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| 17 March 2011 |
US research project aims to improve captions on mobile devices American access organisation National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) has begun a major research project to address access issues relating to... |
| 16 March 2011 |
Internet Explorer 9 released with accessibility bug Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft’s newest version of its web browser, was released with an accessibility bug that may prevent people with a vision... |
| 11 March 2011 |
iVote to enable blind and vision impaired people to cast secret vote online The NSW Electoral Commission will use an online and telephone system in the upcoming state election called iVote for people who are blind or vision... |
| 10 March 2011 |
Media Access Australia attends world’s largest non-profit technology conference Media Access Australia’s New Media Manager Sarah Pulis is tomorrow heading off to Washington DC for the Non-profit Technology Conference, after... |
| 07 March 2011 |
UK charity RNIB launches campaign for book accessibility The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has launched an online campaign to raise awareness of the large number of books that are... |
| 04 March 2011 |
UK project Fix the Web hits 500 mark for website access reports The ‘Fix the Web’ initiative led by Citizens Online in the UK has hit the 500 mark for number of websites reported for accessibility issues, after... |
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| 25 February 2011 |
Disney being sued over lack of accessibility Three women in the United States are suing Disney for discrimination against those who are blind or vision impaired. |
| 16 February 2011 |
American Foundation for the Blind announces 2011 Access Award winners Walt Disney, Accessible Twitter, Lexmark and CBS TV network were yesterday named the winners of the American Foundation for the Blind’s 2011 Access... |
| 16 February 2011 |
Installing Android apps for accessibility is now easier You can now download new text-to-speech voices and carrier specific Accessibility Application Installers from the Android app store, making it easier... |
| 14 February 2011 |
Hopelessly devoted to captioning and audio description Looking for last minute ideas for Valentine’s Day? Enjoy our top 5 suggestions for an accessible and romantic evening. |
| 09 February 2011 |
Competition on accessible web development open to all Web developers from all over the world can now participate in AIR-Interactive 2011, a competition that focuses on the development of accessible... |
| 01 February 2011 |
SBS makes ‘Immigration Nation’ available online with captions The first two episodes of the Australian history series Immigration Nation can now be viewed with captions on the SBS website, viewed captions on the... |
| 01 February 2011 |
UK content providers create accessible YouView The major UK free-to-air broadcasters, including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, have collaborated to create the YouView TV box, which YouView... |
| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 27 January 2011 |
ITV Player in the UK now has captions The British commercial television network ITV yesterday announced that captions are available on its online catch-up service, the ITV Player. |
| 25 January 2011 |
Sarah Pulis wins scholarship to US Nonprofit Technology Conference Media Access Australia’s New Media Manager Sarah Pulis will soon be jetting off to Washington DC for the world’s largest nonprofit technology... |
| 20 January 2011 |
Canadian disability service providers appalled at government appeal The Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) and the Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians (AEBC) have come out with strong statements... |
| 20 January 2011 |
Amazon provides accessibility plug-in for Kindle for PC Amazon has released a plug-in to improve the accessibility of its Kindle eBook reader software for PC. |
| 19 January 2011 |
Google Chrome OS to have inbuilt screen reader According to Google support, the next version of Google Chrome Operating System (OS), an operating system targeted at netbooks, will have an inbuilt... |
| 13 January 2011 |
Canadian government to appeal accessible website ruling The Canadian government is planning to appeal a court ruling that federal government websites are to be made accessible to sensory impaired users by... |
| 11 January 2011 |
Latest Skype app supports video calls on WiFi and 3G People who are Deaf or hearing impaired can now use the latest version of Skype for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch to communicate using sign... |