[dbaust] Latest news from Media Access Australia
- From: Erika Webb <erikaweb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Erika Webb <erikaweb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 19:39:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Media Access Australia <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Latest news for erikaweb@xxxxxxxxxxxx from Media Access Australia
Received: Wednesday, 6 June, 2012, 12:03 AM
The latest access news from Media Access Australia
- SKY NZ to provide more captions New Zealand subscription TV provider SKY has
extended captioning to a further four channels – History, BBC Knowledge, MTV
and TVNZ Heartland. This follows the introduction of captioning on an initial
13 channels in February.
Read more of SKY NZ to provide more
captionshttp://www.mediaaccess.org.au/latest_news/captions/sky-nz-to-provide-more-captions ;
- In it together: NVDA gets help from Adobe on PDF compatibility Adobe has
announced it is working with NV Access to improve the accessibility of its
Portable Document Files (PDFs) with the free, open source screen reader NVDA.
Read more of In it together: NVDA gets help from Adobe on PDF
compatibilityhttp://www.mediaaccess.org.au/latest_news/general/in-it-together-nvda-gets-help-from-adobe-on-pdf-compatibility ;
- Free and mobile screen readers on the rise The use of free screen reader
NVDA and screen readers on mobile devices has increased significantly over the
last year, according to a survey conducted by WebAim. The results of the Screen
Reader User Survey, conducted in May this year, has shown that the popularity
of commercial screen readers such as JAWS and Windows-Eyes have waned in the
last year while use of NVDA has increased in the same period. Screen readers on
mobile devices have also become more popular in the last year.
Read more of Free and mobile screen readers on the
risehttp://www.mediaaccess.org.au/latest_news/general/free-and-mobile-screen-readers-on-the-rise ;
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