App reviews
New ‘game-changing’ phone app enhances phone accessibility
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This app was launched this week to coincide with Deafblind Awareness Week (the last day is today). The app creators have hailed it as a ‘game-changer’ for those who are Deaf and blind or have hearing loss or vision impairment.
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Curtin University receives grant to investigate the impact of mobile apps on people with a disability
Uber's new accessibility features create job opportunities for Deaf and hearing impaired drivers
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What is Uber?
Uber is an online transportation network that allows consumers with smartphones to submit a trip request which is then routed to Uber drivers who use their own cars.
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New updates by Twitter client app Twitterrific enhance accessibility for vision impaired users
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Accessibility improvements
According to iTunes, the accessibility improvements listed below have been made to the application.
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ABC seeks feedback on iview audio description trial
Interest in mobile accessibility continues to increase: report
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The MMF released statistics related to its Global Accessibility Reporting Initiative (GARI) on the International Day for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December.
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Blind Citizens Australia wraps up successful convention in Perth
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Much of the focus related to the 40th anniversary of BCA with presentations and discussions relating to how products and services for people who are blind or vision impaired have progressed over that time, current issues both locally and internationally, and the significance of BCA in the future.
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Q&A with award winning accessible game developer and author Quentin Christensen
Consumers encouraged to nominate accessible apps
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The challenge, now in its second year, seeks to find Australia’s most accessible apps and encourage software developers to include digital accessibility when they create apps.
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