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Accessible User Experience & Design Considering accessibility when designing a usability test

You’re probably familiar with running usability tests for sighted/mouse users, this post will discuss considerations for accessibility for non-sighted/AT users when conducting a usability test.

Company News & Updates Deque Announces Availability for the axe DevTools Linter Free Trial

Catch accessibility issues while you code & automatically block every inaccessible pull request with the axe DevTools Linter.

A11y for Developers Building Accessible Android Apps with Jetpack Compose: Real-Time Examples

Let's review various real-time simple examples to understand how to make basic composables like Text Field, Buttons, and Switches accessible using JetPack Compose.

Accessibility Best Practices 5 book recommendations to help drive accessibility adoption and strategy

Discover how to accelerate accessibility adoption with 5 book recommendations to help coach your team on accessibility programs.

Accessibility Best Practices How To Get Development on Board With Accessibility Testing

Developers are constantly learning new tools, tech stacks, and development practices. When they’re told they have to learn accessibility, it can often feel like an…

Accessibility Best Practices Change Management for Accessibility: Plan Do Check Act (PDCA) Model

Let's review the plan, do, check, act (PDCA) change management model for accessibility, which includes monitoring and adjusting steps to help foster organizational change.

Accessibility in the News Infographic – The Essential Guide to Digital Accessibility

See Deque's essential guide to digital accessibility to manage risk and maximize opportunity. Download the PDF or read our HTML version.

Accessibility Best Practices What is Accessibility Coaching and why does it matter?

Accessibility isn’t just a requirement for compliance. It’s about being inclusive and accounting for human diversity. It’s also a great business differentiator. At least 73%…

A11y for Developers New in iOS 13 Accessibility – Voice Control and More

Let's review the new accessibility APIs, Voice Control, and other accessibility changes that are new in iOS 13 Accessibility.

A11y for Developers Google Selects Deque’s axe™ for Chrome DevTools

Notice anything different about Chrome DevTools lately? The Audits panel is now powered by Lighthouse, and the Accessibility Audit is powered by *drumroll* Deque’s very own axe-core rules engine!

Company News & Updates Axe DevTools Extension Update: New Color Contrast Analyzer

With this release, Pro users can now leverage the power of our machine learning algorithms to determine if any “needs review” color contrast issues are, in fact, are issues or not.

Accessible User Experience & Design Accessibility of the Button: Should We Fix It or the Root Cause Problem?

Using the example of an inaccessible button, we’ll showcase how a strategic approach is a better methodology – with further reaching accessibility solutions – for solving this design problem.

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