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  • Wednesday, 9 May 2012
     9 May marks the first Global Accessibility Awareness Day

    What started as a simple blog post calling for developers to raise awareness about the importance of creating accessible websites for people with a disability, has turned into the first ever Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). A community of web professionals has formed to take part in raising awareness of the importance of making the web usable for everyone, regardless of ability.

  • Monday, 26 March 2012
     A screen reader for everyone: why the world needs NVDA

    In 2006, two Australian friends were frustrated with the expensive screen readers on the market. They decided to do something about it and created the first open source, free screen reader, NVDA. Funded by donations, the NV Access organisation is a labour of love for founders Mick Curran and Jamie Teh, who devote their time to ensuring that NVDA is the best it can be.

  • Monday, 26 March 2012
     Web accessibility built in a day

    The winners of the 14th annual Accessibility Internet Rally that was held in February have been awarded for their effort in helping non-profit organisations create accessible websites at the 2012 Dewey Ceremony and AIR-Interactive Awards. Contestants from development and design were given just a day to take a website and make it as accessible as possible.

  • Tuesday, 20 March 2012
     Opportunity lost with Nokia Maps audio direction

    The new audio direction available on the mobile version of Nokia Maps has potential for people who are blind or vision impaired, but an inaccessible website stops them from using this feature.

  • Tuesday, 13 March 2012
     Guides bridge the social media divide

    Today we’ve launched our guide to social media for people with a disability. The SociABILITY report is designed to help ensure that the one in five Australians who have a disability are not left on the wrong side of the digital divide.

  • Wednesday, 7 March 2012
     5 good news stories from CSUN 2012

    Dr Scott Hollier, Project Manager at Media Access Australia, has recently returned from the CSUN 27th Annual international Technology & Persons With Disabilities conference held in San Diego, California. Here are five things that Scott is excited about.

  • Tuesday, 6 March 2012
     First university backed web accessibility course for professionals launched

    We have today launched Australia’s first university-backed web accessibility course, offering industry professionals the practical skills needed to meet international accessibility standards, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0.

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