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Website Accessibility Consulting, Training, and Development
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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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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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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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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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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