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Not All Accessibility Overlays Are Created Equal

Accessibility overlays can be a great tool to achieve compliance now. However, there are two different types of overlays: tool-based or Custom JavaSript.

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Downloads of Industry-Standard Accessibility Rules Accelerate

Open Source axe-core Now Exceeds 33 Million Downloads, Reflecting Increased Demand for Digital Accessibility for People with Disabilities.

Accessible User Experience & Design

Top 5 Most Common Accessibility Annotations

Let's review the top five most common accessibility annotations for wireframes: tabs, buttons and links, headings, roles, accessible names.

Company News & Updates

Axe Updates: New Tools and Machine Learning Enhancements

We are very excited to announce the immediate availability of the 4.4 release of the axe Chrome Extension! A new Intelligent Guided Test for modal…

Company News & Updates

Deque Brings Machine Learning to Accessibility Testing

Axe Pro Beta continues to break down testing barriers, making automated accessibility testing easier than ever, while reducing manual testing

Company News & Updates

Deque to shift its CSUN 2020 presence to virtual

We’ve been debating internally for a few weeks now as myself and the collective Deque employee base has been closely monitoring COVID-19, but have decided…

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Deque’s Axe Pro Beta Guided Accessibility Testing a Hit with Developers

Surpassing 6,000 beta users, Intelligent Guided Tests fundamentally changing how to do accessibility testing.

Company News & Updates

Axe Updates: Deque releases axe-core 3.5!

With axe-core 3.5, you get a much faster, more accurate color contrast test. You also get several new rules, several bug fixes, and a new localisation.

Company News & Updates

Axe Updates: Introducing the Keyboard Guided Test

axe 4.3 is here! Included in this release is a new axe Pro Intelligent Guided Test for keyboard testing plus bug fixes and usability improvements.

Company News & Updates

Survey: Most Financial Services’ Digital Offerings Are Not Accessible to Persons with Disabilities

Analysts spoke to software leaders across the finance industry. More than 70% of financial firms indicate no clear ownership of digital accessibility.

Accessibility Compliance Matters

EU Web Accessibility Compliance and Legislation

Let's review the European Accessibility Act and the EU Web Accessibility Directive, both of which have made great strides for web accessibility in the EU.

A11y for Developers

Debunking the Myth: Accessibility and React

Despite the myth, React does have a lot of accessibility built-in. Here are some tips to help you achieve the most accessible React application possible!

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