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Company News & Updates 1 Billion Downloads later, axe-core is the source of truth for automated digital accessibility testing

Deque Systems, the trusted leader in digital accessibility, announced today that the fourth annual axe-con conference will return next year on February 20-22nd, 2024

Accessibility Best Practices Building a Culture of Accessibility: Leadership Roles

Organization leaders must be aware of accessibility and have minimal knowledge. In turn, leaders must ensure their team members are aware and have the knowledge to support accessibility as it pertains to their job. Nearly everyone in the organization is responsible for accessibility at some level.

Accessibility in the News AI? Artificial Intelligence? Accessible Intelligence!

In this post, Patrick Sturdivant comments on the positive side of AI’s contributions to people’s lives and, more specifically, those with disabilities.

Accessibility Best Practices Top 5 Questions Asked in Accessibility Trainings

Throughout my trainings, I have gathered a lot of questions from the designers and developers. Below are the top five questions I hear most often.

Company News & Updates Deque Announces Availability for the axe DevTools Linter Free Trial

Catch accessibility issues while you code & automatically block every inaccessible pull request with the axe DevTools Linter.

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.

A11y for Developers Building Accessible Android Apps with Jetpack Compose: Real-Time Examples

Let's review various real-time simple examples to understand how to make basic composables like Text Field, Buttons, and Switches accessible using JetPack Compose.

A11y for Developers How to Build WAI-ARIA Modal Alert Dialogs: A11y Support Series

In part 2 of his a11y support series, Paul Adam details how to build an accessible widget with ARIA Modal Alert Dialogs.

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 Writing Automated Tests for Accessibility

Automated testing is a great way to start weaving accessibility into your website, with the ultimate goal of shifting left more and more.

Accessibility in the News What it takes to minimize your risk for an ADA lawsuit, 33rd-anniversary edition

The ADA turns 33 today, learn what it takes to minimize a lawsuit by listening to your customers with disabilities.

A11y for Developers What iOS Traits Actually Do

Accessibility Traits are a useful and important feature in the realm of iOS Accessibility. Let's learn more about what these traits do.

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