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| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 08 July 2014 |
Q&A: Improving inclusive and accessible design Media Access Australia spoke with Linda Leung, Associate Professor at the School of Software Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the... |
| 07 July 2014 |
The Audio Description Project Conference The third annual Audio Description Conference, an initiative of the American Council of the Blind, will be held in Las Vegas from 13 to 15 July. |
| 07 July 2014 |
Telstra backs ACCAN’s Apps For All challenge Australian app developers have been encouraged to enter the Apps For All challenge following the news that significant cash and career development... |
| 04 July 2014 |
Google Glass helping audiences or pirates? Google Glass has been hailed as a potential access tool for people with disabilities, but two very recent news pieces show how one person’s lifeline... |
| 04 July 2014 |
Graeme Innes’s greatest media access hits With Graeme Innes finishing up in his role as Disability Discrimination Commissioner today, Media Access Australia takes the opportunity to look back... |
| 03 July 2014 |
ACMA releases data on teens’ web use The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released statistics on how Australian teenagers use the internet, showing that almost... |
| 02 July 2014 |
Australia signs treaty to increase print access for blind and vision impaired On 23 June 2014, the Australian Government signed the ‘Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually... |
| 01 July 2014 |
Red Bee Media releases caption quality report Red Bee Media Australia has released the first of a planned series of reports into the quality of its live captioning. |
| 01 July 2014 |
Accessibility of online services grows: UN The accessibility of online services around the world has dramatically increased in the last two years, according to United Nations (UN). |
| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 30 June 2014 |
FCC to promote social media accessibility The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is to facilitate an industry discussion on making social media tools and content accessible to people... |
| 27 June 2014 |
Association for the Blind of WA changes name to VisAbility and launches new website The Association for the Blind of WA, the state’s primary disability service provider for people who are blind and vision impaired, has changed its... |
| 27 June 2014 |
Annual LEAD conference for accessible arts set for August Chicago will host the annual Leadership Exchange in the Arts and Disability (LEAD) conference from 1-6 August this year, bringing together arts... |
| 26 June 2014 |
Challenges of captioning and copyrights Media Access Australia spoke to Blake E. Reid, Assistant Clinical Professor at Colorado Law, following his chairing of a session at the M-Enabling... |
| 26 June 2014 |
Red Bee Media Spain wins audio description award Red Bee Media Spain has won an ATRAE award for the best audio description on Spanish television for its work on The Simpsons. |
| 25 June 2014 |
New York Times touts accessibility upgrades The New York Times has announced that it has made accessibility improvements to its new site following the introduction of inaccessible features in a... |
| 25 June 2014 |
School improvement driven by teachers The Australian Council for Educational Research’s (ACER) ‘Excellence in Professional Practice Conference’ in May provided a rare opportunity for... |
| 24 June 2014 |
Hoyts Kiosk improve accessibility Entertainment giant Hoyts has increased its number of DVD rental kiosks nationally, as well as improve the access information about the titles each... |
| 23 June 2014 |
Real Thing launches accessible news reader device, RealSAM Media Access Australia spoke to Nick Howden, CEO of Australian technology company Real Thing, about the launch of RealSAM (Simple Accessible Media),... |
| 23 June 2014 |
Describing Judy Dixey Judy Dixey is the Executive Director of VocalEyes, the United Kingdom’s premier audio description company for performing arts. After ten very... |
| 20 June 2014 |
US communications regulator FCC seeks comment on tech accessibility The US communications regulator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has put out a call for industry and public comment on the accessibility... |