a11y

I think Shawn does a great job highlighting the accessibility features in Venngage and how Canva lacks most of these features. It is important to note that the ability to export to an accessible PDF requires a paid Venngage business or enterprise account. Venngage is best for companies that can provide a paid account to their...

I’m not sure what happened to the SignAloud gloves but it seems like the technology has come to market and is being sold by BrightSign.

People who are blind or have low vision use screen reading software as an interface to access digital content and browse the web. This is a good introductory demo of how screen reading software works and why digital accessibility is important.

Ross highlights specific accessibility strategies game developers can use to make their video games more accessible.

*There is a part of this video when pause animations from the overlay is selected (11:50-14:50) and rapid flickering in the video occurs....

One of my earliest posts was about Forza Motorsports being designed with blind driving assists. Microsoft made a trailer demoing the features. Accessibility features foster inclusion and representation. A blind Twitch streamer playing Forza Motorsports emphasizes this point. Hopefully, video games will continue to become more...

This website highlights important news about digital accessibility legislation from different countries. You can also search for news by topic.

LibreTexts is an open source platform to provide open educational resources and textbooks. They value accessibility and the linked YouTube video goes over their accessibility checker and other accessibility features incorporated into the platform. I recommend checking out their website for more information.

I participated in a webinar yesterday with the Center for Innovation, Design, and Digital Learning focused on creating Accessible Conferences in Higher Education. The panelists and I tried to provide a lot of helpful resources and strategies for promoting inclusion for people with disabilities during a conference or...

The Playstation Access Controller is coming out this December. IGN had an opportunity to try it out. I’m glad that Playstation is releasing a controller to compete with Xbox’s Adaptive Controller.

WCAG 2.2 introduces some new accessibility standards and expands upon previous ones too. This video covers those changes and how to use WCAG 2.2 to create accessible web content.

I think is a great video that highlights the importance of providing accurate captions for audio/video materials.

I think this is a powerful video by the National Federation of the Blind. It really highlights the importance of providing accessible course materials with a fun twist.

Samuel Proulx shares some of the challenges and adaptions that may need to occur to test the accessibility of conversational interfaces. I think accessibility testing will need to change to take into account how open-ended these resources are.

I recommend checking out the arXiv Accessibility Forum. It features speakers who are doctoral students, researchers, and faculty that are blind or have low vision. The speakers share the challenges that they face accessing STEM research papers. In addition, the presenters share ideas for how accessible STEM research papers can...

This commercial highlights how people who are blind or have low vision can benefit from the Google Pixel’s accessibility features.

This is the last video in a playlist that covers how to make an accessible EPUB using InDesign. The tutorial mentions using EPUB checkers like EPUB Check and Ace by DAISY.

This video goes over new accessibility features included in the newest version of Adobe Acrobat. I also recommend this channel if you are interested in digital accessibility. He provides a lot of helpful advice for creating accessible documents in a variety of formats.