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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,... |
| 13 July 2015 |
Study will review disabled consumer experiences with video on demand Curtin University academic Katie Ellis will investigate disabled consumer experiences of subscription video-on-demand (VOD) services in Australia in... |
| 01 July 2015 |
iTunes to remove content that isn’t captioned 1 July 2015 is the deadline in the United States for all online video content to have captions if it was previously captioned for broadcast on... |
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| 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... |
| 05 June 2015 |
Californian government websites found to be inaccessible The California State Auditor has reported that many government websites in the state continue to not be fully accessible to persons with disabilities... |
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| 15 May 2015 |
Web and PDF Accessibility: New Tools for Changing Times Tim Connell, Managing Director at adaptive technology company Quantum talks about web and document accessibility. Tim spoke to media Access Australia... |
| 13 May 2015 |
New video player designed for the blind released The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) has released a revolutionary video player which makes it easy for blind and vision impaired people to... |
| 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... |
| 07 May 2015 |
Lessons from Skandia Bank’s accessibility journey Norwegian bank Skandiabanken’s Snorre Kim discusses why a major national bank decided to put digital accessibility at the front and centre of its... |
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| 27 April 2015 |
Digital Transformation Office updates guidance on Digital Service Standard The Digital Transformation Office—a new body created to manage the improved design of online government services—has provided updated guidance for... |
| 23 April 2015 |
What are the most accessible video-on-demand services? With consumers increasingly turning to their computers and mobile devices to watch TV programs and movies, the accessibility of video-on-demand... |
| 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... |
| 21 April 2015 |
Swedish app massively expands audio described cinema A new mobile app provided through Sweden’s Available Cinema project will increase the number of audio described cinema sessions from 150 to 150,000... |
| 15 April 2015 |
Employment discrimination inquiry highlights value of digital accessibility The role of digital accessibility in helping reduce discrimination against older Australians and those with a disability—while helping create value... |
| 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... |
| 09 April 2015 |
Petition to make Steam accessible launched A Change.org petition has launched asking for the world’s largest digital game distribution platform, Steam, to be made accessible for people with... |
| 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... |