Text-to-speech app Paper2Audio is helping people access written information by converting documents, articles and books into audio.
The app is designed to read complex documents, including academic research papers and textbooks, while reducing…
A museum in Italy is using AI-powered smart glasses to help visitors who are blind or have low vision experience artworks through audio descriptions.
The project, launched on 13 October 2026, is a collaboration…
Centre for Accessibility Australia’s (CFA Australia) Digital Access Training and Inclusion Co-Ordinator Laetitia Thompson and Dr. Scott Hollier were invited to meet with Mr. Shane Love MLA and Julie Freeman MLA at Parliament…
A railway network in the United States has launched a new service to help passengers who are blind and have low vision navigate public transport more independently.
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), which operates trains…
Assistive technology company Orbit Research has announced that Amazon Alexa is now available on its Orbit Player, giving people who are blind or have low vision another way to access books, information and entertainment.
Announced…
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Australia Chapter held a breakfast event in Perth on Tuesday, 13 October 2026, bringing together people working in accessibility, technology, research and web development.
Held at Ruth Faulkner Library…
The Spanish Government has approved new regulations to make information and services easier to understand for people with disability.
Announced recently, the changes focus on Easy Read, plain language and other ways of making information…
Centre for Accessibility Australia (CFA Australia) has received a generous donation of more than 40 laptops from Ngala, helping more people with disability access the technology they need for work, study and everyday life.
Ngala…
A new screen reader called Backtalk has been released for Android devices, offering users an alternative to Google’s TalkBack.
Released in September 2026, Backtalk is a free, open-source project based on Google’s…
Freedom Scientific has released a new JAWS update, with fixes to make Facebook and Reddit easier to navigate with a screen reader.
Released on 30 September, the update fixes several issues affecting people using JAWS…