The digital world is a rapidly changing environment that all of us increasingly rely upon. The reality is, for people living with a disability, much of the internet remains inaccessible (despite the legal policies put in place to facilitate accessibility). To create a more inclusive world, the Centre for Accessibility Australia (CFA Australia) aims to reduce the accessibility gap.
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) has published a new Developer Module, which provides teaching modules to help develop courses on digital accessibility. The modules cover…
Read full story: W3C WAI Curricula on Web Accessibility: A Framework to Build Your Own Courses
ScripTalk, a prescription labelling solution for individuals with vision or print disabilities has now arrived in Australia after a successful pilot program.
ScripTalk works by using a free table-top…
Read full story: ScripTalk Talking Prescription Labels Now Available in Australia
Zoom, one of the world’s most popular remote meeting software applications, has significantly improved it’s automated captioning feature and is now making it available to free users.
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Read full story: Zoom rolling out automated caption support for free user accounts
Microsoft has recently announced that it will provide developers with the opportunity to have their code checked for accessibility by programmers and gamers with disability as part of its support…
Read full story: Microsoft announces game accessibility developer testing program
A brief summary of digital access and how to address it, plus some policies and legal precedents.
An introduction to assistive technologies used by people with disability, and some common access issues.
Tips for addressing digital access across different organisational roles, documents, and social media.
We provide a summary of WCAG and an overview of the principles, guidelines and success criteria.
Establish a plan for your approach, then work through these success criteria for WCAG compliance.
Steps for checking, evaluating and assessing the accessibility of your online content.
An accessibility audit is a professional evaluation of how well your website and digital items meet the needs of people with disability. Auditing can be performed on websites, apps and documents.
Audio descriptions are an additional narration track in videos that describes the scenes and actions for blind and visually impaired people.
For organisations interested in enhancing accessibility to participants and clients with disability.
Assistance to develop, implement, monitor or review your Disability And Inclusion Plans (DAIP).
This category acknowledges desktop versions of websites that have incorporated accessibility. Awarded to sites that champion WCAG 2.0 web standards.
This category honours the best mobile apps on iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows Phone that have been designed and developed with accessibility in mind.
This category acknowledges innovation in digital technology. Awarded to applicants that explore the boundaries of what is possible in web while complying with WCAG 2.0.
The Centre For Accessibility Australia is a joint project by Media on Mars, DADAA and Dr Scott Hollier and is funded by the Department of Communities, Disability Services.
