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Company News & Updates The world’s largest digital accessibility conference is back. Save the date for axe-con 2023.

Deque Systems, the trusted leader in digital accessibility, announced today that the third annual axe-con conference will return next year on March 15-16th, 2023

Company News & Updates Deque Unifies Accessibility Software Offerings Under The axe™ Brand

Deque’s WorldSpace Suite of enterprise products, all built on the axe-core accessibility rules library, will now be repackaged using the “axe” name.

Accessibility in the News W3C Publishes WCAG Testers Consistency List

If you’ve used 2 different accessibility testing tools, you may have noticed that the results can vary. To try & improve this, the W3C created ACT Rules.

Accessibility Best Practices Change Management in Accessibility: Strategic Execution Framework

Note: This blog post is part five, our final post in a series on change management for accessibility. Read part 1, part 2, part 3, or part…

A11y for Developers Prevent Confusing Acronym Announcements in Android

Google TalkBack doesn't always handle acronyms correctly. Here are best practices to prevent confusing announcements in Android.

Accessibility Best Practices Where are the Accessibility Statements? Digital Accessibility shouldn’t be a surprise.

I'm a screen reader user. Let’s break down “a day in the life of Patrick” for you in the spirit of NDEAM. We'll explore a few of my user experiences & my hunt for accessibility statements.

A11y for Developers SwiftUI & Accessibility: Goodies & Gotchas Part 2

SwiftUI has been a game-changer for both iOS development and accessibility, but there are some "gotchas", or potential ways to make accessibility mistakes, to watch out for.

Accessibility Best Practices Much Ado About ARIA

In this beginner series about ARIA, developers will learn the introduction of ARIA, when to use ARIA vs. HTML, and the complexities and nuances of ARIA.

A11y for Developers Angular Component Libraries and Accessibility

MaterialUI, Ngx-Bootstrap, and primeNg are the top Angular UI frameworks, let's see how they each stack up against accessibility.

A11y for Developers Intro to Advanced ARIA

Deque software developer Harris Schneiderman discusses the principles of advanced ARIA and explains how to fix common a11y issues.

Accessibility Best Practices Multimedia Accessibility: Is it important?

The core areas of multimedia accessibility are - synchronized captions, text transcripts and audio descriptions. Let's explore each of these further.

Accessible User Experience & Design Featured How Current Design Trends Affect Web Accessibility

Discover which new design trends are inaccessible to people with disabilities, and learn some inclusive design tips to fix these issues.

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