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| 13 June 2012 |
Web accessibility course brings skills to industry and government Registrations are now open for our six-week online web accessibility course, Australia's only tertiary-backed accessibility course for web... |
| 06 June 2012 |
Court upholds ruling against Canadian government’s website The Canadian government has lost its appeal against a court ruling that said its website was in breach of charter rights of people with vision... |
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| 29 May 2012 |
US Government sets assistive app challenge A challenge announced last week by the Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) could see a suite of apps developed to... |
| 23 May 2012 |
Spotify’s accessibility: so close but so far Apps that are accessible to people who have a disability are few and far between. So when an app qualifies as accessible, it’s a cause for... |
| 09 May 2012 |
9 May marks the first Global Accessibility Awareness Day What started as a simple blog post calling for developers to raise awareness about the importance of creating accessible websites for people with a... |
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| 26 March 2012 |
A screen reader for everyone: why the world needs NVDA In 2006, two Australian friends were frustrated with the expensive screen readers on the market. They decided to do something about it and created... |
| 26 March 2012 |
Web accessibility built in a day The winners of the 14th annual Accessibility Internet Rally that was held in February have been awarded for their effort in helping non-profit... |
| 20 March 2012 |
Opportunity lost with Nokia Maps audio direction The new audio direction available on the mobile version of Nokia Maps has potential for people who are blind or vision impaired, but an inaccessible... |
| 13 March 2012 |
Guides bridge the social media divide Today we’ve launched our guide to social media for people with a disability. The SociABILITY report is designed to help ensure that the one in five... |
| 07 March 2012 |
5 good news stories from CSUN 2012 Dr Scott Hollier, Project Manager at Media Access Australia, has recently returned from the CSUN 27th Annual international Technology & Persons... |
| 06 March 2012 |
First university backed web accessibility course for professionals launched We have today launched Australia’s first university-backed web accessibility course, offering industry professionals the practical skills needed to... |
| 05 March 2012 |
NT and NSW governments formally adopt WCAG 2.0 The New South Wales and Northern Territory governments have joined other states and territories by publicly endorsing the latest international web... |
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| 17 February 2012 |
Accessibility Internet Rally a wrap, now on to the awards The Accessibility Internet Rally held in Austin over the weekend brought 21 professional web developers together with five not-for-profit... |
| 10 February 2012 |
CNN sued for not captioning its online videos A judge in California has refused to dismiss a suit by the Greater Los Angeles Agency for Deafness (GLAD) against CNN for not captioning news clips... |
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| 12 January 2012 |
W3C WAI news: Calls for feedback on WAI-ARIA, multimedia accessibility and updated WCAG 2.0 Techniques The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) sets the standard for websites to reach in order to be accessible for people with disabilities. The international... |
| 12 January 2012 |
New apps improve Android accessibility A developer of open-source accessible apps, Apps4Android, has announced the release of four new IDEAL apps for Android smartphones. Android is Google... |
| 04 January 2012 |
Fix The Web project in desperate need of funding A UK project that helps people with a disability report inaccessible websites is struggling for survival after it failed to secure government funding... |
| 03 January 2012 |
How to contact organisations about website accessibility Many organisations fail to consider how people with a disability interact with their websites. As this is a large number of potential customers and... |
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| 08 December 2011 |
Vodafone rewards accessible Android development The winners of the 2011 Vodafone Smart Accessibility Awards have been announced, with each winner awarded £50,000 (A$76,300) for their contribution... |
| 08 December 2011 |
Internet Explorer 10 to improve support for captions The preview version of Microsoft’s latest web browser has come with a slate of new features including greater support for HTML5 <video>, which... |