Accessibility is a fast growing topic. Businesses that have never even heard of web accessibility or content accessibility are now finding themselves making decisions about it. And, with so many options out there, these decisions can be difficult to make. Accessibility = Opportunity The rise in accessibility lawsuits has put accessibility on the radar […]
Audible Captions and the Publishing Industry
What Are Audible Captions? Back in July of 2019, Amazon-based platform Audible announced a new feature called “Audible Captions”. The feature, as you might have guessed, provided machine-generated captions to accompany Audible’s audiobooks. These captions only provided users with around 3 words of text at time, which were shown as the text was read aloud. […]
How To Make Your PDF Accessible
There are a lot of ways to get information to your designated audience these days. From web pages to spreadsheets to ePubs to ASCII art. And sometimes, a PDF is a great option. But not all PDFs are made with accessibility in mind. If you’re not careful, you could risk alienating a large chunk of […]
Should You Use a PDF For That?
The PDF is among the most popular file types on the internet. Almost every computer or mobile device can open a PDF and authors of PDFs have a lot of control over what the end result will look like. But there are some significant drawbacks to the PDF. Companies who utilize this file type, particularly […]
Why is Color Contrast Important to Accessibility?
Being able to easily read or perceive content is inarguably an important part of browsing the web. And having an easy to read color scheme is great accommodation to make for all of your users. After all, for some users, sites without these accessibility considerations will be completely unusable. In the US, approximately 12 million people over […]
Where to Start with eBook Accessibility
Why is eBook Accessibility Important? From a business standpoint, eBook accessibility is a pretty easy concept to follow. More people who are able to read your eBook means a larger audience. And a larger audience, in theory, means more sales. But eBook Accessibility is not just a box you can check or leave unchecked. […]
Looking Back at the Dominos Web Accessibility Lawsuit
The Topic of This Accessibility Lawsuit The Plaintiff in this case was Guillermo Robles. Robles was unable to place on order on the pizza chain’s mobile app using his screenreader software. The lawsuit alleged that this incompatibility impeded access to the franchises goods and services. Like in other web accessibility lawsuits, the plaintiff alleged that […]
What Does ADA Compliance Mean for Your Site?
If you’ve ever run a Google search for ‘web accessibility’, ‘accessible web application’, or anything similar, chances are you’ve come across the phrase ‘ADA compliance’. And it makes sense that this phrase is catching on. With accessibility lawsuits on the rise, companies looking to improve their web accessibility want to make absolutely sure that […]
The Harvard Content Accessibility Lawsuit
Here are some fast facts about the recently settled high profile web content accessibility lawsuits filed against Harvard and MIT. Both of these lawsuits were officially settled in February 2020 by way of consent decrees. Each school agreed to a new accessibility standard for all future content. They also agreed to bring all existing content […]
What is Section 508?
Section 508, part of the Rehabilitation Act, applies to the accessibility of electronic information technologies (EIT). It pertains specifically to EIT utilized or managed by federal organizations. Simply put, compliant websites or applications will provide users and employees who have a disability with all of the same information and access as users and employees who […]