Latest News
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09 July 2010 |
Android receives accessible email client Mobile device operating system Google Android has just employed its first accessible email client, K9. |
08 July 2010 |
2010 Australia and New Zealand Internet Best Practice Awards - entries now open Entries for the 2010 Australia and New Zealand Internet Best Practice Awards are now open. Organised by The Australian Domain Name Administrator (... |
08 July 2010 |
Access conference program revealed The bi-annual Languages and Media Conference will be held in Berlin in October 2010. The conference program is now available on the Languages and... |
07 July 2010 |
Accessible CAPTCHA solution released Developers Samuel Sirois and Denis Boudreau have launched DISTCHA, an accessible CAPTCHA that determines if you are a human by asking you to slide... |
06 July 2010 |
Conference looks at the 'digital divide' Last week saw the inaugural National Conference and Consumer Summit run by the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN). The... |
05 July 2010 |
Free accessible iPhone app turns documents into text People who are blind or vision impaired will now have access to a free iPhone application that allows them to take a picture of a document and... |
05 July 2010 |
Free PDF Accessibility Checker tool now available for Windows The Swiss-based Access for All Foundation has released a free PDF Accessibility Checker (PAC) tool for the Windows platform. |
02 July 2010 |
YouTube identifies caption suppliers that are 'YouTube Ready' YouTube, in conjunction with the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) in the US, has introduced a program to identify companies able to... |
01 July 2010 |
American unis cautioned against inaccessible eBook readers On Tuesday the US Justice and Education departments have written a letter voicing concerns that some universities are using devices that don’t meet... |
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30 June 2010 |
New Google Chrome extension magnifies selected text People who are vision impaired will now be able to use a new extension that magnifies any selected text in Google Chrome. |
28 June 2010 |
First mobile application for captioning telephone calls The first mobile application for captioning telephone calls is now available to US residents from the iPhone App Store. |
22 June 2010 |
Push for more captioned online videos in the US In the US, media companies are working to increase the transfer of closed captioning of TV programs made available online, a move that will increase... |
22 June 2010 |
Accessible Kindle becomes significantly more affordable Amazon has significantly dropped the price of its Kindle e-book reader to US$189 (AU$218), improving the affordability of the accessible e-book... |
22 June 2010 |
iOS 4 has arrived with new accessibility features Apple has just released the much anticipated update to its iPhone operating system, iOS 4, which includes additional accessibility features as well... |
16 June 2010 |
Office 2010 released today with added accessibility features Microsoft Office 2010 is available worldwide at both online and retail stores from today and includes accessibility features previously unseen in... |
15 June 2010 |
New Apple patent makes accessing closed captions easier A new Apple patent published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office last Friday reveals that Apple is likely to add new features that... |
11 June 2010 |
Blind Citizens Australia launches new accessible website Blind Citizens Australia (BCA) has launched a new website designed to comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0... |
09 June 2010 |
YouTube adds feature to view caption transcripts YouTube has added another feature that allows users to view and interact with a transcript of captions that is generated from any YouTube video that... |
08 June 2010 |
New Safari 5 web browser supports HTML 5 closed captions Apple has released the new Safari 5 web browser which supports HTML 5 closed caption video, a full-screen video playback mode and a 130% speed... |
08 June 2010 |
New iPhone 4, new accessibility features Apple unveiled even more accessibility features for iPhone users when earlier today Steve Jobs revealed the much anticipated iPhone 4 in his keynote... |