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20 July 2015 |
Five tips to make the web work better in your language In late May, Dr Scott Hollier travelled to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to teach a web accessibility course to 22 students. As part of the assignment work,... |
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22 June 2015 |
Employment conference to cover digital accessibility One of the most powerful practical approaches to assist people with a disability in becoming self-sufficient and managing their needs is through... |
11 June 2015 |
Chinese tech giant Baidu announces Blind Search device China’s leading search engine provider Baidu has announced the Blind Search device, a tool to assist blind and vision impaired people access “massive... |
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11 May 2015 |
Government sector must improve digital experience The government sector has been found to deliver the worst digital experiences of a range of Australian industries in a new report by consulting firm... |
11 May 2015 |
Case Study: Municipal Association of Victoria unlocks power of digital accessibility The peak body representing local councils in the Australian state of Victoria partners with Media Access Australia to deliver upskilling, training... |
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22 April 2015 |
Hong Kong honours accessible websites and apps The Government of Hong Kong has once again recognised the efforts of web developers and designers in creating websites and mobile apps that are... |
13 April 2015 |
edX settles inaccessible online courses case Massive open online course (MOOC) provider edX has settled a case brought by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) alleging that its online courses... |
10 April 2015 |
Web accessibility underpins Australia’s Digital Transformation Office Web accessibility will play a crucial role in future design and delivery of online government services, according to the alpha website of the federal... |
08 April 2015 |
Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter adds closed caption support for videos Kickstarter, one of the world’s most popular crowdfunding platforms, has announced a new accessibility feature enabling entrepreneurs to add closed... |
02 April 2015 |
Facebook turns new leaf on accessibility Facebook has begun touting its accessibility credentials to developers and consumers alike, announcing that it has launched a new Accessibility... |
01 April 2015 |
ACMA releases data on Australians’ internet use Mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones are becoming the preferred method for Australians to access the internet, according to new data from... |
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31 March 2015 |
Empathy and the accessible web experience Have you considered taking an empathy-based approach to identifying how your organisation can make itself more accessible for people with... |
06 March 2015 |
#CSUN15 wrap up The world’s major accessibility conference, the Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference (#CSUN15) is close to... |
05 March 2015 |
NVDA 2015.1 screen reader released: hands-on first impressions NVDA, the free screen reader for Windows which is one of the world’s most popular, continues to receive significant improvements with the latest... |
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04 February 2015 |
YouTube embraces HTML5 The accessibility of Google’s YouTube video service looks set to improve thanks to the recent decision by the internet giant to abandon Adobe’s Flash... |
04 February 2015 |
Web accessibility is everyone’s responsibility As anyone familiar with the web accessibility space will have noted, discrimination complaints against companies who do not make their websites and... |
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27 January 2015 |
Accessible documents and automated tools Media Access Australia spoke to Dr Jason Guo, Systems Architect and Web Developer at XiNG Digital, ahead of his presentation on using an automated... |
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16 December 2014 |
Skype Translator moves closer to general availability Microsoft has announced that its Skype Translator tool—which provides real time translations of different spoken languages to text captions—has moved... |
11 December 2014 |
Lloyds Banking Group on implementing web accessibility Media Access Australia spoke to Graeme Whippy, Senior Disability Manager at Lloyds Banking Group about how to build a business case for web... |
08 December 2014 |
Next steps for web accessibility in Australia announced The inclusion of accessibility in a digital design guide and a second NTS progress survey are just two of the next steps in Australian government web... |