Intopia’s headed to CSUN 2018!
Written by Chris Pycroft on March 16th, 2018
We’re excited that three of our team, Sarah Pulis, Andrew Arch and Chris Pycroft will shortly be making the trek from the land down under to head to the 33rd…
International Women’s Day 2018: Let’s press for progress
Written by Chris Pycroft and Allison Ravenhall and Sarah Pulis on March 8th, 2018
At Intopia, it’s part of our mission to help make positive change wherever we can. Not just on particular days, but every single day. One of the areas we want…
Voice assistants: Accessible for some, not everyone
Written by Allison Ravenhall on February 1st, 2018
In 2018, voice assistants are going mainstream in Australia. How well does this technology work for people with different needs and abilities? A voice assistant is a simple-looking, internet-enabled gadget…
WebAIM screen reader survey #7: Mobile screen reader use continues to rise
Written by Allison Ravenhall on January 11th, 2018
WebAIM published the results of its seventh screen reader survey in December 2017. With nearly 1,800 responses worldwide, it tells us what technologies are in use, and how preferences and…
Screen reader users told not to upgrade to Firefox Quantum
Written by Sarah Pulis on November 6th, 2017
JAWS and NVDA screen reader users are being advised not to upgrade to Firefox Quantum (version 57) which launches on 14 November 2017. In separate news articles, Freedom Scientific (creators…
Introducing Andrew!
Written by Chris Pycroft on October 6th, 2017
In July, we were thrilled to welcome Andrew Arch to our growing team at Intopia. Forever the optimist when it comes to accessibility and inclusive design, Andrew has been a…
A11y Camp 2017 in review
Written by Chris Pycroft on September 28th, 2017
More than 120 people came together over two days earlier this month to attend the third A11y Camp, held by the A11y Bytes team in Sydney. Kicking off the day…
Intopia’s Year in Review (2016-17)
Written by Stewart Hay on September 22nd, 2017
Intopia is now 18 months old and we have finished our first full financial year of operations. During this time, we have continued to grow and build on what was…
EN 301 549: What it means for Australia
Written by Chris Pycroft on July 19th, 2017
Originating in Europe, EN 301 549 (otherwise known as Accessibility requirements suitable for public procurement of ICT products and services Product Designation: AS EN 301 549) has now made its…
Anatomy of an accessible auto-suggest
Written by Adem Cifcioglu on June 7th, 2017
Google launched auto-suggest (a.k.a. Google Suggest) as a Google Labs project in 2004, saying it “…provides you with search suggestions, in real time, while you type”. These days auto-suggest is…
WCAG 2.1 – It’s here!
Written by Chris Pycroft on March 21st, 2017
After much deliberation and fine-tuning, the highly-anticipated first draft of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 has been released for public comment. It’s an important milestone for web accessibility…
Takeaways from our favourite CSUN 2017 sessions
Written by Allison Ravenhall on March 16th, 2017
We’re back from the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference 2017, a very busy week of meetings, workshops, presentations and fun times in San Diego. It was really exciting to be part…
