Category: Accessibility compliance

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Find Label in Name issues in every scan with Axe-core 4.14.0

Wilco Fiers
October 22, 2026 By Wilco Fiers

With our latest update, when you scan with Axe-core 4.14.0, you’ll now get a result for any control whose accessible name doesn't contain its visible label. This Axe-core release also speeds up scans, makes fix instructions clearer, and begins support for EN 301 549 v4.1.1, the pending update to the European Union’s (EU) harmonized standard for accessibility requirements.

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Pass and Fail results when testing Label in Name issues using Axe-core 4.14.0

EN 301 549 v4.1.1 is final! What changed, what it means, and what you should do.

Matthew Luken
September 8, 2026 By Matthew Luken

On September 2, 2026, EN 301 549 v4.1.1 was officially published. This represents a major update to Europe’s accessibility standard for ICT products and services, and it’s a big milestone. But in practice, it’s only the first step along a three-point timeline.

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Canada’s next phase of ACA enforcement: Are you ready?

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August 20, 2026 By Glenda Sims

There’s a new deadline looming for the Accessible Canada Act (ACA), and it’s a significant one. The work required to meet the new requirements is substantial, and you need to start now if your business is going to safely meet the new deadline.

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Generate high-quality ACRs in VPAT format up to 90% faster

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July 27, 2026 By Vipul Khandelwal

Using ACR generation in Axe Auditor, you can create an ACR/VPAT directly from an audit without having to recreate the information in another tool.

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New survey and report from Deque Systems shows volume of AI-generated code is significantly increasing “accessibility debt” risk

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July 23, 2026 By Deque Systems

Groundbreaking survey of engineering leaders finds wide gap between confidence in AI code and digital accessibility, with risk growing faster than validation infrastructure.

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64 percent cite accessibility as a top driver of post-production rework.

One year of the EAA: What’s changed, what’s coming, and what to do next

Matthew Luken
June 29, 2026 By Matthew Luken

As we move into year two of the EAA, progress is really what it’s all about. The conformance ecosystem the EAA established is functioning, and everything is building toward greater scale and coordination.

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