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Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE
Grant round: 2013
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The University of Melbourne
Grant round: 2013
Read more: What's ya Story: The making of a digital storytelling app with Aboriginal young people
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The presentations and transcripts of all M-Enabling Australasia 2013 sessions are now available. M-Enabling Australasia 2013, held on 14-15 August 2013, brought together the who's who of disability advocacy, policy makers, manufacturers, developers, service providers and consumers to discuss how to make technology more accessible for people with disability and older consumers.
Read more: M-Enabling Australasia presentations and transcripts
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The Australian Human Rights Commission and the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network are delighted to announce a new accessible app challenge, Apps For All.
Read more: Australian Human Rights Commission sponsors ACCAN apps challenge
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The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network today called for new legislation that would mandate minimum standards around accessibility for content and communications services, which is necessary to ensure no Australians are excluded from the digital age.
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Watch our YouTube videos featuring some of Australia’s best-known disability advocates talking about the technologies and apps that have changed their lives as well as their daily frustrations of dealing with websites and apps that haven’t been made accessible to people with disability.
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The following information is for the Disability Equipment Programs offered by Telcos.
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Relevant legislation
Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is the Australian telecommunications regulator overseeing among other things:
- The Telecommunications Act 1997
- the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999
- The Telecommunications (Equipment for the Disabled) Regulations 1998
People with disabilities have the right to access voice telephony, or an equivalent, under the Universal Service Obligation (USO).
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ACCAN has welcomed the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) proposal for a Fair Use exception to copyright. We also point out some potential concerns with the ALRC Discussion Paper.
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Major Australian consumer advocacy organisations have launched a campaign to “kill CAPTCHA”, the annoying and discriminatory tests used by websites to prove users are human.