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| Date Published | News headline and description |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Low vision people often disregarded online An American academic has claimed that the web experience for people who are vision impaired is suffering because they are being mistakenly grouped... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 14 July 2011 |
Accessible web browser and music player for Android released as standalone apps Android users who are blind or vision impaired can now purchase Code Factory’s Accessible Web Browser and the new Accessible Music Player as... |
| 14 July 2011 |
Commentary: iOS versus Android: two models for achieving access The release of iOS 5 beta 3 with Assistive Touch has sparked discussion in the social media space about Apple’s ongoing commitment to accessibility.... |
| 14 July 2011 |
Apple continues to improve accessibility of iOS A new feature in the latest beta release of iOS 5, the operating system for the iPad and iPhone, provides on-screen replacements for various button... |
| 13 July 2011 |
ACARA calls for contributions for a more inclusive Australian Curriculum In an announcement yesterday, The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) called for education professionals to contribute... |
| 12 July 2011 |
Update to ABC iView for iPad supports closed captions The latest update to the ABC iView app for the iPad allows you to watch prime time ABC TV programs with closed captions. |
| 11 July 2011 |
YouTube captions boost SEO Adding captions to a YouTube video can improve your search engine optimisation and increase your audience to include the Deaf and hearing impaired,... |
| 11 July 2011 |
96% of Estonian Government websites inaccessible An article on the Estonian Public Broadcasting news website has reported that only 4% of Estonian government webpages are accessible to people with... |
| 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... |
| 08 July 2011 |
Captioned online videos promote assistive technology for learning A Canadian education group has provided eight online captioned videos promoting the use of assistive technology for students for reading, writing and... |
| 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. |
| 07 July 2011 |
Khan Academy adds Universal Subtitles to online education videos People who are Deaf and hearing impaired may now have access to over 2,400 education videos produced by the Khan Academy, after Universal Subtitles... |