A recent conference hosted by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) highlighted the complex relationship that many people with a disability have with new technologies. While many new innovations designed specifically for people with a disability can be life-changing, people with disabilities are often completely forgotten during the design process for mainstream technologies. Panelists at the […]
VocalID uses donated voice recordings to give people requiring adaptive alternative communication a unique, personalised voice. Rather than the robotic-sounding digital voices previously used, the company creates more human-sounding options by combining the sound of the client’s vocal quality with a donor’s. Founder Rupal Patel explains, “When disabled people have communication impairments…it increases the likelihood […]
Interest rates are expected to stay at 1.5 per cent after an announcement from Reserve Bank (RBA) governor Philip Lowe. The decision not to raise rates is driven partly by record lows in wages growth, which has been stuck at 0.4 to 0.6 per cent for the past 13 quarters. Callam Pickering, the Asia-Pacific economist […]
EPIC Testability Academy (ETA), a new program in Melbourne, is creating opportunities for people with a disability while filling a gap in the IT sector. The customized program runs for 12 weeks and trains students in software testing, a critical but often overlooked element of any major IT project. Paul Seaman, one of two industry […]
