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Accessibility Best Practices My experiences with inaccessible legal docs and processes – and how to fix them

For this year's International Day of People with Disabilities (IDPWD), I'm sharing my experiences with inaccessible e-signature software.

Accessibility Compliance Matters Featured Digital A11y Compliance: A Guide to Getting Started

Got an important web or mobile accessibility compliance deadline on the horizon & zero accessibility experience? Then this guide is for you.

Accessibility Best Practices How to Incorporate Users with Disabilities in UX Testing

UX testing often evaluates the website usability for a typical user. Comprehensive UX testing must also consider people with disabilities.

Company News & Updates The world’s largest digital accessibility conference is back. Save the date for axe-con 2023.

Deque Systems, the trusted leader in digital accessibility, announced today that the third annual axe-con conference will return next year on March 15-16th, 2023

Company News & Updates Deque Systems Introduces axe for Android Free Mobile App

Announcing axe for Android, a free mobile app that analyzes any Android application to determine how accessible it is to people with disabilities.

Company News & Updates New axe DevTools Integration: Playwright

Deque's latest axe DevTools integration with Playwright is now available. Find and fix accessibility issues before they make it into your code base.

Company News & Updates Axe DevTools Extension Updates: New Accessibility Issue Screenshot Functionality

When Pro users share issues found with automated analysis or with an Intelligent Guided Tests™, we now include a screenshot of the element in question to provide context and insight into the issue!

A11y for Developers Accessible Nested Active Elements in Android Apps

A common accessibility issue that I've noticed in Android applications is nesting active elements together. I want to discuss why this is inaccessible in a demo and who it could possibly effect. I will also walk you through where in the developer tools you can find this issue, how to fix it, and how to follow best accessibility practices.

A11y for Developers WWDC 2023 Accessibility Goodies for Developers

Learn about the myriad of exciting new accessibility reveals in Apple hardware and software at this year's Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).

Accessibility Compliance Matters Fact or Fiction? Accessible Websites Are Ugly by Design

You don’t have to sacrifice web design for accessibility. Accessible websites can be aesthetically pleasing and user-friendly for everyone.

Accessibility in the News W3C Publishes WCAG Testers Consistency List

If you’ve used 2 different accessibility testing tools, you may have noticed that the results can vary. To try & improve this, the W3C created ACT Rules.

A11y for Developers Dynamic Notifications

Dynamic content in applications can be tricky to handle properly, and can lead to numerous accessibility violations. It is important to know the tools iOS provides you to handle dynamic content. Dynamic application content is easy to handle properly as long as your understand these tools and how to use them. In this post we will discuss: When dynamic notifications should be used, How to implement dynamic notifications, Some particularly helpful accessibility notifications and their uses, An in depth discussion of an example

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