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Blind Citizens Australia launches new accessible website

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Blind Citizens Australia (BCA) has launched a new website designed to comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 standards.

The website, created by students at the University of Melbourne and supported by Media Access Australia, is now online. The refreshed website, the first in over a decade, focuses on ensuring that people who are blind or vision impaired can access the latest information from BCA using assistive technology products such as screen readers and screen magnification software.

The new website can be found at www.bca.org.au.

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New iPhone 4, new accessibility features

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Apple unveiled even more accessibility features for iPhone users when earlier today Steve Jobs revealed the much anticipated iPhone 4 in his keynote address at the Worldwide Developers Conference, and provided further details about updates to the soon-to-be-released operating system.

The updated operating system, renamed iOS 4 today, has additional accessibility features that add to the already impressive suite of accessibility features on the iPhone and iPad.

Summary of new accessible features in iOS 4 and iPhone 4:

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Jetstar to rent out iPads for inflight entertainment

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Jetstar has confirmed that it will be running a trial program that allows passengers to rent an iPad for $10. The iPad will contain movies, TV shows, e-books, games and music, and provide great potential for inflight accessible media.

The iPad, which has a number of accessible features including the VoiceOver screen reader and captioned video, means that people who are blind or vision impaired could have the e-books read out to them during the flight, and people who are hearing impaired could potentially have closed captions available on the movies and TV shows. However, Jetstar is yet to confirm if the video will be captioned.

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Apple's accessible iPad launched in Australia

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Crowds of people outside the Sydney Apple store brought the surrounding areas to a standstill this morning as the eagerly awaited and highly accessible Apple iPad went on sale today.

Like the iPhone, the iPad contains a number of accessibility features for people with disabilities who want to do things like use the web, send e-mail, listen to music and read e-books.

Accessibility features include the VoiceOver screen reader, zoom, adjustable colour contrast, captioned video and the ability to output the audio to one ear.

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