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Companies Can Help Protect Themselves from Website Accessibility Lawsuits with a Letter of Reasonable Accessibility from BoIA

Jan. 29, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Businesses that have a Letter of Reasonable Accessibility will be...
Feb 1, 2019

A Guide to Facebook Closed Captioning for Accessibility

How important is it to create videos that are accessible to all audiences? Consider this: Videos generate 12 times...
Jan 30, 2019

Takeaways from Domino's Website and App Accessibility Case

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) does apply to websites and mobile apps, including those of Domino's,...
Jan 29, 2019

4 Reasons Self-Paced Training Works for Web Accessibility

Why self-paced training is so effective During a self-paced training course, students can learn at the rate that...
Jan 25, 2019

New W3C Recommendation: Accessible Name and Description Computation

Last month, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) released a new recommendation, "Accessible Name and Description...
Jan 23, 2019

Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. and Acknowledging Digital Accessibility as a Civil Right

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a life so impactful, marked by such rare courage and strength of character, that...
Jan 21, 2019

Digital Accessibility in the Physical World: 5 Use Cases

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a full 25 percent of U.S. adults are living with...
Jan 17, 2019

YouTube Closed Captioning for Accessibility: Why and How

Amazingly, online videos are still growing and aren’t going away anytime soon. According to Statista, the number...
Jan 15, 2019

First-Ever 24/7 Accessibility Customer Support Line for Clients’ Websites Launched by Bureau of Internet Accessibility

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Jan. 11, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Bureau of Internet Accessibility (BoIA) announced today...
Jan 14, 2019

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Why Justified (or Centered) Text is Bad for Accessibility

Justified text is text that is spaced so that the right and left sides of the paragraph have the same edge. In...
May 9, 2023

All-Caps Headings: Are They Bad for Accessibility?

Web designers have a responsibility to think about users with disabilities when building content. That extends to...
May 1, 2024

Accessibility Tips: Let Users Control Font Size

Oct 26, 2023

Accessibility Tips: Using the DIV and SPAN Elements

Usually, you want use HTML to convey meaning about the structure of your website. However, two HTML elements are...
Oct 21, 2022

How to Fix: "Buttons Do Not Have Accessible Names"

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) require interactive elements to have both a “label" and a “name.”...
May 26, 2022

Does Comic Sans Benefit People with Dyslexia?

Comic Sans is controversial. Since its release in 1994, the playful, Batman-inspired font has been panned as...
May 16, 2023

Dark Mode Can Improve Text Readability — But Not for Everyone

Dark modes and themes are extremely popular and they’re frequently touted as an accessibility solution. While the...
Jul 7, 2021

Web Accessibility Tips: Don't Disable Zooming (Yes, Even On Mobile)

If your users can’t zoom in on your content, you’re probably making a mistake. Zooming (or scaling) is common,...
Oct 14, 2022

Are QR Codes Accessible for People with Disabilities?

QR (Quick Response) codes are a common tool for driving customer engagement. By scanning a square, black-and-white...
May 17, 2023

The Robles v. Domino’s Settlement (And Why It Matters)

One of the most important web accessibility lawsuits has finally reached its conclusion.
Jul 12, 2022

What Are the Four Major Categories of Accessibility?

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are organized by four main principles, which state that content...
Sep 13, 2019

Interactive Maps and Accessibility: 4 Tips

Inclusive design means making all of your content accessible for as many users as possible. That’s still true when...
Sep 8, 2022

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