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| 15 January 2013 |
Winners of the inaugural Golden Apple awards AppleVis has announced the winners of its first ever Golden Apple awards, celebrating innovations that enable and empower blind and vision impaired... |
| 09 January 2013 |
Pressure increases on Amazon with AppleVis campaign eBook giant Amazon has been under increasing pressure from disability groups due to its failure to provide accessibility features in its Kindle... |
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| 19 December 2012 |
US regulator announces winners for innovation in technology America’s communications regulator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced the winners of the FCC Chairman Awards for Advancement... |
| 19 December 2012 |
Assistive Android apps recognised The Vodafone Foundation Smart Accessibility Awards were held yesterday in Belgium to celebrate innovative apps for Android smartphones designed to... |
| 17 December 2012 |
New initiative promotes technology designed for everybody A major initiative recently launched in London is raising awareness of the need for technology design that includes people with a disability. |
| 14 December 2012 |
Top 12 of 2012 #10 – helping seniors get online An important part of life for many older Australians is keeping in touch with family and friends, researching hobbies and interests and staying up-to... |
| 12 December 2012 |
Accessibility added to Kindle Fire as blind group plans protest Amazon has announced it will add accessibility features to its Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD tablets, increasing access to content on the tablets... |
| 10 December 2012 |
Access to social media can save lives When Hurricane Sandy bore down on the USA’s east coast, people turned to social media such as Twitter for the latest information. Sadly, due to the... |
| 07 December 2012 |
Media Access Australia contributes to the NDIS Media Access Australia will be creating a Providers Accessibility Guide as part of a suite of projects announced by the Australian Government this... |
| 06 December 2012 |
Partnership to provide training for deafblind Telstra and non-profit organisation Able Australia have joined together in a program to help increase access to technology for Australians who are... |
| 03 December 2012 |
Access achievements honoured at National Disability Awards Individuals and organisations committed to improving access to media foe people with disability were honoured at the National Disability Awards,... |
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| 30 November 2012 |
App increases mobility for blind in Dublin A navigation app for Apple iOS devices called Walk Dublin will help to increase the mobility of blind and vision impaired users by providing walking... |
| 30 November 2012 |
Accessibility review: Microsoft Surface tablet Microsoft's Surface tablet has promised to deliver the best of both worlds: an easy-to-use tablet for games and entertainment but also a serious... |
| 26 November 2012 |
The Media Access News podcast Our weekly Vision Australia Radio segment is now available as a podcast which can be downloaded and subscribed to through iTunes. |
| 19 November 2012 |
Indoor mapping to increase mobility for blind users Increasing the independence of people who are blind or vision impaired could be possible through indoor mapping technology, according to experts who... |
| 12 November 2012 |
NVDA screen reader now recognises long description Free screen reader for Windows, NVDA, has been updated to recognise 'longdesc', an attribute used by web developers to describe the data that is... |
| 01 November 2012 |
NVDA adapted for Windows 8 The popular free screen reader Non-Visual Desktop Access (NVDA) has been adapted for use on computers with Microsoft Windows 8, including touch... |
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| 26 October 2012 |
Windows 8 released with enhanced accessibility Microsoft has today launched Windows 8 and its tablet version, Windows RT, the latest operating system for computers and tablets. Rather than simply... |
| 19 October 2012 |
World’s first accessible gaming arcade The AbleGamers Foundation has opened an Accessibility Arcade at the Washington DC Public Library in the USA, providing a permanent space for people... |
| 02 October 2012 |
Apple Maps misses accuracy but shows accessibility Last week when Apple released iOS 6, the software for its mobile devices, many critics pointed out the shortcomings of the newly created Apple Maps... |