News Archive
The following is a list of RtF News items in reverse chronological order.
- New Toolkit for Broadband Adoption - May 6 2013 - 8:19am
- Low Income and the Internet: Help on the Way? - Apr 24 2013 - 1:48pm
- Gesture Control Going Mainstream - Apr 16 2013 - 1:16pm
- TapTapSee Turns Photos into Answers - Apr 5 2013 - 12:54pm
- Report on Vision Loss Estimates Worldwide Annual Costs at $3 Trillion - Mar 27 2013 - 9:41am
- AppWriter Cloud Adds Accessibility to Google Docs - Mar 27 2013 - 8:43am
- Raising the Floor Mourns Passing of Advisory Board Chair - Mar 23 2013 - 7:50pm
- Computer Researchers Develop Crowdsourced Captioning System - Mar 20 2013 - 8:08am
- Cloud4all/GPII Framework Release 0.1 Goes Public - Mar 14 2013 - 7:45am
- US Federal Training on Cloud Computing Includes Accessibility - Mar 8 2013 - 5:45am
- Google Adds Accessibility Features to Hangouts - Feb 28 2013 - 10:43am
- Caption and Translate YouTube Videos Via Amara - Feb 8 2013 - 7:32pm
- UK Study Shows Gaps in Internet Use - Feb 3 2013 - 7:22am
- US Department of Justice to Propose New Rules on Web Accessibility - Jan 23 2013 - 9:18am
- Google Ponders Better Online Security Solution - Jan 22 2013 - 6:48am
- Swype Crowdsources Corrections - Jan 8 2013 - 8:39am
- Talking Radio Wins FCC Award - Dec 20 2012 - 9:21am
- Cloud-based Service Simplifies Online Articles - Dec 18 2012 - 6:49am
- European Commission Proposes Sweeping Web Accessibility Legislation - Dec 3 2012 - 10:13am
- New Study Shows the Value of Backlighting - Nov 12 2012 - 8:32am
- Educational Platform Adds Key Accessibility Features - Nov 9 2012 - 2:06pm
- AssistMeLive Launches Study on Real-time Accessibility Services - Oct 26 2012 - 1:16pm
- Qualcomm Announces Eyes-Free Smartphone - Oct 23 2012 - 7:19am
- GPII Design Team to Meet - Oct 16 2012 - 4:58am
- Australian Study Points to Accessibility Role for Public Procurement - Oct 14 2012 - 11:23am
- New App Describes Photos - Oct 10 2012 - 7:21am
- AT&T Provides Accessible App to Control Video Services - Sep 26 2012 - 4:18pm
- US Government Funds New GPII Research Project - Sep 21 2012 - 4:47pm
- Qatar Opens Emergency Call Center to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Callers - Sep 21 2012 - 5:28am
- Industry Alliance Formed to Foster Indoor Positioning Technologies - Sep 16 2012 - 9:21am
- Google Says We Move From Screen to Screen - Aug 30 2012 - 1:41pm
- Bubbly: Social Networking By Voice - Aug 27 2012 - 11:10am
- OwnFone Offers an Inexpensive, Simple, Personalized Mobile Phone - Aug 26 2012 - 8:41am
- Cambridge Team Completes Pilot of Population Survey on User Abilities - Aug 15 2012 - 11:18am
- Canada Forms Broadcasting Accessibility Fund (BAF) - Aug 13 2012 - 11:31am
- Netflix Picks GPII-Partner Amara for Crowd-Sourced Captioning Experiment - Aug 1 2012 - 8:04pm
- Raising the Floor, CCAC, Plan Innovative Online Focus Group About Captioning - Jul 22 2012 - 12:10pm
- FCC Prepares for September "Developing with Accessibility" Event - Jul 19 2012 - 10:23am
- Google Adds Real-time Captioning to Hangouts - Jul 9 2012 - 4:39pm
- US Court Appears Ready to Apply ADA to Web-based Content - Jun 22 2012 - 10:46am
- Microsoft Research Speech Recognition Comes of Age - Jun 21 2012 - 5:54am
- AARP Foundation Adopts Cloud-based Talking Web Technology - Jun 18 2012 - 7:34pm
- AT&T's "The Connected Child" Provides Network-based Support for Learning and Independence - Jun 14 2012 - 5:50pm
- Neurotone Offers Cloud-based Auditory Training - Jun 12 2012 - 9:51am
- Family Ribbon Simplifies Key Online Applications - Jun 10 2012 - 7:21am
- Canadian Telecom Regulators Review Services for People with Disabilities - May 27 2012 - 4:04pm
- Benton Foundation and Connected Living Host "Getting Seniors Online" - May 23 2012 - 8:03am
- SpokenLayer Adds Voice to Online Content - May 21 2012 - 8:52am
- Needs & Numbers Group Is Launched - Apr 23 2012 - 6:19am
- Raising the Floor Prepares for World Summit on the Information Society - Apr 18 2012 - 5:52am
- Qatar Telecom Supports Accessibility - Mar 26 2012 - 4:18pm
