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Checklist for Creating Accessible Videos

Videos are everywhere and are being regularly-consumed by more people everyday. According to Statista, there are...
Apr 2, 2019

5 Tips for Browsing the Web without Traditional Keyboard Use

As they’ve been designed today, standard input devices such as keyboards and computer mice need a high degree of...
Mar 22, 2019

How to Get Web Accessibility Buy-In at Work

Getting accessibility buy-in at work can make the difference between creating websites and apps that are usable...
Feb 21, 2019

How to Create Accessible Content and Designs for People with Dyslexia

The concepts of digital accessibility are becoming known and understood by more people every day. As this...
Feb 12, 2019

A Guide to Facebook Closed Captioning for Accessibility

How important is it to create videos that are accessible to all audiences? Consider this: Videos generate 12 times...
Jan 30, 2019

New W3C Recommendation: Accessible Name and Description Computation

Last month, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) released a new recommendation, "Accessible Name and Description...
Jan 23, 2019

YouTube Closed Captioning for Accessibility: Why and How

Amazingly, online videos are still growing and aren’t going away anytime soon. According to Statista, the number...
Jan 15, 2019

Five Things You Might Not Know About Braille

January 4 marks World Braille Day, a celebration of the reading and writing code used by some blind people. To...
Jan 3, 2019

Why Is It Important for Accessibility to Use Actual Text Instead of Images of Text?

On the web, we use images everywhere! Images (such as maps, graphs, info graphics) can be an effective way to...
Dec 24, 2018

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Why Justified (or Centered) Text is Bad for Accessibility

Justified text is text that is spaced so that the right and left sides of the paragraph have the same edge. In...
May 9, 2023

Web Accessibility Tips: Don't Disable Zooming (Yes, Even On Mobile)

If your users can’t zoom in on your content, you’re probably making a mistake. Zooming (or scaling) is common,...
Oct 14, 2022

How to Fix: "Buttons Do Not Have Accessible Names"

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) require interactive elements to have both a “label" and a “name.”...
May 26, 2022

Accessibility Tips: Let Users Control Font Size

Oct 26, 2023

What Are the Four Major Categories of Accessibility?

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are organized by four main principles, which state that content...
Sep 13, 2019

Accessibility Tips: Using the DIV and SPAN Elements

Usually, you want use HTML to convey meaning about the structure of your website. However, two HTML elements are...
Oct 21, 2022

The iOS "Increase Contrast" Feature and Accessibility: What to Know

Apple’s iOS offers a number of accessibility features that enable users to tailor their mobile experiences. One of...
Sep 26, 2022

Dark Mode Can Improve Text Readability — But Not for Everyone

Dark modes and themes are extremely popular and they’re frequently touted as an accessibility solution. While the...
Jul 7, 2021

Does Comic Sans Benefit People with Dyslexia?

Comic Sans is controversial. Since its release in 1994, the playful, Batman-inspired font has been panned as...
May 16, 2023

Text Spacing and Accessibility: Tips for Web Designers

As a web designer, part of your job is making written text look good. That’s not always easy — in addition to...
Jan 13, 2023

5 Quick Ways to Self-check the Accessibility of a Website

Ensuring your website is accessible is imperative for business, legal, and practical reasons, but it can be hard...
Apr 3, 2019

How to Fix Google Lighthouse's 'Sufficient Contrast Ratio' Error

Google Lighthouse is a free tool for auditing website performance, search engine optimization (SEO), and web...
Apr 25, 2023

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