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| 04 July 2013 |
WCAG 2.0 under fire in new research Controversial research has been published damning the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 as system for achieving equal access to the web... |
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| 23 May 2013 |
Guest post: Voting independently In a recent state by-election, screen reader user Andrew Devenish-Meares was able to vote online. Here, he talks through the experience of being able... |
| 20 May 2013 |
Presentation: Web For All 2013 Dr Scott Hollier and Associate Professor Denise Wood, co-lecturers of the Professional Certificate In Web Accessibility presented at the Web For All... |
| 13 May 2013 |
Media Access Australia at the World Wide Web Conference Dr Scott Hollier, our manager of major projects, is presenting a paper at the 22nd International World Wide Web conference in Brazil today. Presented... |
| 07 May 2013 |
Global Accessibility Awareness Day down under To celebrate the second Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Thursday 9 May, a number of volunteer groups are holding events in capital cities around... |
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| 17 April 2013 |
Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2013 Thursday 9 May marks the second annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day, a day dedicated to raising the profile of web accessibility amongst web... |
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| 11 March 2013 |
Australian banks reviewed for web accessibility Australia’s top banking websites have been tested by independent experts who found that many do not meet the needs of users with disability. The... |
| 08 March 2013 |
Top take-aways from CSUN 2013 The world’s largest accessible technology conference took place in San Diego, California last week. The Annual International Technology and Persons... |
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| 21 February 2013 |
A gateway to accessibility The Professional Certificate in Web Accessibility provides an entry point into accessibility for web professionals, with a practical overview of... |
| 15 February 2013 |
Job hunting made accessible in USA A job search and recruitment website in the US has made job hunting easier for people with a disability by making the site more accessible. Working... |
| 07 February 2013 |
Web accessibility certificate: 2013 registrations open Media Access Australia, in partnership with the University of South Australia, has launched its Professional Certificate in Web Accessibility for... |
| 01 February 2013 |
Older people with sight loss excluded online Research conducted by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and BT Group in the UK has highlighted the impact of older people being... |
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| 24 January 2013 |
Museum Victoria crowd-sources text alternatives Museum Victoria has come up with an innovative way of making their online collection available to people who are blind. The museum has launched '... |
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| 11 December 2012 |
Top 12 of 2012 #7 – We launch Access iQ There is an international push for web professionals to incorporate the needs of people with a disability into their practice. Media Access Australia... |
| 05 December 2012 |
Top 12 of 2012 #3 – the National Transition Strategy The Australian Government should have made significant progress towards making each of its websites accessible in 2012 as a result of the Web... |
| 04 December 2012 |
Top 12 of 2012 #2 – access to social media As social media continues to dominate what people do online, a new digital divide is opening up between those who use social media and those excluded... |
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| 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... |
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| 31 August 2012 |
October accessibility course for web professionals open for registrations Registrations are filling up fast for our last intake for 2012 of The Professional Certificate in Web Accessibility, running 8 October – 16 November... |
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| 26 July 2012 |
Google Maps make Sydney public transport directions accessible Google and Transport New South Wales have teamed up to introduce Sydney public transport directions to the Google Maps app. After testing, we can... |
| 19 July 2012 |
Introducing Access iQ: helping create a web without limits Access iQ is Media Access Australia's new initiative. Launched today, the website is a hub for anyone who wants to learn how to make websites and... |