Equalize Digital
Website Accessibility Consulting, Training, and Development
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 ...
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 ...
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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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