Tag: digital accessibility

Building a Core Accessibility Team: The Keys to the Kingdom

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September 20, 2023 By Heidi Kelly-Gibson

Have you noticed that in today’s digital age accessibility is not just a nice-to-have feature but a fundamental requirement for any product or service? Creating…

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Reflecting on the Deque-Microsoft collaboration

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March 12, 2019 By Preety Kumar

I’m writing this post to provide some added color and personal opinions you may have missed in our recent joint press release with Microsoft titled…

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Building a Culture of Accessibility: Leadership Roles

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December 19, 2017 By Dennis Lembree

My colleagues and I believe in sustainable accessibility efforts. We’ll hold your hand through those early projects, but, ultimately, we want to equip you and…

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Highlights and Takeaways from our 2nd Annual aXe Hackathon

March 15, 2017 By Marcy Sutton

The aXe Hackathon is one of our most highly-anticipated events at CSUN. In this post, accessibility evangelist and senior front-end engineer Marcy Sutton recaps the highlights of the Hackathon, including the projects undertaken and key takeaways from the event. We can't wait for the 2018 aXe Hackathon!

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Practical PowerPoint Accessibility Techniques from Deque University

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January 25, 2017 By Deque Systems

Check out this useful course on PowerPoint Accessibility Techniques from Deque University. This course covers the ins and outs of easily creating accessible PowerPoint presentations, with practical tips and a11y hacks for anyone that wants to "do better" at PowerPoint.

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Web Accessibility in Action at the 2017 axe™ Hackathon

Caitlin Cashin
December 13, 2016 By Caitlin Cashin

Planning on attending CSUN 2017? Then make sure to mark your calendar for Deque's 2nd annual aXe Hackathon! A11y all-stars Marcy Sutton & Wilco Fiers will be using aXe to perform accessibility testing on open source component libraries, WordPress templates and resources. Learn how to perform basic accessibility testing, compile an a11y bug report and so much more...plus hang around for the free munchies and cool prizes. You don't want to miss this event!

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