Each year, I do a few presentations that give an introduction to web accessibility. I’ve done this a few times at Accessing Higher Ground, which I’ve been presenting at each year for the past 20 years. If you’re new to…
This is Getting Doggone Ridiculous!
Here we go…still! Last week I posted about The “ABC” of Accessibility Services. The gist of that post was to highlight that, with the increase in awareness around creating and maintaining accessible digital content and the number of newcomers now…
The “ABC” of Accessibility Services
Digital Accessibility Awareness Is on the Rise The subject of digital content accessibility has grown in popularity. Many organizations and businesses who never thought about accessibility are now aware that they should be focusing on and creating accessible content, even…
Legal Update: October 2021
While there were a ton of new filings this month, it seemed like there were relatively few interesting judicial opinions. Nevertheless, there were a few interesting topics that came up this month. Self-Serve Kiosks and the ADA In my last…
First Steps to an Accessible Website (Part 5)
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…
Web Accessibility – Who is Responsible?
Is it you or someone 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,…
Using CSS 3 Overflow Properties to Make Containers Meet WCAG 2.1
There are a host of WCAG 2.1 Success Criteria that prohibit text from getting truncated or overlaps other content, such as, when text is resized (1.4.4 Resize Text), when content is zoomed across browsers (1.4.10 Reflow) when text or line…
Choosing the Right Disabled Users for TestingA joint posting with our partners at Outlook Business Solutions
Every week, the team at Converge Accessibility meets for two hours with Greg Rogers from Outlook Business Solutions to develop test scripts that users with disabilities can leverage in testing websites for compliance with the W3C’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines…
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…