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| 03 October 2014 |
Assistive technology: choice never greater Despite an often slow and mixed development history, the choice and availability of assistive technology to help people with disabilities access PCs... |
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| 17 September 2014 |
ACCAN announces Apps For All Challenge winners The winners of the inaugural competition to recognise the work of Australian accessible app developers, the Apps For All Challenge 2014, have been... |
| 17 September 2014 |
Google launches Android One smartphone Google has announced its new low-cost smartphone, the Android One, potentially opening up smartphone features to the world's poorest 5 billion people... |
| 15 September 2014 |
Cavena announces text-to-speech system for ‘audio subtitling’ Cavena, a major developer of captioning software based in Sweden, has announced a new system for vocalising the subtitles on foreign language films,... |
| 11 September 2014 |
Apple launches new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus with accessibility features Apple has launched a series of new products including two new iPhone models and the long awaited smartwatch, with the iPhones containing a number of... |
| 09 September 2014 |
Australian accessible apps developers to be honoured The shortlist for the inaugural competition to recognise the work of Australian accessible app developers, the Apps For All Challenge 2014, has been... |
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| 06 August 2014 |
New device to provide access to graphical information Curtin University has developed a new device aimed at enabling people with vision impairments to read complex printed information such as graphics,... |
| 04 August 2014 |
NDIS service providers urged to consider ICT accessibility Service providers to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) have been advised to consider the accessibility of their information... |
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| 25 July 2014 |
OwnFone launches ‘world's first braille mobile phone’ in Australia OwnFone has launched a braille-based mobile phone for blind and vision impaired users in Australia—a world-first, according to the mobile technology... |
| 23 July 2014 |
IBM creates new role: Chief Accessibility Officer IBM has recently named Frances West, a 25-year IBM veteran, as the company’s first Chief Accessibility Officer. |
| 23 July 2014 |
Q&A: Digital literature accessibility Media Access Australia spoke with Dr. Mike Kent, Lecturer, Faculty of Humanities, School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts, Department of Internet... |
| 17 July 2014 |
Q&A: TIA on mobile technology and Baby Boomers Media Access Australia spoke to Brian Scarpelli, Director, Government Affairs at the US Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) following his... |
| 09 July 2014 |
Q&A: How SMS aids Deaf research and communication Media Access Australia spoke with Erin Walsh and Meaghan Arundell from the Australian National University ahead of their presentations at the... |
| 07 July 2014 |
Telstra backs ACCAN’s Apps For All challenge Australian app developers have been encouraged to enter the Apps For All challenge following the news that significant cash and career development... |
| 04 July 2014 |
Google Glass helping audiences or pirates? Google Glass has been hailed as a potential access tool for people with disabilities, but two very recent news pieces show how one person’s lifeline... |
| 03 July 2014 |
ACMA releases data on teens’ web use The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released statistics on how Australian teenagers use the internet, showing that almost... |
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| 23 June 2014 |
Real Thing launches accessible news reader device, RealSAM Media Access Australia spoke to Nick Howden, CEO of Australian technology company Real Thing, about the launch of RealSAM (Simple Accessible Media),... |
| 19 June 2014 |
Amazon touts accessibility of Fire smartphone Amazon has announced that accessibility has taken centre stage in its new Fire smartphone. |
| 19 June 2014 |
Accessible gaming: An interview with Ian Hamilton: Part 2 Media Access Australia spoke to Ian Hamilton, UX designer, accessibility specialist and co-author of the Game Accessibility Guidelines about... |
| 18 June 2014 |
Accessible gaming: An interview with Ian Hamilton: Part 1 Media Access Australia spoke to Ian Hamilton, UX designer, accessibility specialist and co-author of the Game Accessibility Guidelines about... |