Automated accessibility testing performed by the Bureau of Internet Accessibility's a11y® analysis platform shows that the websites of some of the largest public high schools in New York have considerable accessibility barriers. Collectively, nearly two-thirds (65.29%) of the checkpoints tested failed, compared to half (49.71%) of the checkpoints tested on the nation's top elementary schools.
For many years, kids and adults with certain disabilities, like limited mobility, couldn't fully participate in playing video games with their family and friends. A trend in creativity and innovation in video game accessibility is changing that for a lot of people. One of those new innovations is an adapter called Freedom Wing, which lets players use their own power wheelchair as a controller.
The pitch. The design. Flawless. At least for some users. If accessibility wasn't a core consideration in that new website or app, millions of people probably won't be able to use it. For creative agencies who provide digital solutions to their customers, accessibility is becoming a key differentiator, and there are at least three main reasons your agency should be a leader in that area:
Free licenses for the JAWS screen reader and ZoomText magnifier and reader are available to everyone in the US and Canada until June 30, 2020. Freedom Scientific is offering this to help students and workers who are suddenly home due to COVID-19.
Automated accessibility testing performed by the Bureau of Internet Accessibility's a11y® analysis platform revealed significant accessibility barriers on the websites of several of the nation's most highly-rated elementary schools. Collectively, almost half (49.71%) of the checkpoints tested failed, suggesting that many people with disabilities likely would be prevented from full and independent access to the websites' resources.
Providing alt text for images is one of the most critical pieces of digital accessibility, but when alt text isn't accurate or current, it can cause significant accessibility issues. Check out these 8 common alt text mistakes
Microsoft announced Xbox One and Windows 10 now provide transcription that converts in-game player speech and chat text to text that users can read on the screen. The feature is currently available to games that support it, Halo Wars 2 and Forza Motorsport 7, the company said.
For those in the web and digital accessibility space, and especially for those with disabilities or impairments that impact their use of websites and digital platforms, accessibility is always on their radar. Sometimes for others, it takes a big event or an Aha! moment for the importance of accessibility to be recognized. For many individuals and organizations, the Coronavirus health concern is quickly becoming one of those events.
The Bureau of Internet Accessibility team will be at the 35th CSUN Assistive Technology Conference on March 11 – 13, 2020. We'll be at Booth 1314 in the Grand Ballroom. We look forward to meeting you there!
Digital accessibility isn't always about major overhauls or site redesigns. Sometimes, looking out for the little things can go a long way toward improving accessibility and avoiding common web accessibility myths. Here are four oversights that don't take much to correct and what to do instead.
On February 27, W3C published a working draft of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2. This first draft includes one new success criterion, with more expected to be added in future drafts.
Business owners and website managers have to weigh the time and cost against the benefit of changes and upkeep to their website. For many, this leads to a simple question: Is website accessibility worth it? In part one, brand and company culture, lawsuit protection, audience reach and SEO, and the bottom line were highlighted.
Here in part two, let's look a little deeper, from privacy and security to accessibility feeling good.
Web accessibility is a civil right and it helps create an enjoyable digital customer experience — but is it worth it? You may have heard the benefits extend beyond customers service, causing many companies to prioritize accessibility. Google, YouTube, Facebook, Amazon, Yahoo, and Twitter all share a commitment to website accessibility. They’ve joined the growing number of companies reaping the benefits of the expanded audience reach, improved SEO, increased legal protections, and more that accessibility provides. But, still, is website accessibility actually worth all the time and effort?
With a growing number of businesses now using or implementing chatbots to manage and expand their customer base, the evidence is clear: employing accessible chatbots is more important than ever.
Keep these five key considerations in mind for more-accessible chatbots.
Google Maps celebrated its 15th birthday with the rollout of a redesigned map and new "transit attributes" that include accessibility features. User can now find out if public transit lines include accessible entrances, seating, staffed assistance, stop-button, or hi-visible LED.
On February 6, Netflix announced with a tweet that it is now giving users the option as to whether they want trailers and next episodes to play automatically.
Autoplay could not be turned off before the update, a feature that some people enjoy, some find annoying, and some find distracting or dangerous.
You’ve tested your website, read up on accessibility trends, and even trained your staff on digital accessibility best practices. You should be set…right?
Despite the best intentions, if any of the six mistakes below look familiar, you could actually be sabotaging your digital accessibility efforts.
As more and more people and organizations work hard to learn how and why to comply with digital accessibility best practices and guidelines, they might also be looking for quick and easy ways to check the accessibility box. Checklists, primers, and clean lists of dos and don'ts can be great resources and can help content creators and their partners keep accessibility top of mind and get things right the first time.
But just as a sport is much more than a list of rules and penalties, the accessibility whole is greater than the sum of its accessibility parts.
Chase has opened a new banking location on H Street in Washington, D.C., equipped with the right technology and staff to serve customers who are deaf and hard of hearing.
There's a mobile app, released by Google in February 2019, called Live Transcribe that is aimed to help people who are deaf and hard of hearing more-easily have conversations with people who are hearing. The app uses speech recognition technology to transcribe speech into text directly on the phone screen, nearly in real-time.
A New York man is suing Pornhub over the lack of closed captioning on videos.
Yaroslav Suris, who is deaf according to the court document, has filed a class action suit against the adult website operators on behalf of himself and others who are deaf or hard of hearing. The complaint states that the website has videos without closed captions, or with limited closed captions, and thus violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Retailers and restaurants nationwide are taking notice of the new attention — and lawsuits — surrounding gift cards, and specifically whether they violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when they don't include Braille. As businesses prepare strategies for how to make those public accommodations accessible, they should stay mindful that gift cards that are bought and used electronically (eGift cards) have to be accessible to people with disabilities, too.
One of the most fascinating things about statistics and facts in general is that people can use the exact same information to tell very different stories. When it comes to opportunity and requirements surrounding digital accessibility, this is no different.
When the number of people with disabilities is used to show opportunity, when customer feedback is used to make improvements, and when accessibility metrics are used to show ongoing commitment, it matters.
Before people are in hotel rooms, they're online researching and booking hotel rooms. As digital continues to increasingly drive the hospitality customer experience, accessibility needs to remain a key consideration or hotels may find themselves unintentionally alienating large segments of the population and may be subject to digital accessibility lawsuits.
Here are four easy resolutions anyone can make this new year to help broaden their knowledge and bridge the digital divide.
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