Announcing the winners of the first ever Australian Access Awards
Winners of the 2019 Australian Access Awards were announced at an Award ceremony in Fremantle, Western Australia last night.
The Awards, an initiative of the Centre For Accessibility Australia, are a national
celebration of organisations…
Guest post: 5 Ways Internet Connectivity and Technology Have Helped Overcome Disabilities
Today I”m featuring a guest post by Sean Humboldt who is sharing some thoughts on helpful technologies. While there are benefits and disadvantages to everything,…Continue readingGuest post: 5 Ways Internet Connectivity and Technology Have Helped Overcome Disabilities
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 a global pandemic and its…
Accessible gaming: the calls for improvement grow louder every Fortnite
Posted by Dr Scott Hollier, Director and Co-founder of the Centre For Accessibility Australia
As a child of the 1980s, I find the evolution of video games a fascinating topic. With early creations such…
ANZ resolves issue requiring blind customer to collect refund during Coronavirus crisis
Earlier in the week I wrote an article titled ANZ requires blind man to visit branch during Coronavirus crisis to collect bank refund or money…Continue readingANZ resolves issue requiring blind customer to collect refund during Coronavirus crisis
Year In Review: W3C WAI 2023 Highlights.
W3C WAI 2023 Year in Review.
Written by Centre for Accessibility Australia (CFA Australia), CEO, Dr. Scott Hollier.
Dr. Hollier represents CFA Australia on the W3C Advisory Committee and is the Co-Convenor for the…
W3C Drafts Collaboration Tools Accessibility Guidance.
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has recently released a draft outlining accessibility user requirements for collaboration tools, titled “Collaboration Tools Accessibility User Requirements” (CTAUR). Actively contributed by editors Jason White, Janina Sajka and Dr…
Twitter rolls out auto-captions for voice tweets on iPhone, iPad
Twitter, the popular social media tool that allows users to post short online messages, has announced that tweets that are based on voice can also be viewed as text. This is thanks to its new…
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 were showcased this year due…
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Australian Communications and Media Authority
ACMA ensures media and communications work for all Australians through various legislation, regulations, standards and codes of practice. The ACMA is a converged regulator. It…