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| 11 November 2011 |
New smart white cane increases independence for blind users A modern take on the white cane by National University of Singapore student Selene Chew has received the runner-up award at the 2011 James Dyson... |
| 11 November 2011 |
New organisation to make online video more accessible for blind and vision impaired people The Video Description Research and Development Center (VDRCD) is a new organisation funded by the US Department of Education which will investigate... |
| 04 November 2011 |
Government health information made more accessible The Senior Executive of The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Alison Verhoeven, has spoken at the recent Govt. 2.0 Conference at the... |
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| 17 October 2011 |
First chapter of guide to creating accessible digital media released Our counterparts, Media Access Canada, are releasing a guide to creating accessible digital media. The project, of which Media Access Australia is a... |
| 14 October 2011 |
New service provides live captions for ABC News24 online tveeder.com is a new service which provides live captions on ABC News24 online. Powered through the tumblr.com blogging platform, tveeder.com... |
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| 22 September 2011 |
American media regulator releases online captioning approach The US media and communications regulator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has released its draft approach on captioning of online video... |
| 15 September 2011 |
Google takes much needed steps towards accessible documents Google has a history of questionable accessibility in its suite of document tools. This week the web giant took a step towards inclusive practice... |
| 12 September 2011 |
Prize rewards best Australian websites: accessibility a key benchmark Nominations for the 2011 McFarlane Prize for excellence in web design are now open. The prize, commemorating the web pioneer Noel McFarlane, aims to... |
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| 31 August 2011 |
National Broadband Network to improve lives of people with disabilities The rollout National Broadband Network (NBN) presents an opportunity for the Federal Government and telecommunications industry to make a real... |
| 24 August 2011 |
Google launches an accessibility survey Google has announced a survey for users who are blind or vision impaired to better understand computer usage and assistive technology patterns in the... |
| 22 August 2011 |
Participants needed for review of social media accessibility Media Access Australia, supported by the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, is researching how people with disabilities use social... |
| 17 August 2011 |
Victorian Government endorses web accessibility standards The Victorian Government has released an update to its Accessibility Standard that requires all Victorian Government websites to conform to the... |
| 12 August 2011 |
Accessibility expert’s ideas to make JetBlue website more accessible Derek Featherstone, accessibility expert and founder of Further Ahead, has posted an article outlining some of the technical changes that the USA’s... |
| 11 August 2011 |
The Captioning Studio offers new online captioning and transcription service The Captioning Studio has launched an online captioning and transcription service that is both easy to use and affordable. |
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| 20 July 2011 |
YouTube expands automatic captioning to other languages YouTube, which introduced automatic captions for English language videos in 2009, has now expanded the service to Japanese videos. |
| 15 July 2011 |
Round-up of accessibility in WA To celebrate Media Access Australia’s first year in Western Australia, let’s take a look at the state of accessibility in WA and some of the events... |
| 14 July 2011 |
Accessible web browser and music player for Android released as standalone apps Android users who are blind or vision impaired can now purchase Code Factory’s Accessible Web Browser and the new Accessible Music Player as... |
| 12 July 2011 |
Update to ABC iView for iPad supports closed captions The latest update to the ABC iView app for the iPad allows you to watch prime time ABC TV programs with closed captions. |
| 11 July 2011 |
YouTube captions boost SEO Adding captions to a YouTube video can improve your search engine optimisation and increase your audience to include the Deaf and hearing impaired,... |
| 11 July 2011 |
96% of Estonian Government websites inaccessible An article on the Estonian Public Broadcasting news website has reported that only 4% of Estonian government webpages are accessible to people with... |