Since 2010, a11yMTL has been dedicated to raising awareness of the needs and benefits of digital accessibility in Montreal. For Global Accessibility Awareness Day, a11yMTL will present an online talk in French.
Event Type: Virtual Events
Join Monsido and guest speaker, Alycia Anderson, on Global Accessibility Awareness Day to learn about what ableism is, why you need to understand it, and how you can make a difference in your organization. Find out how Alycia’s has helped communities and companies understand the benefits inherent to building a diverse, inclusive and accessible workplace and society. We’ll also be hosting a live Ask Me Anything session so please feel free to send in your questions to ashley.hefner@optimere.com
On May 19, 2022, we will be launching a new web accessibility resource for designers and other communications folks at Make-It-Accessible.com. The website will help demonstrate that websites built to accessibility standards can also be beautiful, fast, easy to navigate, and helpful.
In celebration of this year’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), Deque is offering a free virtual Accessibility Awareness Lab on Wednesday, May 18th from 2:00 to 3:00 PM ET. Attendees will develop insight, empathy, understanding and inspiration to work in new, more accessible ways.
In celebration of this year’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), Deque is offering its Accessibility Fundamentals Bootcamp training for free. Join this live training on Thursday, May 19th from 12:30 to 2:30 PM ET.
TU Dortmund University calls on university staff to add alt text to as many images on web pages and learning content as possible and to add subtitles to video. The Department of Disability and Studies (DoBuS) will offer short workshops on the implementation of alt text and subtitles on the day.
It’s one thing to ensure that a single document within a corporate infrastructure is made accessible. However, when thousands of PDF files require remediation to meet accessibility requirements, this has been an unachievable burden—at least until now. In this 60-minute webinar, CommonLook’s technical team will demonstrate new technology that leverages artificial neural network layers to learn the nuances of accessibility tagging resulting in highly accurate, automated document remediation.
At Mile Two we are celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day by hosting a lunch and learn featuring lightning talks around the topic of Accessibility. Talks from Kasey Bonifacio ( she/her/hers ), Heather Taylor ( she/her ), and Ren Estep ( she/they )
This presentation focuses on commonly overlooked cognitive accessibility issues, which affect nearly 20% of people. It includes an interactive exercise using practical solutions for improving UI for cognitive accessibility. Join Zoom Meeting https://softrams.zoom.us/j/95640720396?pwd=TTB5ckxyMEJWM2kwRWlUY3JMeDFSUT09 Meeting ID: 956 4072 0396 Passcode: 123321
There are some things any Web Developer, Content Designer or a Product Designer/UX person can do in order to improve web accessibility and inclusion. It doesn’t hurt to know about them — and they can help your customers. This short webinar is an opportunity to explore these methods. There will be a Q&A, too. Join us! I will run this short but informative webinar with my colleague, a Senior Software Engineer Marta Dabrowka.