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| 25 May 2012 |
Foxtel and Xbox 360 gesture towards accessibility Foxtel has teamed up with Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect to provide voice and gesture based commands on the Foxtel subscription TV service. By using... |
| 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... |
| 17 May 2012 |
Google maps app takes accessibility indoors Update: Google made its Indoor Maps feature available in Australia on 13 March 2013. Indoor maps can be viewed once a user zooms in on a building.... |
| 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... |
| 03 May 2012 |
Closed caption movies not an option on Google Play Google’s new multimedia content platform, Google Play, has failed to include closed caption facilities on its movie rental service, which was... |
| 02 May 2012 |
Registrations open for leading arts and disability conference The annual Leadership Exchange in the Arts and Disability (LEAD) conference has been announced for 21 – 24 August in Boston, USA, bringing together... |
| 01 May 2012 |
Disability ignored in Government’s Convergence Review The Government yesterday released the long awaited Convergence Review, disappointing many by neglecting to address access problems for people with... |
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| 24 April 2012 |
App review: Remember the Milk Our digital technology and online media team have tested the usability of various task management apps for blind and vision impaired users. Due to... |
| 13 April 2012 |
Blog empowers blind and vision impaired young people A UK organisation has launched a blog catering to the interests of young people living with blindness or vision impairment. With a focus on... |
| 05 April 2012 |
New project helps seniors with disabilities access the web Media Access Australia (MAA) has received funding to develop training resources to support the Council on the Ageing Western Australia (COTA WA) in... |
| 02 April 2012 |
Facebook Timeline: overcoming accessibility barriers Over the past month Facebook has been rolling out its new Timeline feature, drastically changing how it presents information on personal profiles and... |
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| 29 March 2012 |
Aussies amongst the winners of the 2012 Access Awards NV Access, the Australian organisation behind the screen reader NVDA, is among a list of winners of the 2012 Access Awards. Presented by the American... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 01 March 2012 |
Google: our video accessibility team has been hard at work Google has just announced a number of enhancements to closed captioning across its video service, YouTube. Given YouTube’s presence and influence... |
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| 20 February 2012 |
Social media research to be presented at global conference Dr Scott Hollier, Project Manager for Media Access Australia (MAA), will present his paper Social Media: a practical approach at the CSUN 27th Annual... |
| 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... |
| 13 February 2012 |
Disability Discrimination Commissioner endorses the National Broadband Network The Australian Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes, has signed on as a champion of the National Broadband Network (NBN). Through the... |