Australian Access Awards 2021: Opening the call for nominations and introducing our partner Infosys
20 May 2021
The Australian Access Awards are a celebration of organisations and individuals that have made their websites and apps accessible. This Thursday, on Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we launch our 2021 Call for Nominations, inviting all Australians to submit a free nomination to let us know who is doing great work in this space.
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Telcos for All - Project funded by ACCAN (The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network)
20 May 2021
‘Telcos for All’ report released to the public by the Centre for Accessibility through funding provided by the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN).
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Global Accessibility Awareness Day event with CFA Australia and Infosys
14 May 2021
On Thursday, 20th May, as we recognise Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Infosys along with the Centre for Accessibility is hosting a virtual conversation with leaders from industry, not for profits, media and a citizen’s perspective to accessibility.
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Zoom rolling out automated caption support for free user accounts
3 March 2021
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
3 March 2021
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
19 February 2021
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
22 January 2021
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.
In…
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CES 2021 highlights: consumer technologies with great accessibility potential
19 January 2021
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
19 January 2021
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.
The…
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CSUN 2021 AT online conference registrations now open
8 January 2021
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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