Equalize Digital
Website Accessibility Consulting, Training, and Development
We're excited to announce that we're hiring a Accessibility Tester to join our team. This is an hourly, contract position that will do work for primarily for our Equalize Digital brand. Please note that our team also manages a full-service, boutique ...
We're excited to announce that we're hiring a Web Developer to join our team. This is an hourly, contract position that will do work for both of our brands, Equalize Digital, and our full-service digital marketing agency, Road Warrior ...
In this presentation, Ronnie Burt, Sensei LMS lead at Automattic, talks about accessibility best practices inside the content editor for posts and pages. Thanks to Our Sponsors Empire Caption Solutions strives to create inclusive experiences ...
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In this presentation, Sally Thoun, Head of Partnerships and Sales at AAAtraq, talked about her journey learning WordPress and Accessibility. Then we move on to a guided community discussion of tips and resources for learning accessibility. Thanks ...
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In this presentation, Alex Stine, DevOps Engineer & Accessibility Consultant, and Amber Hinds, CEO of Equalize Digital, performed a live accessibility audit of the popular WordPress donation plugin, GiveWP and provided real-time feedback to ...
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Guest Article By Joe Casabona One of the most frustrating things about the Harry Potter movie series is something that you wouldn’t really know is frustrating if you read the books: the movies do a terrible job at explaining what Horcruxes are, ...
In this presentation, Carie Fisher, author, speaker, and developer with over 15 years of tech experience, explained the choices you can/should consider in an accessible visual presentation using text, such as font, color, contrast, size, column ...
In this presentation, Karl Groves, Founder & President of Tenon.io, provided an examination of the distance between fantasy and reality in the case of accessibility overlays. He discussed his research into website accessibility overlays and their ...
Continue Reading about Accessibility Overlays – All Sizzle, No Steak: Karl Groves
During the WordPress Accessibility Meetup on December 20th, Joyce Oshita and Chris Lane, Accessibility Engineers at VMware, explored their lived experiences in blindness and web development respectively to uncover the mystery of digital ...
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During the WordPress Accessibility Meetup on December 2nd, Meryl Evans, an accessibility and digital marketing consultant, speaker, and writer, discussed the importance of captions and how to ensure yours follow best practices. Thanks to Our ...
We're excited to announce that we're hiring a Content Specialist to join our team. This is a full-time, 100% remote position with benefits that will do work for both of our brands, Equalize Digital, and our full-service digital marketing agency, Road ...
During the WordPress Accessibility Meetup on November 15th, Phil Webster, a Senior WordPress Developer at Delicious Brains, discussed the steps to build a custom plugin for a client site that has accessibility top of mind. Topics included design ...
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This week our team was excited to launch the first inaugural issue of Focus State, a weekly accessibility newsletter. We've been hearing from customers and clients that it's hard to keep up with all the news and events related to website ...
During the WordPress Accessibility Meetup on November 4th, Glen Walker, Principal Accessibility Architect at TIAA, provided a detailed walk-through of key settings for the popular, open-source screen reader for Windows, NVDA. To get started with ...
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As part of our commitment to giving back and sharing knowledge, we have partnered with the WordPress Foundation’s community team to run an official WordPress Meetup centered around building more accessible websites with WordPress. This post has a ...
Continue Reading about Best Practices for Screen Reader Text: Nick Croft
In this session, Colleen Gratzer, an accessibility specialist and CCO of Gratzer Graphics, shared the cost of ignoring accessibility for developers, designers, agency owners, and their clients. Thanks to Our Sponsor Leon Stafford, is a ...
Continue Reading about How Ignoring Accessibility Costs You And Your Clients: Colleen Gratzer
As part of our commitment to giving back and sharing knowledge, we have partnered with the WordPress Foundation’s community team to run an official WordPress Meetup centered around building more accessible websites with WordPress. This post has a ...
Continue Reading about How to Run User Test with Real-World Users: Amber Hinds
As part of our commitment to giving back and sharing knowledge, we have partnered with the WordPress Foundation’s community team to run an official WordPress Meetup centered around building more accessible websites with WordPress. This post has a ...
Continue Reading about 4 Ways to Learn Accessibility: Joe Simpson
As part of our commitment to giving back and sharing knowledge, we recently began working with the WordPress Foundation’s community team to run an official WordPress Meetup centered around building more accessible websites with WordPress. This post ...
Continue Reading about All About WP Accessibility: Joe Dolson
As part of our commitment to giving back and sharing knowledge, we recently began working with the WordPress Foundation’s community team to run an official WordPress Meetup centered around building more accessible websites with WordPress. This post ...
Continue Reading about Five Reasons to Make Websites Accessible: Bet Hannon