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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... |
| 17 December 2012 |
Top 12 of 2012 #11 – the ABC helps get captions in schools In partnership with Education Services Australia, the ABC launched an education website in November. With closed captions provided for all videos,... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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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| 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 |
European languages added to YouTube’s auto-captioning YouTube has this week announced automatic captions will now be available in another six languages across the video sharing network. YouTube has added... |
| 30 November 2012 |
sociABILITY translated into Hungarian Our sociABILITY: Social media for people with a disability resource has been made available to people in Hungary through the Australian Embassy’s... |
| 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... |
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| 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... |
| 12 October 2012 |
Netflix to caption 100% of its content Netflix, the popular US-based video on demand service, has reached an agreement with the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) to provide 100% of... |
| 10 October 2012 |
YouTube asks users to report lack of captions YouTube has posted a notification on its site asking users to report videos that lack captions. The online video streaming website is asking users to... |
| 08 October 2012 |
Media Access Australia named internet award finalist Media Access Australia’s sociABILITY: social media for people with a disability project has been named a finalist in the Australia New Zealand... |
| 02 October 2012 |
SBS adds captions to catch-up TV Captions are now available for all non-live programs on SBS’s On Demand service. This makes it the second Australian ‘catch-up TV’ service to have... |
| 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... |