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| 07 April 2016 |
Facebook introduces automatic alternative text feature to iOS app Facebook has launched a feature based on image recognition to provide Automatic Alternative Text (AAT) for photos uploaded to the social media... |
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| 31 March 2016 |
Twitter supports alternative text for images sent via app Twitter has announced that images tweeted from its iOS and Android apps can now include alternative text, ensuring that users of assistive... |
| 29 March 2016 |
Social media for those with a disability gets 2016 update The ground-breaking 2012 ‘SociAbility’ review into social media for those with a disability has had a much anticipated update. The Media Access... |
| 15 March 2016 |
Accessible media preview from CSUN The annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference (commonly known as CSUN) starts on 21 March in San Diego, California.... |
| 14 March 2016 |
Wikispeech project aims to make Wikipedia accessible for vision impaired people Swedish researchers are developing an open source speech synthesis platform to make Wikimedia-based websites more accessible to blind and vision... |
| 10 March 2016 |
Crossing the digital divide A recent discussion paper states that 1 million Australians with a disability don’t have internet access at home, because of cost, complexity and/or... |
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| 26 February 2016 |
More work needed for digital inclusion at home A newly-released report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) lists the number of households with access to the internet at home as 7.7... |
| 24 February 2016 |
First NVDA screen reader update for 2016 now available NV Access has launched the 2016.1 update of its NVDA screen reader for Microsoft Windows, adding a new option to lower the volume of external sounds... |
| 18 February 2016 |
Accessibility in the cloud – benefits, issues and trends As a new survey shows an increase in the use of the cloud in 2016, the impact of this on people with disabilities and impairments becomes ever more... |
| 15 February 2016 |
Video advertisements on Facebook to be auto-captioned Facebook will begin to roll out a new feature that will make auto-playing advertisements more accessible to people with a disability. |
| 10 February 2016 |
Service Providers Accessibility Guide now available via direct download Media Access Australia’s Service Providers Accessibility Guide, which received a significant update in October 2015, is now available to download... |
| 02 February 2016 |
Organisations receive Emmy awards for internet caption standards The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) were honoured at the 67th Annual Technology... |
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| 22 January 2016 |
Professional Certificate in Web Accessibility promotional video out now A new video produced by Media Access Australia has been created to promote the upcoming Professional Certificate in Web Accessibility (PCWA). It’s... |
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| 20 November 2015 |
YouTube allows fans to contribute video captions In a recent update, YouTube will allow community members to contribute closed captions to supported videos, opening up the potential for the world’s... |
| 13 November 2015 |
Digital Gap pushes for change by 2017 The call for improvement to digital accessibility for people with disabilities moved to Parliament House in Canberra with a call for significant... |
| 10 November 2015 |
ACCAN launches campaign for online caption quality The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) has formed an alliance of organisations which is calling for online videos to be... |
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| 21 October 2015 |
Digital Gap Initiative invites you to Parliament The Federal Parliament will be the venue for a major accessibility event showcasing developments and issues in digital accessibility. |
| 12 October 2015 |
Blind Citizens Australia wraps up successful convention in Perth The Blind Citizens Australia (BCA) annual convention was held over the weekend at the Mercure hotel in Perth, with approximately 120 attendees... |
| 07 October 2015 |
Looking forward with access at BCA Media Access Australia’s Director of Digital Accessibility, Dr Scott Hollier, will be presenting on developments in access technology for blind and... |
| 01 October 2015 |
Accessible India Campaign to greatly improve access to media The Accessible India Campaign is set to launch on December 3, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, with a strong focus on improving... |