to cochlear users Cochlear implants help those with severe to profound hearing loss perceive speech but the technology has difficulties communicating the complexities... |
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| 29 July 2011 |
Ofcom proposes expanded UK telephone relay service Ofcom, the UK’s media and communications regulator, has released a Review of Relay Services, proposing a number of expansions to the current... |
| 29 July 2011 |
Shadow Minister for Disability shows support for captions in schools Shadow Minister for Disability, Carers and the Volunteer Sector, Senator Mitch Fifield showed his support for captions in education this week in a... |
| 28 July 2011 |
ANZ goMoney supports blind and vision impaired customers ANZ banking customers can now access the ANZ goMoney app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch using VoiceOver, Apple’s inbuilt screen reader... |
| 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... |
| 26 July 2011 |
UK Festival Awards puts more focus on festival accessibility The UK Festival Awards is the annual awards for the contemporary music festival industry and the benchmark by which festival goers rate their... |
| 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... |
| 22 July 2011 |
Access to telecommunications review launched The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has launched an inquiry into access to telecommunications services which include... |
| 21 July 2011 |
US delays web access requirements The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has delayed the introduction of formal web access requirements for commercial and public organisations... |
| 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... |
| 20 July 2011 |
YouTube expands automatic captioning to other languages YouTube, which introduced automatic captions for English language videos in 2009, has now expanded the service to Japanese videos. |
| 19 July 2011 |
Nominations for the Captioning Awards close soon Nominations for the Deafness Forum’s Captioning Awards close on 29 July. The awards present an opportunity to celebrate the steps media and others... |
| 18 July 2011 |
Cinemas change from open to closed captions A number of major cinema complexes have made the change from open captions to closed captions in recent weeks. This provides more opportunities to... |
| 18 July 2011 |
US access committee reports on Internet video captioning The the Video Programming Accessibility Advisory Committee has released a report to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which proposes a... |