Online Accessibility Toolkit news shared on Vision Australia Radio podcast
On 22 January 2022, Cliff Edwards joined Peter Greco in an interview for Vision Australia Radio Adelaide Leisure Link program. Cliff Edwards is the former strategic lead for the South……
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Two Australian initiatives recognised in the global Zero Project Accessibility Awards 2022
By Gisele Mesnage and Charissa Ramirez The South Australian Government Online Accessibility Policy and Toolkit (Online Accessibility Toolkit) and Travel for All Guide are among the 76 Zero Project Awardees……
Human Rights and Technology
On 14 April 2020 DGI provided our submission as part of the AHRC Human Rights and Technology consultations. In 2021, the Australian Human Rights Commission provided a final report. A……
American web accessibility champion Jim Thatcher has passed away
This first post on the ‘Accessibility Central’ hub of DGI’s new website is devoted to the news of the passing of American web accessibility champion Jim Thatcher. It is a……
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PIN entry is not a numbers game: The unpredictability factor in AusPayNet’s ‘Guidelines for Accessibility in PIN Entry on Touchscreen Terminals’
On 3 December 2019, Coinciding with International Day of People with Disability, Australian Payments Network (AusPayNet), the self-regulatory body for Australian payments, released Guidelines for Accessibility in PIN Entry on……
DGI is 5: What does peanut butter have to do with our story?
The launch of DGI’s new website coincides with DGI’s fifth anniversary. Gisele Mesnage, Founder and Coordinator for DGI shares her personal reflections on the highlights of our past five years.
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“It’s a golden ticket” – Accessibility!
Author: Robyn Gray Lee As a new Director with Digital Gap Initiative (DGI), I find myself on a steep learning curve to become more aware of the increasingly complex world……
Anna Bligh In-Touch with need for more Accessible Banking practices
In our last blog post you’ll recall DGI pondered if Anna Bligh AC would bring her “Absolutely everybody” stamp to her new role as CEO of the Australian Bankers’ Association……
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Can we Bank on Anna Bligh bringing the “Absolutely Everybody” stamp to her new role?
When she was Queensland Premier, Anna Bligh championed the state’s “Absolutely everybody” disability policy, saying that “a Queensland that is inclusive and accessible to all community members will be better……
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Keep pushing for tactile Keypads on Touch Screen POS devices
This is the third article in our series on the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s “Albert” point-of-sale touchscreen payment device. Albert has been available to Australian merchants since March 2015 and……
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DDA Standards: A Good First Step for an Inclusive Digital Society
Access to technology is at least as important as accessing premises. One struggles to find a transaction that, these days, takes place without the use of digital technology – computers,……
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Councils set to leave a bad Taste in the mouth of disabled event-goers across Australia
Hobart City Council is on the verge of signing up to use the Commonwealth Bank’s inaccessible EFTPOS tablet, Albert as the key payment device for their 2015/16 Taste of Tasmania……
Commbank’s new EFTPOS “Albert”: Accessibility short-changed
by Gisele Mesnage and Ted McCoskey Our first editorial is not published with the intent of naming and shaming the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) or any other business. Our……
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Accessibility is Logical. Vale Mr Spock, Vale Leonard Nimoy
The Star Trek series was avant-garde not only because of its theme of the voyages of the Star Ship Enterprise in deep space, but also because it portrayed such an……
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