Why is Web Accessibility Important?
Web accessibility is interwoven into elements of web design, development and user experience. Accessibility makes it easier for people with disabilities to use and navigate digital assets like websites, mobile…
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Web accessibility is interwoven into elements of web design, development and user experience. Accessibility makes it easier for people with disabilities to use and navigate digital assets like websites, mobile…
October 31, 2023 | Accessibility Strategy, World of Accessibility
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a new proposed rule that would provide substantial updates to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act that would improve…
October 25, 2023 | Business, Legal, News, World of Accessibility
Each October, National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) highlights just how important inclusive hiring practices are for the community and for any company’s bottom line. Hiring and empowering employees with…
October 12, 2023 | Accessibility Strategy, Business, World of Accessibility
How can we help users with cognitive and learning disabilities navigate around sites more easily? How can we benefit from embracing haptics as another output modality for web content? What…
October 11, 2023 | World of Accessibility
TPGi is proud to sponsor the 11th M-Enabling Summit, exploring AI-driven innovation and automation for digital accessibility. From October 10th through 12th, disability advocates, corporations, government agencies, and accessibility executives…
Alt text is a website feature that goes by many names: alt attributes, alt descriptions, alternate text. Whatever the name, this important accessibility feature may be overlooked by web design…
August 24, 2023 | Accessibility Strategy, World of Accessibility
The 78th Blinded Veterans Association National Convention The Blinded Veterans Association National Convention marks the one time each year that blind and low-vision veterans meet directly with Department of Veterans…
August 22, 2023 | News, World of Accessibility
In part one, we covered the building blocks to prepare for accessibility testing. Teams must define a tangible, achievable level of effort and commit an amount of time to testing….
July 20, 2023 | Accessibility Strategy, World of Accessibility
Disability:IN is on a mission to build an inclusive global economy where people with disabilities participate fully and meaningfully. And each year, thousands of employers and employees gather at the…
Accessibility can be a big initiative at any company, requiring a lot of resources and time. For companies that have yet to craft an accessibility program, it can be hard…
July 11, 2023 | Accessibility Strategy, Business, World of Accessibility
When talking about accessibility initiatives, people may use “ADA compliance” as a shorthand way to capture all things related to accessibility. However, there are other federal regulations besides the Americans…
July 6, 2023 | Accessibility Strategy, Legal, World of Accessibility
AODA Requirements The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) is a wide-ranging law from 2005 designed to develop, implement and enforce standards for accessibility related to “goods, services, facilities,…
June 26, 2023 | Business, Legal, World of Accessibility
Most companies today will tell you they’ve fully incorporated accessibility requirements and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives into their hiring process, however, data indicates that organizations are falling short….
June 12, 2023 | Accessibility Strategy, Business, World of Accessibility
Vispero and TPGi are proud to be sponsors at the 2023 Disability:IN Conference. The conference will run from July 10th to 13th in Orlando, FL. The Disability:IN Conference is a…
TPGi software and services enable global companies to increase revenue, improve customer experience, and comply with the European Accessibility Act View the PR Newswire May 31, 2023, Clearwater, Florida –TPGi®,…
May 31, 2023 | News, Press Release, World of Accessibility
If your company is working on improving the accessibility of the website for people with disabilities, ensuring your content is accessible to screen reader users will be one of the…
May 23, 2023 | Accessibility Strategy, Technical, World of Accessibility
Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms have changed the way businesses are run. Because they allow users to log in via a web browser anywhere there’s an internet connection, companies…
May 17, 2023 | Accessibility Strategy, Business, Technical, World of Accessibility
A subset of ARIA roles are defined as having presentational children. These are mostly a subset of widget roles Presentational Children The DOM descendants are presentational. User agents SHOULD NOT expose descendants of this element through the…
May 12, 2023 | Technical, World of Accessibility