New Media
Campaign to increase digitised books to 2 million
Friday, 16 July 2010 17:38
Digital librarian Brewster Kahle has launched a worldwide campaign to double the number of books available to people who need access to books in digital formats.
Read more: Campaign to increase digitised books to 2 million
MAA expands to meet access challenges
Monday, 12 July 2010 10:05
Media Access Australia (MAA) is expanding its work in access, with two new members joining the team in July. As technology advances, so too does the need for accessibility. In anticipation of this MAA is expanding its projects, particularly in the areas of education and new media.
Android receives accessible email client
Friday, 09 July 2010 13:05
Mobile device operating system Google Android has just employed its first accessible email client, K9.
2010 Australia and New Zealand Internet Best Practice Awards – entries now open
Thursday, 08 July 2010 13:14
Entries for the 2010 Australia and New Zealand Internet Best Practice Awards are now open. Organised by The Australian Domain Name Administrator (auDA) and Internet NZ, the awards recognise those who continue to make the Internet more secure, open, accessible and diverse for all.
Read more: 2010 Australia and New Zealand Internet Best Practice Awards – entries now open
Access conference program revealed
Thursday, 08 July 2010 10:17
The bi-annual Languages and Media Conference will be held in Berlin in October 2010. The conference program is now available on the Languages and the Media website.
Accessible CAPTCHA solution released
Wednesday, 07 July 2010 12:33
Developers Samuel Sirois and Denis Boudreau have launched DISTCHA, an accessible CAPTCHA that determines if you are a human by asking you to slide an icon across the screen with either the mouse or keyboard.
Audio description conference offers virtual registration
Wednesday, 07 July 2010 09:38
The American Council of the Blind is hosting an audio description conference from 12-14 July. The physical conference is in Florida, but there is a virtual option (at a cost of US$95) for those that can’t make it to Miami.
Read more: Audio description conference offers virtual registration
Free PDF Accessibility Checker tool now available for Windows
Monday, 05 July 2010 16:33
The Swiss-based Access for All Foundation has released a free PDF Accessibility Checker (PAC) tool for the Windows platform.
Read more: Free PDF Accessibility Checker tool now available for Windows
Free accessible iPhone app turns documents into text
Monday, 05 July 2010 16:30
People who are blind or vision impaired will now have access to a free iPhone application that allows them to take a picture of a document and have it read out.
Read more: Free accessible iPhone app turns documents into text
American unis cautioned against inaccessible eBook readers
Friday, 02 July 2010 11:07
On Tuesday the US Justice and Education departments have written a letter voicing concerns that some universities are using devices that don’t meet accessibility standards set by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Read more: American unis cautioned against inaccessible eBook readers
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