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| 08 December 2016 |
Disability is a mainstream issue Media Access Australia (MAA) advocates for all people living with disability. New CEO, Dr Manisha Amin, believes that disability is a mainstream... |
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| 24 October 2016 |
What day-to-day challenge would you like solved by technology? The Australian Network on Disability (AND) in conjunction with Microsoft Australia, and with accessibility support from Media Access Australia, is... |
| 21 October 2016 |
The accessibility of augmented reality – Pokémon Go or no go Dr Scott Hollier, Media Access Australia’s Specialist Advisor on Digital Accessibility, put 2016’s biggest hit in augmented reality – Pokémon Go –... |
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| 14 September 2016 |
New ‘Affordable Access’ project promotes low cost accessible technology Media Access Australia (MAA), in conjunction with the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN), is pleased to announce the launch of... |
| 05 September 2016 |
Handy PointFinder app now available for iOS users The PointFinder accessible navigation aid for blind and vision-impaired people was launched on the Android platform in 2014, after some advice and... |
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| 31 August 2016 |
Online Census accessibility review - Pass or Fail Dr Scott Hollier, Media Access Australia’s ‘Specialist Advisor, Digital Accessibility’, undertook an accessibility review of the 9 August Census…... |
| 02 August 2016 |
Accessibility in the workplace has widespread benefits Almost half of all EU citizens living with a disability are unemployed, a new study commissioned by Microsoft has revealed. As people increasingly... |
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| 22 July 2016 |
Progress with accessibility needed in New Zealand 121 students took over New Zealand’s Parliament to debate about ‘Accessible Web Pages and Apps’. This was a mock bill aiming to improve accessibility... |
| 20 July 2016 |
Screenworks host CC and AD workshop to educate filmmakers As part of the accessibility focus of Screenworks, they will be holding a Closed Captioning (CC) and Audio Description (AD) workshop next month, with... |
| 18 July 2016 |
USAA’s new banking app allows voice-guided cheque depositing USAA, a Texas-based Fortune 500 diversified financial services group, has recently demonstrated that banking and accessibility can easily go hand in... |
| 13 July 2016 |
Barriers for disabled gamers with Pokémon Go The latest Pokémon game, Pokémon Go, has just been released, and instead of its usual portable game console format, it was released as a phone app.... |
| 11 July 2016 |
Google invests in start-up that identifies images through your phone’s camera Google has said “oui” (yes) to buying French start-up Moodstocks, a company that specialises in rapid object recognition from smartphones. This... |
| 07 July 2016 |
Governments are toughening up on public sector web accessibility State and Federal Governments around the globe are toughening up on public sector web accessibility. The latest case is the Alaskan Juneau School... |
| 05 July 2016 |
UK charity puts pressure on government to enforce web accessibility Robin Christopherson, head of digital inclusion at Abilitynet, a UK disabilities charity, has written an open letter to the British Parliament, to... |
| 04 July 2016 |
Apple wins award for accessibility advances The American Council of the Blind (ACB) has awarded Apple the coveted Robert S. Bray Award for their continued accessibility innovations, which will... |
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| 30 June 2016 |
New ‘game-changing’ phone app enhances phone accessibility ‘OpenAccess Captions’ is a brand new application for iPads and iPhones that was developed by Brisbane-based charity Conexu Foundation. It is an app... |
| 27 June 2016 |
Amazon launches new affordable, more accessible Kindles Amazon has just launched a new range of Kindle ebook readers, starting at the affordable price of US$79. Best of all, they come with features that... |
| 24 June 2016 |
Chris Mikul’s captioning legacy Chris Mikul was the Project Manager of Media Access Australia since its inception and has been an active advocate for better captioning, audio... |
| 23 June 2016 |
5 simple ways you can dramatically improve your blog’s accessibility Blogging encourages freedom of personal expression so it should be a right for anyone, regardless of disabilities or requirements, to have access to... |
| 20 June 2016 |
Even Pornhub is now accessible for the blind and vision-impaired Over recent times, an increasing amount of websites have seen the importance of making their sites accessible, including Pornhub, an adult video site... |