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How we do our work matters: Accessibility and Inclusive Design

Many people use accessibility and inclusive design as interchangeable terms. However, they are not the same thing. Accessibility is an outcome, and inclusive design is.

3 months ago
Derek Featherstone In Accessibility UX (New), Article (New), Developer / IT (New), Evaluating Accessibility (New), Marketing (New), Product (New), UX (New), WCAG (New), Web Accessibility 101 (New)

Meaghan Roper sits at her laptop with Twitter open on the screen

[VIDEO] Understanding Assistive Technology: How Does a Blind Person Use Twitter?

For people who are blind or low vision, screen reading software enables them to browse the web and use applications. We asked Level Access business.

3 months ago
E Foley In Accessibility UX (New), Article (New), Assistive Technology (New), Developer / IT (New), Marketing (New), Product (New), Software (New), UX (New), Web Accessibility 101 (New)

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Understanding Assistive Technology: How Do People with Mobility Disabilities Use Technology?

Understanding digital accessibility challenges is easy if you know people with disabilities. But what if you’ve never seen a person with limited mobility use their.

4 months ago
E Foley In Accessibility UX (New), Article (New), Assistive Technology (New), Developer / IT (New), Marketing (New), Mobile Accessibility (New), Product (New), UX (New), Web Accessibility 101 (New)

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Understanding Assistive Technology: How Do Deaf-Blind People Use Technology?

Understanding digital accessibility challenges is easy if you know people with disabilities. But what if you’ve never seen a person who is blind use their.

4 months ago
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Understanding Assistive Technology: How Does a Deaf or Hard of Hearing Person Use Technology?

Thank you to our friends at 3PlayMedia for their collaboration on this article. Understanding digital accessibility challenges is easy if you know people with disabilities..

5 months ago
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Understanding Assistive Technology: How Do Legally Blind People and Others with Low Vision Use the Internet?

Understanding digital accessibility challenges is easy if you know people with disabilities. But what if you’ve never seen a person who is blind use their.

5 months ago
E Foley In Accessibility Best Practices (New), Article (New), Assistive Technology (New), Marketing (New), Mobile Accessibility (New), Product (New), Series (New), UX (New), Web Accessibility 101 (New)

Understanding Assistive Technology: How Does a Blind Person use the Internet?

Understanding digital accessibility challenges is easy if you know people with disabilities. But what if you’ve never seen a person who is blind use their.

5 months ago
E Foley In ARIA (New), Article (New), Dragon NaturallySpeaking (New), Hardware (New), JAWS (New), Links (New), Marketing (New), Mobile Accessibility (New), Product (New), Series (New), Software (New), UX (New), Web Accessibility 101 (New)

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CONTEST: Alt Text Showdown, Hospitality Edition

WELCOME to Alt Text Showdown! Think you can write the best alt text ever? Put it to the test in our contest! Enter your amazing.

1 year ago
E Foley In Accessibility Trends (New), Accessibility UX (New), Article (New), Evaluating Accessibility (New), Marketing (New), Product (New), UX (New), WCAG (New), Web Accessibility 101 (New)

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Meaningful Alt Text for Pictures & Portraits eBook

Back in the days when our computers screeched as they connected to the internet, we needed alternative (“alt”) text to stand in when images wouldn’t.

1 year ago
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Quick Tips for Writing Meaningful Alt Text Webinar – Q&A and Resources

Thank you to everyone who attended my webinar/writing workshop last week, Quick Tips for Writing Meaningful Alt Text (Even If You’re Not a Writer). It was a.

1 year ago
E Foley In Accessibility Best Practices (New), Accessibility UX (New), Developer / IT (New), Evaluating Accessibility (New), Marketing (New), UX (New), Web Accessibility 101 (New), Webinar (New)

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