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WCAG 2.2 nears completion with further Draft updates

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has published an updated working draft of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 standard…
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Zoom rolling out automated caption support for free user accounts

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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Microsoft announces game accessibility developer testing program

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…
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Facebook causes digital access issues through Australian news ban

On 18 February 2021, Facebook blocked people in Australia from being able to access news on its platform in protest to the Federal government’s proposed media laws. While the…
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W3C WAI WCAG 3.0 first public draft released for comment

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) has published the first working draft for its significantly updated and renamed W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0 standard.

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CES 2021 highlights: consumer technologies with great accessibility potential

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is the world’s largest consumer technology exhibition and showcases the products likely to appear in our shops in the coming months. While less products…
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New accessibility options for Western Australia state election

The Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) has recently announced two accessible voting options most likely to benefit people who are blind and vision impaired or have a print disability.

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CSUN 2021 AT online conference registrations now open

The California State University, Northridge (CSUN) Assistive Technology (AT) Conference, generally regarded as the world’s largest conference relating to digital access, has moved online for the first time in…
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W3C WAI 2020 Year in Review

By CFA Australia CEO Dr Scott Hollier. Scott is a W3C WAI Invited Expert and Co-convenor for the Research Questions Task Force

What a year it’s been. With…
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TikTok helps developers and users avoid content that causes epileptic seizures

TikTok, the popular social media short video platform, has expanded its ability to warn developers against posting content that could induce epileptic seizures, and support users in automatically skipping over…
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