CBA ‘progressing’ with Albert accessibility upgrades, training
Commonwealth Bank of Australia says it has begun rolling out accessibility upgrades to its Albert point-of-sale device, following a lengthy legal battle that settled in December.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia says it has begun rolling out accessibility upgrades to its Albert point-of-sale device, following a lengthy legal battle that settled in December.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has agreed to make software upgrades to its Albert EFTPOS devices, following a lengthy legal challenge and campaign from vision-impaired Australians.
Microsoft has launched a 3D audio wayfinding app for people who are blind or have low-vision in Australia.
Over the past few months, two colleagues at Sydney start-up Psykinetic have been engaged in battle.
The government has adopted a procurement standard intended to help people with a disability more easily access technology.
Telstra has removed the use of CAPTCHAs as an anti-spam system from its website the telco confirmed tonight. The announcement comes ahead of a self-imposed 30 September deadline the telco set itself at the end of last year.
Cloud computing can help empower people with disabilities by offering increased independence and opportunities to participate in the workforce, according to a new report.
The Australian government seeks to enhance the Triple Zero emergency service to bring it up to date with modern communications technology and move it beyond the existing voice-only service.
Peepable is an Adelaide startup that is trying to develop a better search engine for finding videos on the Internet.
Google should provide an accessible alternative to reCAPTCHA, the company’s online test to prevent bots from posting spam to websites, said the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network.
Telstra will stop using CAPTCHA tests after deciding they are not sufficiently accessible to people with disabilities.
The Communications Alliance and the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) have said accessibility legislation may not be necessary to remove barriers to technology for people with disabilities.
Senator Kate Lundy supports legislation requiring minimum accessibility standards for content and communications services.
Consumer advocacy organisations have called for government action after a parliamentary report on IT pricing found Australians on average are charged 50 per cent more than people in comparable countries.
Curtin University of Technology will add accessibility software to its website this month in an effort to expand access to its education courses and services.