Audio Description (AD) Watch-a-thon for Seattle’s Lighthouse for the Blind Low Vision Clinic. You can pick a movie/show from an extensive list, then watch and if you choose to, donate. Whether you do this by yourself, with family, or host your own watch party in person or online, your participation matters! The page includes AD resources and some discussion topics.
Event Type: Virtual Events
Explore the realm of accessibility this Global Accessibility Awareness Day with interactive and educational games. Please fill https://forms.gle/vAVdphm6k4PJrLdAA by May 16th to receive the instructions to play the game.
Whether your organization currently does business in the European Union (EU), or plans on tapping into the EU market, you’ll need to comply with the European Accessibility Act (EAA). And with enforcement beginning in June 2025, the clock is ticking. Join Level Access’s Chief Accessibility Officer Jon Avila and Vice President of Legal Affairs Shira Grossman as they discuss the EAA’s application to digital experiences and outline a path to compliance.
From the advancement of AI and automation to new laws like the European Accessibility Act (EAA), the digital accessibility landscape continues to evolve. So how can organizations keep pace? In this live webinar, Level Access’s Founder and CEO Tim Springer will unpack the key regulatory, market, and technology trends impacting digital accessibility today, and provide actionable guidance for program leaders to effectively navigate these changes for sustainable progress.
AccessCat organizes a meeting with the entities affiliated with the network. During the event, they will learn more about the evolution of the network since its creation in January 2023, and will delve into the local social, cultural, and associative fabric dedicated to accessibility.
Several UX and A11y professionals from the German UPA Accessibility working group publishes several articles on fronta11y.org to celebrate the Global Accessibility Awareness Day (#GAAD). This year the article series is entering its 7th round. All articles from the last years are online.
Representatives of the Digital Services team within Service NSW (A state government agency) will be sharing their accessibility journey from aspiration to Innovation. In the session, they will discuss, · the organisational, culture and capacity challenges on accessibility we faced. · How they have strategically addressed those challenges. · Delivering ‘good’ with free tools · Executive and cross team support, · Risk management and good governance to drive transformation. · Our ongoing roadmap of innovation. · How you can leverage SNSW’s efforts.
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To celebrate GAAD, A11yTalks is hosting a live virtual talk with Sheri Byrne-Haber. Sheri will talk about leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) to automate accessibility tasks represents a transformative advancement in digital inclusion efforts. These powerful models can replace manual accessibility work by generating image descriptions, providing real-time closed captions, and seamlessly translating content into multiple languages. LLMs can convert complicated documents and interfaces into plain language and improve consistency between products. All of these reduce the burden on content creators, designers, developers, accessibility, and quality assurance teams. As LLM use evolves, it holds the promise of significantly enhancing accessibility and making digital content more inclusive for individuals with diverse assistive technology needs.
To celebrate GAAD, A11yTalks is hosting a bonus pre-GAAD live virtual talk on Wednesday, May 15th with Blake Bertuccelli. Blake will talk about how Open Source means nothing to the larger accessibility community. That is a problem. Proprietary solutions limit access to vital accessibility tools. This presentation outlines existing Open Source accessibility solutions while asking the question “Why aren’t there more Open Source a11y tools?” The presentation is meant to be both a survey of existing solutions and a call to action for new Open Source solutions. Web Accessibility stagnates without more Open Source A11y tools.