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New version of NVDA released
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The official NVDA blog of NVDA 2011.1 reports on the release and highlights some of the key new features which include but are not limited to:
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US communications regulator proposes new rules for audio description
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Reinstatement of the quotas for audio description (called ‘video description’ in the US) is a provision of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, which was signed into law by President Obama in October.
The quotas were originally introduced by the FCC in 2000, but its authority to do this was successfully challenged in the United States Court of Appeal five months later.
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UK charity RNIB launches campaign for book accessibility
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The UK charity and provider of audio, braille and large-print books has named it the “I’d miss…” campaign, encouraging people to consider the children’s stories that they would have missed had they been unavailable. According to RNIB, less than 5% of books are available in braille, audio and large print.
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