April 30, 2017
Disability rights advocates in India call for the government to focus on information accessibility for persons with visual and hearing disabilities after reports showing its failure to implement effectively the nation’s electronic accessibility policy.
April 21, 2017
The University of California at Berkeley is removing older videos, recordings and other resources from public platforms in compliance with the U.S. Department of Justice January ruling which requires all public online content to be accessible to all viewers, including those with disabilitie.
April 19, 2017
Students with disabilities in Mato Grosso will soon be provided with accessible education after a state representative proposed a bill, called "Digital Accessibility in the School," which will require public schools to be equipped with adaptive computer hardware and software.
April 14, 2017
The Government of Singapore is setting up a new digital readiness program office under the Ministry of Communications and Information, to enable Singaporeans, including those with disabilities, to have access to technology, be confident to use it and include it in various aspects of their lives.
April 05, 2017
The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has published its ‘list of issues’ such as education, accessibility, disability policy implementation, access to inclusive electoral systems, and employment which the UK is expected to respond to by August.
March 29, 2017
US Representatives reintroduced the Accessible Instructional Materials in Higher Education which will establish an independent commission that will develop voluntary guidelines for accessible post secondary electronic instructional materials and related technologies to ensure students with disabilities have access to the same educational materials as non-disabled students
Echo360, a leading video platform for education, is collaborating with Amazon Web Services to integrate Amazon Transcribe within the Echo360 video platform to convert audio recordings into viewable, searchable text, making education more valuable and accessible to all students.
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