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Five Key Accessibility Considerations for Chatbots

With a growing number of businesses now using or implementing chatbots to manage and expand their customer base,...
Feb 18, 2020

Six Ways to Sabotage Your Digital Accessibility

You’ve tested your website, read up on accessibility trends, and even trained your staff on digital accessibility...
Feb 4, 2020

Gift Card Accessibility: Electronic Gift Cards Must Be Accessible, Too

Retailers and restaurants nationwide are taking notice of the new attention — and lawsuits — surrounding gift...
Jan 21, 2020

Waiting for an ADA Demand Letter to Take Accessibility Seriously?

Web accessibility lawsuits under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) are proliferating, with thousands filed...
Dec 9, 2019

Xbox Accessibility Guidelines Provide Best Practices So More Gamers Can Play

To further their mission of Xbox Accessibility, Microsoft released Xbox Accessibility Guidelines, "a set of best...
Nov 22, 2019

Survey: Only Half of Students with Disabilities Rate Their College's Accessibility Support Positively

According to a 2019 Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology conducted by EDUCAUSE Center for...
Nov 14, 2019

Vimeo Announces Accessibility Updates to Their Video Player

In September, Vimeo announced new accessibility updates to their video player. The company states that the new...
Nov 5, 2019

Career Websites Must Be Accessible. Is Yours?

People with disabilities sometimes encounter unnecessary barriers that aren’t faced by people without disabilities...
Nov 4, 2019

World Stroke Day: Awareness and How Web Accessibility Can Help

October 29 is World Stroke Day, bringing awareness to the leading cause of disability and one of the leading...
Oct 29, 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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