https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/en-auCopyright (C) 2026 newslocker.comTue, 06 Jun 2017 08:08:00 +0200 Inclusive Design 24 is an innovative event sponsored by The Paciello Groupto celebrate worldwide efforts to ensure people with disability have full and equal access to the web.
This yea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/be-part-of-24-hours-of-inclusive-design/Tue, 06 Jun 2017 08:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/be-part-of-24-hours-of-inclusive-design/ The launch of this advanced new wearable was reported in the Toronto Star by Michael Liedtke of Associated Press in February 2017 and by VOA News repo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/new-eglasses-can-improve-vision-for-many-who-are-legally-blind/Mon, 29 May 2017 06:29:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/new-eglasses-can-improve-vision-for-many-who-are-legally-blind/ The launch of this advanced new wearable was reported in the Toronto Star by Michael Liedtke of Associated Press in February 2017 and by VOA News repo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/new-eglasses-can-improve-vision-for-many-who-are-legally-blind/Mon, 29 May 2017 06:29:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/new-eglasses-can-improve-vision-for-many-who-are-legally-blind/ Use captionsAll students benefit from captions and especially those who are Deaf or hearing-impaired, plus those with English as a second language. To cater for these students it is important to use only captioned multimedia s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/five-tips-for-teachers-of-students-with-hearing-impairment/Thu, 25 May 2017 05:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/five-tips-for-teachers-of-students-with-hearing-impairment/ CADET has taken over two years to develop from the initial beta test, and is the result of a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/free-captioning-and-description-editing-tool-launched/Thu, 25 May 2017 02:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/free-captioning-and-description-editing-tool-launched/ CADET has taken over two years to develop from the initial beta test, and is the result of a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/free-captioning-and-description-editing-tool-launched/Thu, 25 May 2017 02:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/free-captioning-and-description-editing-tool-launched/ Around the world, dedicated research teams and tech experts working for Startups are striving]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/4-leading-startups-in-the-deaf-and-hearing-impaired-space/Mon, 22 May 2017 03:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/4-leading-startups-in-the-deaf-and-hearing-impaired-space/ Olive Garden is a US casual dining restaurant chain specialising in Italian-American cuisine, and is a subsidiary of Darden Restaurants Inc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/us-restaurant-chain-has-trouble-on-the-menu/Tue, 16 May 2017 00:37:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/us-restaurant-chain-has-trouble-on-the-menu/ The Ava threaded speech-to-text application gives people with hearing disability an easy way to stay engaged in conversation with a group of frie]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/ava-app-makes-group-conversations-accessible/Tue, 09 May 2017 02:52:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/ava-app-makes-group-conversations-accessible/ The Ava threaded speech-to-text application gives people with hearing disability an easy way to stay engaged in conversation with a group of frie]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/ava-app-makes-group-conversations-accessible/Tue, 09 May 2017 02:52:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/ava-app-makes-group-conversations-accessible/ The Live, Work and Play: NSW the State of Inclusion event is being held at the new International Conference]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/live-work-and-play-nsw-the-state-of-inclusion-conference-is-on-17-amp-18-may/Tue, 02 May 2017 06:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/live-work-and-play-nsw-the-state-of-inclusion-conference-is-on-17-amp-18-may/ The Live, Work and Play: NSW the State of Inclusion event is being held at the new International Conference]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/live-work-and-play-nsw-the-state-of-inclusion-conference-is-on-17-amp-18-may/Tue, 02 May 2017 06:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/live-work-and-play-nsw-the-state-of-inclusion-conference-is-on-17-amp-18-may/ JAWS (Job Access With Speech) is the world's most popular screen reader, developed for computer users whose vision loss prevents them from seeing screen content or navigating with a mouse. It allows blind and vision-impaired pe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/jaws-screen-reader-gets-more-bight/Mon, 01 May 2017 07:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/jaws-screen-reader-gets-more-bight/ The Aipoly developers are on a self-declared mission to build scalable vision intelligence. They intend to add facial recognition to the Aipoly Vision a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/aipoly-vision-is-a-truly-visionary-app/Mon, 24 Apr 2017 07:29:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/aipoly-vision-is-a-truly-visionary-app/ The new interface increases accessibility to IFE content through simplified screen layouts, larger icons and voice prompts. It will be available soon on Virgin Australia’s entire fleet of Boeing 777-300ER aircraft which feature a seat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/new-vision-impaired-user-interface-launched-by-virgin-australia/Thu, 20 Apr 2017 01:16:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/new-vision-impaired-user-interface-launched-by-virgin-australia/ This year is the ninth that AND has staged an annual conference and the theme for 2017 is ‘Enabling change and creating impact’ which is an outcome that Media Access Australia itself wholeheartedly supports and strives]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/ands-anc-is-at-the-mcg-on-16-may/Wed, 19 Apr 2017 01:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/ands-anc-is-at-the-mcg-on-16-may/  
What is CAPTCHA?
CAPTCHAs (or Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) is a type of challenge-response test used to determine whether or not the user is h]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/i-am-not-a-robot-the-access-implications-of-googles-new-invisible-recaptcha/Tue, 11 Apr 2017 03:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/i-am-not-a-robot-the-access-implications-of-googles-new-invisible-recaptcha/ This welcome move follows the most recent ABC iview trial and the submission of a report on the trial of AD on ABC iview that was tendered to the Government in late February this year by seven leading disab]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/government-forms-working-group-on-ad-for-tv/Fri, 07 Apr 2017 04:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/government-forms-working-group-on-ad-for-tv/ Played on the recently released Nintendo Switch console, 1-2 Switch is like a party-style game for two players, with the main innovation being that rather than looking at the screen, you look at your opponent or what you’re physically doing. Yo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/new-game-allows-you-to-play-face-to-face-even-if-youre-blind/Mon, 03 Apr 2017 02:23:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/new-game-allows-you-to-play-face-to-face-even-if-youre-blind/ Apple has just released the iOS 10.3 update, marking the launch of the third major update to the iOS 10 operating system since it launched. This one features an improved file system to what is called Apple File System (AFS) —]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/latest-tech-releases-from-apple/Tue, 28 Mar 2017 04:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-au/news/apps-and-smartphones/latest-tech-releases-from-apple/