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4 Myths About Live Captions for Accessibility

If you’re planning a live event — a product demonstration, shareholder meeting, or any other realtime presentation...
Jun 21, 2023

Low Contrast Text Remains the Most Common Accessibility Issue in 2023

Web accessibility is slowly improving — but for the fifth consecutive year, the most common web accessibility...
Jun 20, 2023

ARIA Team Announces Assistive Technology Support Tables

WAI-ARIA (Web Accessibility Initiative - Accessible Rich Internet Applications) is a powerful tool for making...
Jun 15, 2023

Supreme Court Sides with Deaf Student in ADA Discrimination Case

In a unanimous decision on March 21st, the Supreme Court ruled that a student can pursue a lawsuit against his...
Apr 19, 2023

California Breweries May Be Targets for ADA Web Accessibility Claims

Tactical Ops Brewing, a craft brewery in Clovis, California, is facing a lawsuit for alleged web accessibility...
Apr 12, 2023

Department of Education Reports Rise in Disability Discrimination Complaints

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) received 6,390 complaints related to disability...
Mar 28, 2023

Don't Wait for New Tech to Make Your Site Accessible

In recent years, advances in artificial intelligence (A.I.) have simplified much of the work of accessibility.
Mar 21, 2023

4 Reasons to Add Transcripts for Your Videos

Should your website add transcripts to videos, or are captions sufficient?
Mar 20, 2023

Are Embedded YouTube Videos Bad for Accessibility?

If you’re adding video to your website, you have two basic options: Host the video on your own server, or use the...
Mar 17, 2023

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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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