Tag: digital accessibility
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Observations on Squarespace Accessibility
Summary: Squarespace, like other no-code content management systems (CMS), is a common choice for people who want to easily create a website. Choosing Squarespace comes with pros and cons when making a site accessible for people with disabilities. Table of Contents: Disclaimer In this post, I share observations about a Squarespace website’s output and its…
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ACR, VPAT, Audit?
Summary: Accessibility options and acronyms can be confusing. I define and explain the similarities and differences between ACRs, VPATs, and audits. Taking steps toward creating a more inclusive web is a good thing. But it can feel overwhelming. I often hear the following statements from my clients: And sometimes individuals or organizations come to me…
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Radical Inclusion: Empowering Accessibility in Tech
On Tuesday, October 24, 2023, I participated in a Women Who Code town hall to discuss the importance of empowering accessibility in tech. We discussed: You can watch our 1-hour recorded discussion on YouTube, which currently has autocaptions. The video is also embedded in my post. Were you able to attend the live town hall?…
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State of A11y, December 2022
In case you missed it, I sat on a panel with five other accessibility experts on December 13, 2022 at 8 AM AKST. Panelists included Adrián Bolonio, Albert Kim, Beatriz González Mellídez, Shruti Kapoor, and Crystal Preston-Watson. After overcoming a few technical difficulties, we got on a roll chatting with This Dot folks to discuss:…
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WordPress Accessibility Day 2022: You, Me, and Your Content I Can’t See
On November 2, 2022, I gave a 15-minute Lightning Talk entitled “You, Me, and Your Content I Can’t See” at WordPress Accessibility Day (WPAD) 2022. Recording I’ve embedded the video here for convenience: Images No slides, sorry. I offered only a few visuals to help visual people see the barriers I encounter on my laptop…
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State of A11y (This Dot Labs) 2022
On April 19, 2022 I had fun speaking on the State of A11y panel. Watch the 1 hour and 17 minute video on YouTube. For a 5-minute rundown of this panel’s discussion, read the State of A11y Wrap-up from This Dot Labs.
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Webinar: How to Design Accessible Websites
On February 2, 2022 I gave an intro to accessibility talk for Buddy. It was fun having the chance to encourage more people to make their website accessible. Video runs 1 hour and 17 minutes. I’ve been assured professional captions and transcripts will be available soon. Slides PowerPoint slides (103 Kb) PDF slides (153 Kb)…
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Path Object Not Tagged (PDF problems)
Mayday! For two days I’d been trying to solve a mystery for a client that I’ve been guiding in PDF accessibility. We knew that InDesign was causing the issue, but we struggled to figure out how the issue was being caused. Let me back up a little to offer some context. My client creates things…
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7 Reasons Why Accessibility Overlays Aren’t a Magical Solution
Recently I had a conversation with an accessibility colleague at work about accessibility overlays for webpages. This conversation sprouted from a goal set a couple years ago that aimed to explore options and purchase a 3rd-party overlay for our sites as a solution to improve the accessibility of our web presence. Thankfully, time passed with…
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5 Easy Ways to Make Your InDesign Document More Accessible
At work, I use Adobe InDesign a lot. It’s one of my primary tools as a Publications Specialist for the State of Alaska. However, it has been a weakness of mine to seek and destroy accessibility failures in my Adobe publications. Just recently, I started to face that challenge head-on and find ways to test…
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