Equalize Digital
Website Accessibility Consulting, Training, and Development
In this presentation, Joe Dolson, WordPress core committer, WordPress plugin developer, and web accessibility consultant, spoke about how you can contribute to the WordPress Accessibility community as a developer, designer, or tester. Thanks to ...
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In this presentation, Karl Groves, Founder and President at Tenon, spoke about one of the bigger challenges when it comes to managing accessibility. How do you create a score in a way that accurately reflects how usable a product is for users with ...
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In this presentation, we celebrated the Global Accessibility Awareness Day by having a panel discussion with Mark McGuire, Alicia Jarvis, and Devin Gutierrez, where they talked about their experiences using the web while giving feedback and insights ...
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In this presentation, Daniel Schutzsmith, Website and Digital Project Manager at Pinellas County, shared tips, and tools, and discussed the process of a large government website deployment with thousands of pieces of content across almost 100 ...
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In this presentation, Matisse Hamel-Nelis, VP of Communications for AbleDocs, walked us through the ins and outs of how to make our social media content accessible on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. Thanks to Our Sponsors Empire ...
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Media Contact Amber Hinds, CEO(512) 942-5858 x 3hello@equalizedigital.com What is Website Accessibility, and Why Is It So Important?, Featuring Amber Hinds on The Entrepreneur MBA Podcast Georgetown, Texas, May 5, 2022 – Amber Hinds, CEO of ...
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In this presentation, Cam Beaudoin, President at A11y Coder, talked about how to create web forms that are more accessible and usable, as well as how to follow development best practices and ensure functionality for as many audiences as ...
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Media Contact Amber Hinds, CEO(512) 942-5858 x 3hello@equalizedigital.com Steve Jones Becomes CTO and Shareholder of Equalize Digital Georgetown, Texas, April 25, 2022 – Equalize Digital is pleased to announce that Steven Jones, former lead ...
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In this presentation, Nicolas Steenhout, blogger, podcaster, and public speaker, featured important aspects of accessibility that aren't as well known as others. He used findings from usability testing as well as quotes from disabled user experience ...
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At Equalize Digital, we are committed to sharing knowledge with others and giving back to our community. As part of that commitment, we recently partnered with the WordPress Foundation’s community team to run an official WordPress Meetup centered ...
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It is estimated that around 0.2% of the world's population is completely deaf-blind, and another 2% live with "milder forms" of deaf-blindness. This is screen reader text. Generally, someone who is deaf-blind has concomitant hearing and vision ...
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Amber Hinds, Founder & CEO of Equalize Digital, goes over how we use the Accessibility Checker plugin to audit, troubleshoot, and fix accessibility issues that can be found on websites. Read the Transcript Hi, this is Amber Hinds. I'm the ...
In this presentation, Lainey Feingold, a disability rights lawyer and author who has been practicing in this space for more than 25 years, talked about the fundamentals of why accessibility is a civil right of disabled people and shared up-to-date ...
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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 ...
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