Accessibility Matters – The Deque Blog

Layers Upon Layers Fans of Arrested Development rejoiced recently at the long-awaited release of season 4, available exclusively from Netflix. The widely hailed comedy series was cancelled in 2006 by Fox but reached cult status via DVD sales and digital streaming. Netflix revived the series and all 15 episodes of the new season were made available for download on May 26th. Since the release, many fans have held viewing parties and have re-watched the episodes to pick up the series’ deftly layered humor. In a recent interview with TV Guide, creator Mitch Hurwitz spoke about his intention to create rewatchability:

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Are you new to web accessibility and don’t really know where to begin?  Have you wondered what exactly makes a website accessible or how your business may be impacted by an inaccessible website? Our new Web Accessibility 101 webinar will answer these questions and more. We invite you to join accessibility expert Todd Liebsch on June 25 from 11 AM to 12 PM EDT for this introductory overview of website accessibility. The Web Accessibility 101 webinar will cover: Foundational knowledge of building accessibility into your website and where to begin What a screenreader is, what it does, and how it works The

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ARIA vs Old School HTML Which side of the fence do you stand on? Are you ready to defend your position? Join us Monday, June 17th at 4PM EDT for an #A11y Smackdown! We’ll be talking ARIA vs. HTML.  Why would you use one over the other?  What are the benefits?  Where do they fall short?  We’ll answer questions like, “Will ARIA break an old system?”, “How far back is ARIA supported?”, and decide who will go home as the Intercontinental Champion!*  You won’t want to miss it! If you’re new to #a11ychat or Twitter, don’t forget to check out our #a11ychat

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If you’re planning to head out to the American Banker’s Association Regulatory Compliance Conference in Chicago this weekend, make sure you plan to attend our Power Breakfast session on June 11th. Our session, titled “Digital and Mobile Accessibility: Is Your Bank Prepared?”, will be presented by Deque CEO Preety Kumar and Kristina Launey, Partner at Seyfarth Shaw. The presentation will cover everything you need to know about digital accessibility compliance and offer practical solutions to get your company on the path to compliance. Digital Accessibility compliance is one of the most pressing issues in online finance. Making sure your company’s web

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In the first three parts of this series, we’ve looked at ways through which content can be optimized directly in the authoring source document, so accessibility is built right in from the very beginning. We’ve argued why it was preferable to build accessibility right in, rather than waiting until the document had been converted from an authoring source to bolt it on the resulting PDF. But no matter how hard authors work at integrating accessibility best practices in their source documents, all of these efforts can be put to waste in a matter of seconds when uninformed authors use lame

Read More…Requirements for Accessible PDF part four: Proper Conversion Process