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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’

Posted on 6 December 2019 (13 December 2019) by Gisele Mesnage

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 Touchscreen Terminals, which can be viewed here. The AusPayNet media release issued on this occasion proclaims the guidelines are designed to make it easier for people living…

DGI is 5: What does peanut butter have to do with our story?

Posted on 6 December 2019 (17 December 2019) by Gisele Mesnage

Two glass jars of peanut butter. Smooth on the left and crunchy on the right.

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.

“It’s a golden ticket” – Accessibility!

Posted on 18 September 2017 (7 January 2022) by Gisele Mesnage

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 of accessibility to technology, in all its myriad forms. DGI stands for bridging the gap between those who are able to access daily technology easily…

Accessibility is Logical. Vale Mr Spock, Vale Leonard Nimoy

Posted on 1 March 2015 (6 December 2019) by Gisele Mesnage

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 optimistic vision of the future. The idea of men and women from different nations and races of planet Earth exploring the universe in peace, guided…