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Accessibility Overlay Tools May Seem Like A “Quick Fix” For Your Problem - but read further...

What Is An Overlay Tool?

Accessibility overlays, toolbars, and plugins are third-party widgets that attempt to automatically improve the accessibility of websites they are added to. They may provide additional functionality such as text resizing, element highlighting, and color scheme adjustments through a custom “popup” interface, all aimed at making your website easier to use. But most of the functionality does not move the needle too far if you’re attempting to conform to either WCAG 2.0 or 2.1 requirements.

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Three Benefits Of Integrating A360 HUB With JIRA Cloud Server

Atlassian’s JIRA software is utilized by many of Accessible360’s customers to help manage their internal software development projects. Because of this, we’ve been asked a number of times to integrate the power and accessibility of the A360 HUB with JIRA to simplify workflow between the two systems. Accessible360 is proud to announce that we now have a bi-directional integration between the A360 HUB and JIRA Cloud Server available for our customers today.

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Accessible360's GAAD Equitable Digital Access and Inclusion Webinar

Accessible360 Celebrates Global Accessibility Awareness Day with Equitable Digital Access and Inclusion Webinar

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MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - May 18, 2020. Accessible360, a digital accessibility auditing firm, is excited to celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day on May 21, 2020, in a joint virtual event partnership with partner agency, O8. The virtual event will occur on Tuesday, May 19, to discuss inclusive practices of digital accessibility. Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is a worldwide event aimed at getting people to start thinking and learning about digital accessibility (web, software, IoT, mobile apps, etc.) and how to offer equitable access for the more than one billion people across the globe that have a disability. GAAD’s founders created the initiative to engage design, development, usability, and related communities.

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Celebrating GAAD: Fighting For Equitable Access

Thursday, May 21st, is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), a day to raise awareness for people with disabilities. In honor of GAAD, I would like to tell you about “Crip Camp,” a documentary about teenagers with disabilities during the early 1970s. The teens who participated in this camp went on to become some of the leaders of the disability rights movement in America.

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COVID-19 Response Emphasizes Importance of Digital Accessibility

In response to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, more and more people are working remotely, and schools are beginning to have online instruction. Even presidential campaign rallies are being held virtually. These measures are certainly warranted during this public health crisis, and will hopefully make people realize the importance of digital accessibility for people with and without disabilities.

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Making Online Banking Accessible to People with Disabilities

With the COVID-19 pandemic well underway, banks and a score of other businesses are limiting or shutting down their operations as customers are asked to stay home, practicing social distancing as directed by the federal and many state governments. As a result, financial institutions are relying on online banking to continue serving millions of customers across the country. What does this mean for their customers with disabilities?

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Ordering Food Must Be Accessible To Everyone

Have you ever tried ordering food online or with a mobile app? How about navigating your computer browser menu without a mouse, or your mobile phone without touching the screen? Try this! Remove or disable your mouse and try navigating the website of your favorite restaurant using the keyboard only (tab key + arrow keys + enter or space bar). Could you order? How seamless was it for you? Now, imagine how it must be for people with vision, physical or cognitive impairments.

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Retailers: Equitable Access For People With Disabilities Must Be Permanent

None of us are immune to the news: COVID-19 is forcing retailers to close their physical retail locations nationwide. Due to these closures, most have shifted to a “digital only” approach to keep business operating as best as possible during these difficult times.

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How To Practice Digital Accessibility During COVID-19

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Closed Captioning Vs. Audio Descriptions

When creating videos, sometimes the hardest thing is trying to figure out how to make them accessible to all audiences. To make accessible videos, one may have to include closed captioning and audio descriptions, depending on the video content.

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