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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... |
| 10 April 2013 |
Opinion: The scourge of YouTube’s auto-captions Michael Lockrey is Asia-Pacific sales manager for Amara and a renowned advocate for Deaf and hearing impaired media access. Here, he dissects the... |
| 09 April 2013 |
Report on the accessibility of Electronic Program Guides Media Access Australia has released a report on electronic program guides (EPGs) and how television networks and content providers display access... |
| 05 April 2013 |
Easy Chirp seeks funding for update Update 12 June: Easy Chirp's Kickstarter campaign successfully raised over $5000. The platform is going down temporarily from today while the new... |
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| 12 March 2013 |
Global progress on social media accessibility Today marks the one-year anniversary of the release of our sociABILITY: social media for people with a disability resources. The project was the... |
| 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... |
| 01 March 2013 |
The top 5 ways the Disability Discrimination Act has boosted access The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) turns 20 this year and Australia’s disability communities are taking the opportunity to reflect on how the... |
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| 27 February 2013 |
If we had Glass: the access potential for Google Glass Google released a promotional website for its Project Glass last week, a device worn as glasses which integrates smartphone technology. Among much... |
| 26 February 2013 |
CareerOne: empowering blind and vision impaired job seekers CareerOne Australia has taken a step towards empowering job seekers who are blind by improving the accessibility of its website. This comes after its... |
| 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... |
| 18 February 2013 |
MasterChef highlights online access gap One of the contestants on Network Ten’s MasterChef: The Professionals, Bonny Porter, has a hearing impairment, but like other Deaf and hearing... |
| 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 '... |
| 15 January 2013 |
Winners of the inaugural Golden Apple awards AppleVis has announced the winners of its first ever Golden Apple awards, celebrating innovations that enable and empower blind and vision impaired... |
| 09 January 2013 |
Pressure increases on Amazon with AppleVis campaign eBook giant Amazon has been under increasing pressure from disability groups due to its failure to provide accessibility features in its Kindle... |
| 08 January 2013 |
Where to access bushfire information As a heatwave brings the threat of bushfire to huge parts of the country, most people rely on ABC Local Radio for vital information. Below is a list... |
| 03 January 2013 |
Deaf consumer groups file complaint against Amazon for lack of captions Seven American deaf consumer groups have filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), accusing Amazon of violating new... |