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All digital content must be accessible for people with disabilities — not just websites. If you use documents to collect or deliver information, those documents should meet the W… Read More
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Tips to make your website, mobile applications, digital documents, kiosks - all your digital properties accessible to persons with vision, hearing, physical and cognative impairments.
2024-04-18 19:55
If your website includes multimedia, you must provide captions. That’s not just our opinion — the Department of Justice (DOJ) specifically mentions captions in its guidance… Read More
2024-04-11 18:59
Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) isn’t optional — but if you’re having trouble fitting digital accessibility in your budget, you may be eligi… Read More
2024-04-08 16:18
A website is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) if it is reasonably accessible for most users with disabilities. That’s the simple explanation — but s… Read More
2024-04-04 21:50
What does eye strain have to do with digital accessibility? Read More
2024-04-01 21:42
Does your website’s color scheme comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)? The way you use color can have an enormous impact on your users — including, bu… Read More
2024-04-01 17:08
Charts, maps, plots, and graphs can be excellent tools for presenting data to audiences in an accessible way. You want your audience to be able to understand your message, regardless o… Read More
2024-03-29 16:58
Web accessibility isn’t just about aesthetics (though design certainly plays an important role). As a developer, you have a responsibility to think about users with disabilities… Read More
2024-03-23 15:06
A website complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) if it is reasonably accessible for people with disabilities. Of course, the phrase “reasonably accessible" is fa… Read More
2024-03-22 14:56
The Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) is one of the most popular formats for online documents. Put simply, if you need to download a tax form or review a company brochure, you&rsquo… Read More
2024-03-15 15:06
When you build a website with WordPress, you can find a plugin for virtually anything you want to do. The platform supports more than 59,000 plugins that can handle everything from for… Read More
2024-03-15 14:47
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 provides accessibility standards for the development, procurement, maintenance, or use of information and communication technology (ICT)… Read More
2024-03-12 17:20
WAI-ARIA (Web Accessibility Initiative - Accessible Rich Internet Applications) is a technical specification for HTML attributes. Read More
2024-03-06 21:15
Should you use CSS to fix the position of cookie consent banners and other elements? Here’s what designers should know Read More
2024-02-29 19:15
Chances are, older adults constitute a major percentage of your target audience. That’s not going to change anytime soon: The National Council on Aging estimates that the U.S. po… Read More
2024-02-22 19:27
In web design, there are two basic approaches to a given project: Desktop-first or mobile-first. They’re fairly self-explanatory philosophies; if you’re taking a desktop-fi… Read More
2024-02-21 19:26
WAI-ARIA (Web Accessibility Initiative - Accessible Rich Internet Applications) is a powerful tool for improving accessibility. Also known as ARIA, it’s a set of attributes that… Read More
2024-02-12 17:56
Are your web documents accessible for users with disabilities? Ideally, your website will use HTML whenever possible; as we’ve discussed in other articles, native HTML is wi… Read More
2024-02-01 22:35
Should you trust automated tools to write alternative text for images? Here’s a look at the advantages and drawbacks of AI alt text. Read More
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Switzerland is not part of the European Union or subject to EU accessibility laws (read more about the European Accessibility Act and EU Web Accessibility Directive). Ho… Read More
2023-08-09 11:00
Text fragments (or scroll-to-text fragments) are hyperlinks that point to arbitrary text within a web document. They allow authors to use syntax within a URL to send readers… Read More
2023-08-08 11:00
WordPress is the most popular content management system (CMS), powering an estimated 43% of all websites on the internet. It’s powerful, flexible, and easy to use &mdas… Read More
2023-08-07 11:00
Shortly after launch, Meta Threads became the most downloaded app in the history of mobile computing, with 30 million downloads in just 16 hours. The microblogging platform b… Read More
2023-08-04 11:00
Since the first days of the internet, content creators have struggled to distinguish bot traffic from human traffic. Read More
2023-08-03 11:00
Epilepsy is a brain disorder that causes recurring, unprovoked seizures that can be triggered by certain stimuli. For people with photosensitive epilepsy (PSE), these triggers can… Read More
2023-08-02 11:00
Are your users paying attention? If not, the best practices of digital accessibility may help — and enhance your business’s growth by keeping potential customers engaged… Read More
2023-08-01 11:00
Digital banking isn’t the wave of the future: It’s currently essential for most Americans. Read More
2023-07-31 11:00
Published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are the international standards for digital accessibility. Read More
2023-07-28 11:00
Here’s a common accessibility issue that impacts all users — not just people with disabilities: User controls must be large enough to be operable. Read More
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