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How to Make Your Website Accessible for Deaf-Blind People

Article PublishedApril 6, 2022Last UpdatedApril 6, 2022 Read Time 6 minutes

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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Filed Under: Who Accessibility Helps Deaf/Auditory Impairments

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Why Your Podcast Needs Transcripts

Article PublishedFebruary 2, 2022Last UpdatedFebruary 17, 2022 Read Time 4 minutes

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, ...

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Filed Under: Website Accessibility Best Practices Deaf/Auditory Impairments Situational Limitations

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Cochlear Ltd. Receives FDA Approval for Hearing Devices That Connect to Smartphones

Article PublishedNovember 11, 2020Last UpdatedFebruary 17, 2022 Read Time 2 minutes

Cochlear Limited has been producing implantable hearing devices for almost 30 years. These hearing devices have helped hundreds of thousands of people improve their hearing and live a more accessible life. Last July, Cochlear Ltd. announced the ...

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Filed Under: Assistive Technology Deaf/Auditory Impairments

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WCAG Conformance Levels Comparison: Which One You Should Follow

Article PublishedMay 5, 2020Last UpdatedFebruary 17, 2022 Read Time 8 minutes

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) have are various levels of conformance that your website and content can follow for accessibility. The WCAG conformance levels range from A (lowest), AA, to AAA (highest). It can be difficult to know ...

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Filed Under: Web Accessibility WCAG 2.1 Knowledge Base Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Blind/Visual Impairments Cognitive Disabilities Deaf/Auditory Impairments Elderly Populations Government Agencies Section 508

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Web Accessibility: POUR Acronym Explained

Article PublishedFebruary 5, 2020Last UpdatedFebruary 17, 2022 Read Time 4 minutes

When learning about accessible web best practices, you may have come across the POUR acronym which comes from four principles outlined by the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines are ...

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Filed Under: Web Accessibility WCAG 2.1 Knowledge Base Blind/Visual Impairments Cognitive Disabilities Deaf/Auditory Impairments Elderly Populations Physical Disabilities Situational Limitations

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Happy Birthday, WCAG! W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines are 20 Years Old This Week

Article PublishedMay 7, 2019Last UpdatedFebruary 17, 2022 Read Time 4 minutes

20 years ago, on May 5, 1999, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), announced the first edition of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). The guidelines have been updated over the years, but we wanted to look back at the way that they ...

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Filed Under: Web Accessibility News Blind/Visual Impairments Cognitive Disabilities Deaf/Auditory Impairments Situational Limitations

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