iVote Removed from NSW State Elections, Angering Disability Advocacy Groups.
22 March 2023
Australian voters who are blind or have low vision have been angered by the decision by the NSW Electoral Commission (NSW EC) to decommission iVote, due to a technical botch…
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Netflix TV Viewers are Now Able to Customise Subtitles and Closed Captions Text.
16 March 2023
Finally joining other streaming services, such as Disney+, ParamountPlus and Prime Video, Netflix is giving its television viewers the option to customise the style and size of subtitles and closed…
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The Sims 4 Releases Disability and Transgender Inclusive Updates.
1 March 2023
In February, EA Games released an update to customise the appearance of their Sims, for players to use for free. These updates, while only visual and do not add to…
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New App Empathic Launched to Help People Who are Non-Verbal to Communicate.
1 March 2023
SeamlessCare – a digital health start-up – is using AI in a new app called Empathic, which interprets the emotions expressed by people with disability who are non-verbal.
The app…
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