Descriptive Link Text This is Part 5 of our “First Steps to An Accessible Website” blog series! In this post we are going to review how to describe the purpose of a link using its link text and its surrounding…
Author: Jeff Singleton
Web Accessibility – Who is Responsible?
Is it you or somone else? In our decades of working with various groups on digital accessibility, one thing has become very clear – most feel that addressing accessibility is someone else’s responsibility. When it comes to web specific content,…
Accessibility Testing and iFrames
Keeping an Eye on the iFrame A few weeks ago, my colleague Ken Nakata, was talking with a colleague at a digital publishing house about the new accessibility test scripts that we developed in WebAlign. These are designed to enable…
Why Can Manual Accessibility Testing Take Longer Than Expected?
AKA The Pitfalls of Accessibility Testing Have you ever had a simple project around the house that spiraled out of control? For example, that dripping bathroom faucet. Along with that constant drip…drip…drip, there is also a nagging voice reminding you…
Web Accessibility is Broken (Part 3)We Expect New Results from the Same Tools
A Cautionary Tale… Go to any McDonald’s restaurant in the world and there’s a good chance you won’t be able to order a milk shake, ice cream cone, or frozen dessert because the machine is broken. According to an article…
First Steps to an Accessible Website (Part 4)
Web Page Headings It has been some time since our last post on the topic, “First Steps to An Accessible Website” and we are happy to be able to turn our attention once again to this topic! In Part 1…
2021 CSUN Assistive Technology Conference
Thirteen Years Less One! It is time for the Annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference! This is the 36th conference since its beginning. While that is an accomplishment just by itself, this year also marks a new milestone for the CSUN…
The Right Way to Accessibility Accountability
Why This Matters to You If you sell digital content or applications to a university or to the public sector, this discussion matters a lot. The approach taken by CSU is a best practice and this presentation indicates how more…
Viewpoint: Don’t Miss the Accessibility Forest for The Trees
Step Back and Get a Perspective You may have heard the saying, “Can’t see the forest for the trees”. That saying is applied to situations where a person is focused on the small details to such a degree that they…
Practical Steps Toward Web Accessibility and Reducing Liability Risk
Where to Begin? Have you been tasked with bringing your organization’s web presence into compliance with the web content accessibility guidelines? Not sure where or how to start? You should have attended our webinar with 3PlayMedia on January 14, 2021!…