COAT Australian International Friend Targets Online News Websites for Accessibility

COAT applauds International Friend, Media Access Australia, for moving in a new direction with its Web Accessibility campaign in January 2010. They are now targeting online news websites for accessibility review. The websites, ABC News, ninemsn,and Yahoo!7 , like many similar television news websites in the U.S., include videoclips that are neither adequately captioned or described and likely do not meet other accessibility and usability standards. Some of the current videoclips on these sites include emergency news and information about serious weather situations that are not made accessible. Visit Media Access Australia's awareness campaign website for more information.

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