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| 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... |
| 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... |
| 18 February 2011 |
Policy on trials of 3DTV and emerging TV technologies announced The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released its response to the discussion paper, ‘Temporary trials of 3DTV and other... |
| 16 February 2011 |
American Foundation for the Blind announces 2011 Access Award winners Walt Disney, Accessible Twitter, Lexmark and CBS TV network were yesterday named the winners of the American Foundation for the Blind’s 2011 Access... |
| 16 February 2011 |
Installing Android apps for accessibility is now easier You can now download new text-to-speech voices and carrier specific Accessibility Application Installers from the Android app store, making it easier... |
| 16 February 2011 |
US communications regulator proposes new access rules The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will hold an open meeting on 3 March to consider Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) on two proposals... |
| 14 February 2011 |
Hopelessly devoted to captioning and audio description Looking for last minute ideas for Valentine’s Day? Enjoy our top 5 suggestions for an accessible and romantic evening. |
| 11 February 2011 |
Accessible cinema rollout - the first six weeks It's been six weeks since the Cinema Access Implementation Plan began to roll out in major Australian cinema chain locations. Media Access Australia... |
| 09 February 2011 |
Competition on accessible web development open to all Web developers from all over the world can now participate in AIR-Interactive 2011, a competition that focuses on the development of accessible... |
| 07 February 2011 |
MCA offers audio described tour of Annie Liebovitz exhibition The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) in Sydney is offering an audio described tour of the exhibition ‘Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life 1990 –... |
| 01 February 2011 |
UK content providers create accessible YouView The major UK free-to-air broadcasters, including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, have collaborated to create the YouView TV box, which YouView... |
| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 31 January 2011 |
Name change for Australian DVD distributors’ association From 1 February 2011, the Australian Visual Software Distributors Association (AVSDA), representative of the Australian film and TV home... |
| 25 January 2011 |
Sarah Pulis wins scholarship to US Nonprofit Technology Conference Media Access Australia’s New Media Manager Sarah Pulis will soon be jetting off to Washington DC for the world’s largest nonprofit technology... |
| 25 January 2011 |
Latest figures for audio described DVDs - January 2011 Audio described DVD titles on new release shelves during the month of January 2011 stand at 39% of all titles. |
| 24 January 2011 |
Ofcom publishes Single Equality Scheme Annual Report Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, has published its Single Equality Scheme Annual Report that details the progress of its equality commitments... |
| 20 January 2011 |
Canadian disability service providers appalled at government appeal The Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) and the Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians (AEBC) have come out with strong statements... |
| 20 January 2011 |
Amazon provides accessibility plug-in for Kindle for PC Amazon has released a plug-in to improve the accessibility of its Kindle eBook reader software for PC. |
| 19 January 2011 |
Google Chrome OS to have inbuilt screen reader According to Google support, the next version of Google Chrome Operating System (OS), an operating system targeted at netbooks, will have an inbuilt... |
| 17 January 2011 |
Canadian access coalition calls for 100% accessibility by 2020 The Access 2020 Coalition has sought the support of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for its new Access... |