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W3C talks accessibility in report on web and television convergence

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The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) held its Second Web and TV Workshop in February, where key priorities about web and TV convergence were discussed.

The workshop, held in February this year, resulted in the publication of a report by the W3C including but not limited to the following:

Home networking and second-screen scenarios
The role of metadata and relation to Semantic Web technology
Ensuring that convergent solutions are accessible
Possible extensions to HTML5 for television

The release of this report is designed to create some consistency in how televisions are incorporating online content.

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Practical web accessibility

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Firefox 4 released with improved accessibility

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Mozilla has released a significant upgrade to its web browser with Firefox 4.

Firefox promotes itself to be faster and easier to use and is now available for download. Regular Firefox users may not notice much of an improvement over Firefox 3, but this is due to Mozilla constantly updating its web browser in incremental steps, rather than having a big release like the recent release of Internet Explorer 9.

The browser experience may not appear significantly different, however the interface is far more accessible, having been simplified in the following ways:

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Apple iPad 2 launches in Australia today

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The Apple iPad 2 will be launched in Australia at 5pm AEDT this afternoon.

The reduced weight of the new model and the $50 price cut makes the new iPad 2 an attractive, accessible device for people with disabilities.

The accessibility features of the new iPad are similar to those in the current version with many options to support the needs of people with disabilities including:

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Welcome to our new website

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We have now launched our new website merging our previous sites, mediaaccess.org.au and audiodescription.com.au.

CEO of Media Access Australia, Alex Varley said, “Media Access Australia’s core business is about accessibility. We are out there talking to the community, to business and government about the need for accessible websites and our new site shows it can be achieved. Many people won’t see the accessibility features and that is the point. They are there for the people that need them and you don’t need to put a big label highlighting an accessibility feature, it is part and parcel of standard website design which includes everybody.”

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