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Apple picks up three awards at the 2010 Blind Bargain Access Awards
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The Blind Bargains Access Awards recognizes the best products, websites, stores, and people in the blind community. According to Blind Bargains media release, nearly 500 people participated in the nomination and voting rounds this year.
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Latest Google Chrome (Beta) has voice-to-text capabilities
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The newly included HTML speech input API gives developers the ability to include voice-to-text in any webpage (or web app) they are developing. When a user accesses a webpage that uses this feature, you can click on an icon to enable it. You can then speak into your computer’s microphone and the audio (your voice) will be transcribed into text.
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W3C talks accessibility in report on web and television convergence
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The workshop, held in February this year, resulted in the publication of a report by the W3C including but not limited to the following:
- Home networking and second-screen scenarios
- The role of metadata and relation to Semantic Web technology
- Ensuring that convergent solutions are accessible
- Possible extensions to HTML5 for television
The release of this report is designed to create some consistency in how televisions are incorporating online content.
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Captioned video files now supported in PowerPoint
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For the first time, you can add closed captions to video and audio files included in your PowerPoint presentation using the new Subtitling Add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint (STAMP).
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Senate backs classroom captioning
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Senator Mitch Fifield co-sponsored the motion to fund a National Schools Pilot Program of Ai-Media’s technology program Ai-Live. This is a program that allows for real-time captioning in the classroom to assist Deaf and hearing impaired students to participate more fully in learning.
This program is one of the initiatives in Australia intended to bring captions into the classroom, thereby assisting students who are Deaf and hearing impaired as well as many other students.
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Deaf entrepreneur wins American leadership award
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Developed after a disappointing experience in a museum for McNally, who is Deaf, Keen Guides is a mobile application that provides accessible video tours of museums, colleges and public venues, with the objective of producing cultural experiences that appeal to everyone.
The Keen Guides application, available on iPhone and Android devices, applies universal design principles, offering an educational, entertaining and accessible alternative to standard audio and live tours.
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US court rules that football games must be fully captioned
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Last week the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a previous ruling, stating that song lyrics contributed to the general atmosphere of the games, therefore all people, including those who are Deaf or hearing impaired, must be able to access them.
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Firefox 4 released with improved accessibility
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Firefox promotes itself to be faster and easier to use and is now available for download. Regular Firefox users may not notice much of an improvement over Firefox 3, but this is due to Mozilla constantly updating its web browser in incremental steps, rather than having a big release like the recent release of Internet Explorer 9.
The browser experience may not appear significantly different, however the interface is far more accessible, having been simplified in the following ways:
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Apple iPad 2 launches in Australia today
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The reduced weight of the new model and the $50 price cut makes the new iPad 2 an attractive, accessible device for people with disabilities.
The accessibility features of the new iPad are similar to those in the current version with many options to support the needs of people with disabilities including:
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