Is your website really accessible? As the accessibility industry grows, some implementation practices may be insufficient and overly expensive. Hear firsthand from a team of certified analysts who have over 30 years of lived experience navigating the web as individuals who are blind. They’ll discuss how to do accessibility right to not only increase your bottom line but also strengthen your brand.
Event Type: Virtual Events
Willeasy, thanks to Startup-News, is organizing a debate on the different approaches to web accessibility and the importance of accessible websites for companies operating in the tourism and travel sectors. A practical conversation that will have as its guests Chris Lona, founder of CL Design from Seattle (USA), Alberto Viarengo Creative director of AT-Media from Alessandria (IT), William Del Negro founder and Lorenzo Persia CMO of Willeasy from Udine (IT),
In recognition of GAAD 2021, Wikimedia Foundation will held virtual office hours open for everyone on all Wikimedia projects (Wikipedia…) related accessibility topics, with focus on design and technology, hosted by Volker E. of Wikimedia Product Design & Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team. First one is at 8:30am PST/3:30pm UTC. Join us via Slack #wikimedia-accessibility, IRC #wikimedia-accessibility, Google Meet call https://meet.google.com/vpd-kmew-syc or email at accessibility@wikimedia.org
Palestra sobre “Componentes de acessibilidade para pessoas surdas” Painel sobre “Consultorias de Acessibilidade”
Slack’s Abilities ERG is excited to host a panel discussion open to all next Thursday, May 20th at 12:30pm PT in celebration of the tenth anniversary of GAAD. GAAD’s goal is to bring awareness to digital access and inclusion for the 1 billion+ people with disabilities across the planet. There is an overwhelming lack of disability representation and diversification in tech leadership, and we’re looking forward to having the panel shed light on this and a few other important issues at hand.
Agora is a conference aimed at the topic of ICT usage by visually impaired users. What can you look forward to? # Hear what you want to see: with Envision app and glasses # Advanced usage of ZoomText # How to read books efficiently – working with the WinMenu 2 Beletrik software for younger and more advanced users # TType: touch typing made fun # Educational not-just-tactile sets using 3D printing # The rental shop for compensatory aids and sports gear # Eureka A4 – The phenomenon of its era
Let’s talk about accessibility and what it means for us developers. We’ll cover a lot of ground in thought process for accessible design, good mindsets to uphold, and fostering a genuine desire to make something for truly everyone. When we make our apps accessible, we talk software development and turn it into a human experience. While we’ll be touching on some Swift language principles for iOS development, anyone is encouraged to attend.
Women Who Code Cincinnati is excited to host Natalie Stroud, CPACC, Web Accessibility Specialist (she/her), to Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) with our community on May 20 at 6 pm ET. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are the set of guidelines Natalie works from to help determine what passes/fails when auditing websites. However, WCAG is a great tool for anyone and everyone – web accessibility specialists, developers, UX, designers, you name it. It can be scary
Webinar on the Importance of Digital Accessibility and Growing Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities. Our panelists: Mr. Rahul Jindal, Google Ms. Shilpi Kapoor, BarrierBreak Moderated by: Mr. Priyaranjan Bidhar, TRRAIN
Typeform’s journey towards accessibility has been a long and complex one. Here’s your chance to find out what we’re at – and why it’s taken us so long to get here. We hope that by sharing this, we can help you more easily address accessibility in your business’ online interactions – and in turn help your audience overcome the boundaries to participation. Join Olga and @yuricmartins from Typeform’s Accessibility Guilde as we replay the talk they gave at our recent Meaningful event.