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| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 11 March 2011 |
iVote to enable blind and vision impaired people to cast secret vote online The NSW Electoral Commission will use an online and telephone system in the upcoming state election called iVote for people who are blind or vision... |
| 10 March 2011 |
Media Access Australia attends world’s largest non-profit technology conference Media Access Australia’s New Media Manager Sarah Pulis is tomorrow heading off to Washington DC for the Non-profit Technology Conference, after... |
| 08 March 2011 |
New version of NVDA released A new version of the free and open source screen reader NVDA for Microsoft Windows was released today. |
| 08 March 2011 |
‘Media Watch’ puts the spotlight on poor captioning Last night’s episode of Media Watch on the ABC looked at the state of news captioning on Australian television, and found that all too often the... |
| 07 March 2011 |
US communications regulator proposes new rules for audio description On 3 March, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a ‘Notice of Proposed Rulemaking’ which outlines how it intends to reinstate audio... |
| 07 March 2011 |
US access group calls for end to caption exemptions The Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT) has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), urging that television be... |
| 07 March 2011 |
UK charity RNIB launches campaign for book accessibility The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has launched an online campaign to raise awareness of the large number of books that are... |
| 04 March 2011 |
Mobile Accessibility app comes to Android The release of Mobile Accessibility, a screen access application designed to help people who are blind or vision impaired to use an Android, has... |
| 04 March 2011 |
UK project Fix the Web hits 500 mark for website access reports The ‘Fix the Web’ initiative led by Citizens Online in the UK has hit the 500 mark for number of websites reported for accessibility issues, after... |
| 04 March 2011 |
Caption levels on the new commercial digital channels Media Access Australia recently conducted a survey of captioning on the commercial digital multichannels (7Mate, 7Two, GO!, Gem, Eleven and One HD),... |
| 03 March 2011 |
Apple announces launch of iPad 2 and iOS 4.3 Apple today announced the launch of iPad 2 and an update to Apple’s operating system iOS to version 4.3, which will be released in America next week... |
| 02 March 2011 |
Government announces the Terms of Reference for the Convergence Review The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) today released the Terms of Reference for the Convergence Review. The... |
| 02 March 2011 |
Read Captions Across America Day Today is Read Captions Across America day, an annual campaign to promote the use of captions particularly for children, as video-based media can be a... |
| 01 March 2011 |
Free and low-cost screen reader use increases according to survey WebAIM has released the results from its third screen reader user survey conducted in December 2010. |
| 01 March 2011 |
New Zealand audio description trial begins today The trial of audio description on New Zealand television begins today with an episode of the long-running British soap Coronation Street. |
| 01 March 2011 |
Media Access Australia welcomes user testing for new website Within the next couple of weeks we will officially launch our new website, showcasing the latest web technologies and meeting best practice... |
| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 25 February 2011 |
Disney being sued over lack of accessibility Three women in the United States are suing Disney for discrimination against those who are blind or vision impaired. |
| 25 February 2011 |
UK study looks at 3D audio description guidelines A study released by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) in the UK has indicated that audio description users do not believe that... |
| 23 February 2011 |
US cinema chain expands captioning following litigation The Regal cinema chain, the largest in the US, has pledged to provide closed captions as it converts its cinemas to digital, beginning with cinemas... |
| 22 February 2011 |
Government review of disability standards in education Peter Garrett, Minister for School Education, has released a discussion paper which encourages people to contribute to the Review into Disability... |