To help you learn more about the facts, the talk and the mythology of accessibility and the iPad, we have put together a summary of the reporting from around the world.
Official reviewers and individuals alike are talking about the iPad and about their impressions of the accessibility features of the iPad. Anikto LLC who specialise in universal design, web accessibility, virtual technology and social media have posted a good summary of iPad accessibility features with interesting insights and recommendations for future research and development.
Programs currently screening on iView include Four Corners, Australian Story, Lateline and Q&A, as well as overseas programs like The Wire and The Daily Show. The captions are the same as those shown on the original television broadcast of the program, so programs captioned live will still have those live captions on the iView.
This is a significant step forward in making online video content accessible in Australia.
In a blog post, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Senior Product Manager for Accessibility at Adobe Systems, states that, “[t]he Flash Player will employ IAccessible2 from the Linux Foundation and the WAI-ARIA specification from the W3C to address user and developer needs and to ease interoperability with assistive technology vendors.”
Upgrades are expected to start with the next major release of Adobe Flash Player (following Flash Player 10.1).
