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CSUN Session Preview: Interactive Maps – How Do You Make Them Accessible?

Maps are a very important source of information for blind users. Maps designers should never assume the data they prepare won’t ever be used by people with visual impairment. In the third of her three CSUN presentations this year, Gian looks at what makes an interactive map inaccessible, and what can be done to make

CSUN Session Preview: Social Media and Accessibility

For several years now, Gian Wild has been monitoring and assessing the accessibility of the four biggest (Western) social networks – Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and LinkedIn – to users with disabilities. This has been reflected in a series of articles and presentations tracking the changes over the years. In the second of her three CSUN

CSUN Session Preview: The Accessibility of Video Players

AccessibilityOz CEO Gian Wild is running three information sessions at this year’s CSUN Assistive Technology Conference in San Diego, USA, so we thought we’d give you a bit of background on what you can expect from each session. Session Details Session: The Accessibility of Video Players Time: 9am, Thursday 22 March Location: Old Town AB,

News from AccessibilityOz and Beyond

Hi there, Time for an update on what we’re up to. In March, we’re heading to San Diego, USA, for CSUN, the largest conference on assistive technology in the world. We’re running four sessions at CSUN, and we’ll also be giving demos of OzART, OzPlayer and OzWiki at our booth. If you’re going, make sure

AccessibilityOz at CSUN 2018 in San Diego, USA

From 27 February to 4 March 2017, more than 5,000 people gathered in San Diego for the largest assistive technology conference in the world, the CSUN Conference. The 32nd annual event, organised by the Center on Disabilities at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), hosted people from around the globe and explored new technology designed to

AccessibilityOz Working to Make Higher Education More Accessible

It’s very pleasing to see the current interest shown – and genuine progress made – in improving accessibility in higher education. AccessibilityOz has been actively promoting accessibility for tertiary level students since CEO Gian Wild founded the company in 2011 (she spoke at the Accessing Higher Ground conference in Boulder, Colorado that same year) after

Our year in review – and a Happy Holidays from AccessibilityOz!

We started the year with a great project – conducting some testing for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind – and ended with some great training – content author and developer training for the University of Sydney. We’ve again had a busy year creating some amazing partnerships in Australia and the United States, including

Presenting AccessibilityOz, Inc. in the United States Market

AccessibilityOz is the largest accessibility consultancy based in Australia, with recent expansion into North America.  Our company has served as a contractor, providing a variety of accessible products and services to municipalities, companies, universities, and organizations around the world.  We have served clients in the United States since July of 2015, with offices located in

Creating accessible video

Gian’s article on Creating accessible video is live on Sitepoint. For more information on OzPlayer, the world’s only accessible video player: OzPlayer information OzPlayer demos (YouTube, Vimeo etc) OzPlayer operating system, browser, mobile and tablet support We can make your transcripts, captions and audio descriptions We can test your video for accessibility We also have