- India Launches Online Braille Library - Mar 19 2012 - 4:12am
- GPII Hackathon Forges Ahead - Mar 10 2012 - 12:00pm
- UK Project on Accessible Documents in the Cloud Moves Forward - Feb 26 2012 - 7:27am
- VoiceThread Cloud-based Comment Platform Highlights Accessibility - Feb 21 2012 - 1:35pm
- "Contrast Rebellion" Releases Infographic on Poor Contrast Websites - Feb 19 2012 - 5:56pm
- Support for Cloud-based Accessibility Continues in US 2013 Budget Proposal - Feb 14 2012 - 6:09am
- Real-time Crowd-sourced Captions for US Presidential Speech - Jan 28 2012 - 9:58am
- Startup ifttt Offers Innovative, Simple Web Scripting - Jan 13 2012 - 10:22am
- FCC Examines Broadband Adoption by People with Disabilities - Jan 3 2012 - 10:22am
- Crowd-sourced Accessibility App Wins Award - Dec 23 2011 - 1:29pm
- US Government Will Extend Accessibility Requirements to Contractors - Dec 17 2011 - 12:13pm
- US Government Evaluates Cloud Computing Roadmap - Nov 29 2011 - 10:22am
- US Moves to Support Wider Broadband Adoption - Nov 27 2011 - 10:22am
- G3ict Sponsors Two Accessibility Events - Nov 26 2011 - 6:28am
- Honduran Teen Develops Low-Cost Eye Gaze Tracker - Nov 22 2011 - 10:22am
- Universal Subtitles Honored at Tech Awards - Nov 21 2011 - 9:55am
- GPII Endorsed by Major Consumer Advocacy Organization - Nov 14 2011 - 7:23pm
- GPII Accelerates Webinar Schedule - Nov 13 2011 - 7:32am
- Madrid Meeting Kicks Off European CLOUD4all Project - Nov 4 2011 - 6:43am
- US Government Drafts Its Cloud Computing Roadmap - Nov 2 2011 - 10:22am
- FCC Honors Cloud-based Accessibility Projects - Oct 29 2011 - 4:57pm
- Upcoming Webinar on GPII Basics - Oct 17 2011 - 6:10am
- Coleman Institute Hosts Roundtable on Cloud Computing - Oct 14 2011 - 7:35am
- RtF Prepares 2 Panels for CSUN Conference - Oct 3 2011 - 8:33am
- September 27 Webinar on GPII and Employment - Sep 6 2011 - 10:56am
- National Federation of the Blind Endorses GPII - Aug 24 2011 - 12:00pm
- RtF Announces Logo 'Earcon' Contest - Aug 9 2011 - 12:01pm
- ReadSpeaker Offers Cloud-based Screen Reading - Jul 25 2011 - 7:22am
- American Library Association Endorses GPII - Jul 12 2011 - 5:51pm
- American Foundation for the Blind Endorses GPII - Jul 8 2011 - 6:16am
- GPII at American Library Association Conference - Jun 30 2011 - 10:53am
- United Cerebral Palsy Endorses GPII - May 14 2011 - 10:22am
- RtF Seeking AT Funding Expert for Research Study - Apr 1 2011 - 12:04pm
- Raising the Floor announces its "Founding Sponsors" fundraising drive. - Feb 15 2011 - 9:00am
- $10 million for "Access through Cloud Computing" included in US 2012 budget just released by the White House. - Feb 14 2011 - 1:00pm
- Raising the Floor formal announcement to take place in connection with the World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva in May - Feb 14 2011 - 1:00am
- Raising the Floor becomes a registered Association; in Geneva Switzerland - Jan 19 2011 - 1:00am
- Consortium of 31 companies, universities and disability programs turns in GPII related proposal to European Commission. - Jan 17 2011 - 1:00am
- Raising the Floor Leaders meet in Europe - Oct 11 2010 - 12:00am
- European Commission Announces Work Programme including Cloud Accessibility - Sep 27 2010 - 12:00am
- Android Accessibility Introduction Highlights Apps4Android RtF Apps - Aug 19 2010 - 2:29pm
- Yahoo Accessibility Blog describes "AT in the Clouds" - Aug 19 2010 - 11:43am
- Accessible "Web Access Plug-In" Available for Android Mobile Devices - Jul 15 2010 - 2:53pm
- Accessible Android E-Mail and Barcode Reader - Jul 7 2010 - 2:00pm
- FCC National Broadband Plan Supports Public Inclusive Infrastructure; Cites RtF Consortium Members' Comments - May 6 2010 - 8:37am
- SXSW Interactive 2010 Presentation - Apr 20 2010 - 11:48am
- FCC Seeks Input on Broadband Initiatives and Accessibility - Sep 23 2009 - 4:36pm
- Assistive Technologies and e-Accessibility Meeting - Mar 25 2009 - 3:25pm
- CSUN 2009 Presentation - Mar 17 2009 - 9:39am
- ATIA Presentation - Mar 3 2009 - 12:24pm
- RtF Mailing Lists - Feb 11 2009 - 5:47pm
- e-Inclusion Conference - Jan 11 2009 - 5:58pm
