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| 26 September 2012 |
Windows 8 accessibility The latest version of Microsoft Windows, Windows 8, is due for release in late October 2012 and is radically different to its predecessors. The main... |
| 21 September 2012 |
Apple iOS 6 accessibility The release of iOS 6, the latest version of Apple's operating system for mobile devices such as the iPhone and iPad, has come with new features that... |
| 03 September 2012 |
Windows 8 introduces accessibility features for touchscreens Microsoft Windows 8 is set to be released on 26 October and has a number of enhanced assistive features to increase accessibility for blind and... |
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| 27 August 2012 |
Inaccessibility even faster: Facebook’s latest update Facebook's latest app update has improved the speed of the software but has failed to increase the app's accessibility, and made performing some... |
| 23 August 2012 |
Delivering for consumers: the 2012 ACCAN National Conference The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) advocates to make Australia’s communications industry more equitable. Its National... |
| 22 August 2012 |
Audiobook encourages blind and vision impaired seniors to get online In July, Media Access Australia, in partnership with Council on The Ageing Western Australia (COTA WA) and funded by the nib foundation, released a... |
| 09 August 2012 |
Rival to Siri could enhance app accessibility A voice-activated virtual assistant tool called Nina could improve the accessibility of smartphone apps. Developed by Nuance Communications, the... |
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| 27 July 2012 |
Meet Georgie, the app enhancing Android phones for blind users A vision impaired couple from the UK have come up with an app that improves the way blind or vision impaired people use phones. The app for Android... |
| 26 July 2012 |
Google Maps make Sydney public transport directions accessible Google and Transport New South Wales have teamed up to introduce Sydney public transport directions to the Google Maps app. After testing, we can... |
| 25 July 2012 |
E-inclusion kit helps seniors with disabilities get online A new resource kit that will help seniors with disabilities get online has been launched in a collaborative project between Media Access Australia... |
| 19 July 2012 |
Introducing Access iQ: helping create a web without limits Access iQ is Media Access Australia's new initiative. Launched today, the website is a hub for anyone who wants to learn how to make websites and... |
| 17 July 2012 |
New US access standards for remotes and 3D TVs The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has just released five new standards for electronics equipment manufacturers, including one related to... |
| 17 July 2012 |
Australians with disabilities pay too much for IT The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) has published a report outlining how Australians pay too much for technology and that... |
| 13 July 2012 |
New invention bridges the signing gap A pair of gloves have been invented which translate sign language into synthetic speech. The project saw its developers, a team of students from... |
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| 28 June 2012 |
Captions included on ABC iView app The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has today launched the ABC iView app for iPhone, with caption functionality included. |
| 27 June 2012 |
Fleksy app improves texting for blind or vision impaired users A yet-to-be-released iOS iPhone app called Fleksy has stripped down the traditional touchscreen keyboard to make typing text more accessible to... |
| 20 June 2012 |
Dell and Microsoft create program for accessible classrooms A new collaborative effort by Microsoft and Dell has introduced an education program in the U.S. that will provide training and support to teachers... |
| 13 June 2012 |
Web accessibility course brings skills to industry and government Registrations are now open for our six-week online web accessibility course, Australia's only tertiary-backed accessibility course for web... |
| 12 June 2012 |
Siri update boosts accessibility on iOS devices The update to Apple’s operating system iOS 6 announced today will provide a boost to the accessibility of Apple’s mobile devices such as the iPhone... |
| 07 June 2012 |
Alligator clips make for accessible gaming Two graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who live by the belief that ‘everyone is an inventor’ have come up with an invention kit... |