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American Foundation for the Blind announces 2011 Access Award winners

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Walt Disney, Accessible Twitter, Lexmark and CBS TV network were yesterday named the winners of the American Foundation for the Blind’s 2011 Access Awards.

The annual awards honour individuals and organisations that are significantly improving accessibility to their products and services for people who are blind and vision impaired.

The organisations were awarded for their “bold and successful strides toward creating new standards of accessibility and a better quality of life for people who are blind or visually impaired," said Carl Augusto, President and CEO of the American Foundation for the Blind.

Previous award recipients of the Access Awards include Apple, Inc., Google, and Canon USA, Inc.


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Installing Android apps for accessibility is now easier

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You can now download new text-to-speech voices and carrier specific Accessibility Application Installers from the Android app store, making it easier to get accessibility apps on your Android smartphone.

The Accessibility Application Installers will identify which accessibility applications are not installed on your Android smartphone and assist you to install the missing applications.

These apps include Accessibility Preference, Eyes Free Shell, IDEAL Item Identifier, IDEAL magnifier, IDEAL Web Access Pack, K-9 Mail, KickBack, Rock Lock, Sound Back, TalkBack, Talking Dialer, Walky Talky and Intersection Explorer.

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