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Website Accessibility Consulting, Training, and Development
Are you overwhelmed at the prospect of conducting accessibility audits for large websites that have numerous pages? In this talk, Natalie covered strategies for efficiently planning and conducting audits for large-scale sites, including WordPress ...
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How to use tools & procedures to significantly speed up the design process and produce accessible designs, even when the designers don’t have an accessibility background. A walk-through showing how to work with designers who have no accessibility ...
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Alex Stine, Engineer & Accessibility Consultant, and Amber Hinds, CEO of Equalize Digital, performed a live accessibility audit of the AccessAlly Plugin and provided real-time feedback to the AccessAlly team. AccessAlly is a powerful WordPress ...
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eCommerce sites have a lot of user interaction and therefore a lot of potential for accessibility issues. This presentation by team members from AccessiCart, an agency that specializes in accessibility and eCommerce, will look at the accessibility of ...
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In recent years, low-code tools and site builders have democratized web development. However, achieving accessibility remains challenging due to the balance between simplicity and accessibility. Builderius is a visual builder dedicated to addressing ...
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The Accessibility Internet Rally (AIR) teaches web pros how to design accessible websites and apps in a practical, hands-on setting. Company or Indie teams are trained and mentored while building a basic website for Nonprofits, Artists, or Community ...
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The flexibility of WordPress is a double-edged sword when it comes to accessibility: just as quickly as new content can be created by non-technical users, accessibility problems can be added. This presentation covers key considerations for ...
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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 ...
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During this presentation, Stefano Minoia explored what fluid typography is and how it works, how to make it accessible, and how to use it in the block editor in an accessible way. In 2022, with Gutenberg 13.8 and WordPress 6.1, the block editor ...
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This event was a panel discussion in honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on Building Accessibility into Websites featuring Nick Corbett, Tanner Gers, Steve Jones, and Amber Hinds. In this event, the panelists shared their insights and ...
As a designer or developer, accessibility should be a top priority when it comes to branding and design. Accessibility is not only a moral obligation, but it can also benefit your business and attract a wider audience. In this session, you'll learn ...
Modern operating systems have given users more control over how their interface looks. This includes light and dark settings, inverted colors, and high contrast modes. Much like the early days of responsive design, the best web developers are ...
In this presentation, Tammy provided valuable advice on how developers, designers, and every type of person in the online industry can adapt their processes to be more inclusive. Tammy is a professional who has been working online for over 15 years ...
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Alex Stine and Amber Hinds demonstrated how to manually audit plugins for accessibility while providing real-time feedback to help the Paid Memberships Pro team improve their plugin. In addition to identifying areas of improvement, Alex and Amber ...
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The need to make websites accessible to people with disabilities is increasingly gaining attention among business owners and developers. Website accessibility doesn't just come into play for new website builds; frequently, it makes more sense to ...
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Raghavendra Satish Peri, founder of DigitalA11Y, Certified Professional in Web Accessibility (CPWA), and screen reader user, shared his approach to website accessibility auditing and how he documents problems found so that developers and content ...
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In this session, Steve Jones, CTO at Equalize Digital, went over the best practices to design and develop an accessible navigation from start to finish. He also discussed how to replace the navigation in an existing theme. Thanks to Our ...
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In this presentation, Joel Snyder demonstrated how audio description (AD) provides access to visual images of the arts, websites, and much more for people who are blind or have low vision. Using words that are succinct, vivid, and imaginative, ...
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In this session, Anne-Mieke Bovelett, Web Accessibility Consultant, shared how she guides and inspires designers and developers to want to rock accessibility. Thanks to Our Sponsors Empire Caption Solutions strives to create inclusive ...
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In this presentation, Alex Stine, Engineer & Accessibility Consultant, and Amber Hinds, CEO of Equalize Digital, performed a live accessibility audit of the Underrepresented in Tech website and provided real-time feedback to Underrepresented in ...
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