Equalize Digital
Website Accessibility Consulting, Training, and Development
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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We’re excited to announce that we’re hiring a Web Developer to join our team. This is a salaried position that will begin at 3/4 time (30 hours per week) and is expected to go full-time within twelve months. About Equalize Digital Based in ...
We're excited to announce that we're offering two paid webinars next month on how to use screen readers to test websites for accessibility. The two webinars will each follow the same format, though one will be focused on using NVDA, a free ...
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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Media Contact Amber Hinds, CEO(512) 942-5858 x 3hello@equalizedigital.com Equalize Digital and Convesio Enter Into Strategic Partnership Georgetown, Texas, January 9, 2023 – Equalize Digital is pleased to announce that it has entered into a ...
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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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In this presentation, Ryan Bracey, Director of Web Development & User Experience, Second Melody, shared a look into their process for how they communicate the importance of accessibility to their clients by showing their slide deck and how they ...
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In this presentation, Alicia St. Rose, Developer and Coach at WP with Heart, shows real-life examples of how to get started to make your website content A11y-friendly. Thanks to Our Sponsors WP Engine, a WordPress technology company, sponsored ...
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In this presentation, Colleen Gratzer, Accessibility Specialist and COO at Gratzer Graphics, discussed some accessibility mistakes that most people make in InDesign and Acrobat and how to fix them once and for all. Thanks to Our Sponsors WP ...
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In this presentation, Daniel Sommer, Chief Operating Officer at Empire Caption Solutions, looked over at the different kinds of transcription services available, how they work, who they help, and the technology that supports them. Thanks to Our ...
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About the Topic In this presentation, Glen Walker showed some simple things you can do to catch accessibility issues. He covered testing using a screen reader, the keyboard, and a few other tools. When it comes to basic accessibility testing, you ...
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Check your dashboard - updates are available for both the paid and free versions of Accessibility Checker. We've been teasing this release for a while and are excited to announce that it's finally ready to roll out on your sites! 🥳 Accessibility ...
Approximately 466 million people (over 5% of the world's population) worldwide have disabling hearing loss. This includes about 432 million adults and 34 million children. Disabling hearing loss is different for adults and children. An adult is ...
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In this presentation, Nick Corbett, Accessibility Training & Research Coordinator at The Carroll Center for the Blind, talked about the Screen Reader User Tester Training (SRUTT) Program at the Carroll Center for the Blind. Nick discussed how ...
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Earlier this year, Equalize Digital's CEO, Amber Hinds, spoke at Knowbility's John Slatin AccessU conference on how organizations can maintain accessibility on a website with many contributors. AccessU is three-day web accessibility conference that ...
In this presentation, Danielle Zarcaro, Owner of Paperback Web Development, went over some general concepts, some code examples, and the new features and challenges in front of us when it comes to making accessible WordPress websites in the Full Site ...
In this presentation, Dax Castro, Adobe-certified PDF Accessibility Trainer, reviewed the requirements for accessible documents and how they fit into the WordPress architecture. Dax discussed basic testing, dealing with non-text content inside PDFs, ...
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In this presentation, Meg "Memi" Miller, lead designer, developer and accessibility specialist for Bet Hannon Business Websites, spoke about alt text. How do you write beneficial alt text, and how do you know when it's best not to? Meg discussed how ...
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In this presentation, Dacey Nolan, software engineer at Trainual and Alex Zlaktus, Designer at Trainual, talked about Epilepsy barriers with the web and accessible design systems. First, Dacey discusses how epilepsy "seizure disorders" have barriers ...
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