What Is Alt Text and How to Write It
Alt text is a website feature that goes by many names: alt attributes, alt descriptions, alternate text. Whatever the name, this important accessibility feature may be overlooked by web design…
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VPAT 101: A Guide for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors
If you’ve tried to sell products and services to a government agency, chances are you’ve heard of the VPAT. VPAT stands for Voluntary Product Accessibility Template and is used to…
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Self-Service Technology Is Growing Rapidly. Are You Keeping Up?
Meet ADA requirements and enrich customer experience with accessible self-service kiosks. Under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), public-facing technology must be accessible. Website and app accessibility…
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How QSRs Can Stay ADA Compliant and Serve Every Customer with Self-Service Technology
Accessibility requirements go beyond QSR websites and mobile apps. What about kiosks? This piece was originally published by QSR Magazine. The number of Americans living with disabilities is larger than…
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Best Practices for Structuring Accessibility Testing: Part 2
In part one, we covered the building blocks to prepare for accessibility testing. Teams must define a tangible, achievable level of effort and commit an amount of time to testing….
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Guide to Creating a Successful Digital Accessibility Program — Part 1: Intro to Accessibility
Updated 11/13/2024 Building a digital accessibility program is more than a task. It’s an evolving process that enables your team to make consistent progress and continuously improve your accessibility maturity…
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Section 508 vs. ADA Compliance
When talking about accessibility initiatives, people may use “ADA compliance” as a shorthand way to capture all things related to accessibility. However, there are other federal regulations besides the Americans…
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4 Tips for a More Inclusive Hiring and Onboarding Process
Most companies today will tell you they’ve fully incorporated accessibility requirements and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives into their hiring process, however, data indicates that organizations are falling short….
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Five Screen Reader Accessibility Tests Your QA Team Should Do
If your company is working on improving the accessibility of the website for people with disabilities, ensuring your content is accessible to screen reader users will be one of the…
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Software Accessibility Checklist: SaaS and ADA Compliance
Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms have changed the way businesses are run. Because they allow users to log in via a web browser anywhere there’s an internet connection, companies…
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To Be or Not to Be Accessible – The Three Bs of Accessibility
Make Progress on Your Digital Accessibility Goals To create accessible websites or not, that is the question many teams ponder when faced with pending deadlines, mixed priorities or a lack…
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Axi – Accessibility Intelligence, an interview with David O’Neill
AI/ML – Why all the Hype? There is a lot of optimism, enthusiasm and trepidation on the interwebs about the transformative effect Artificial Intelligence (AI) will have on everything from…
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ADA Website Compliance for Banks: What You Need to Know
This article provides information about accessibility laws and regulations, but is not legal advice. You should consult a lawyer for advice on specific legal issues or problems. Compliance is baked…
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Best Practices for Structuring Accessibility Testing: Part 1
The Importance of Accessibility Accessibility is a mindset and a set of actions—it’s ensuring people of all abilities have an equivalent experience. Equal access is a basic human right. Without…
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Reach Above Low-Hanging Fruit for A High-Quality User Experience
A Comparison of Automated Accessibility Testing Tools TPGi’s accessibility resource center – ARC Platform provides the tools and resources to execute every area of an accessibility program. To evaluate which…
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New Success Criteria in WCAG 2.2
This article is an overview of the new SCs in WCAG 2.2, describing their requirements in plain language, and discussing how to meet them.
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Accessibility Strategy for Procurement
This is the second in a series of posts looking at accessibility strategy from the perspective of different roles and organizational types. This post will focus on the role of…
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How to Efficiently Include Accessibility Testing Through Continuous Integration
If you find it difficult to prevent and resolve accessibility issues throughout your software development lifecycle (SDLC), you aren’t alone. Integrating accessibility into your software development lifecycle can be challenging…
