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Top 5 Questions Asked in Accessibility Trainings
Throughout my trainings, I have gathered a lot of questions from the designers and developers. Below are the top five questions I hear most often.
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Deque Systems Introduces axe for Android Free Mobile App
Announcing axe for Android, a free mobile app that analyzes any Android application to determine how accessible it is to people with disabilities.
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Reflecting on the Deque-Microsoft collaboration
Preety Kumar, Deque CEO, provides some added color and personal opinions you may have missed in the recent joint press release with Microsoft.
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Deque Systems to expand open source accessibility tools in collaboration with Microsoft
Deque’s axe accessibility engine is bolstered by Microsoft collaboration, new Windows rules, and the release of Deque’s open source Android and iOS rules.
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Axe-core 3.2 is coming soon
The first axe release of 2019 is nearly here! We’re introducing some new rules, enhanced reporting capabilities and a variety of bug fixes. We are…
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What does European accessibility standard EN 301 549 mean for US organizations?
Let's discuss the European accessibility standard EN 301 549 with one of it's contributors, Shadi Abou-Zahra of the W3C and how it impacts compliance.
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.
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Save the Date: Deque’s Axe-hackathon & Hospitality Event at CSUN!
Save the date for Deque's 4th annual axe-hackthon and secure your invitation foor our hospitalitly and awareness lab event at CSUN!
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New Axe and Attest Integration: Puppeteer
Deque's axe-puppeteer and attest-puppeteer integrations are now available. Find and resolve accessibility issues before they make it into your code base.
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The Cost of Accessibility False Positives
Not all automated accessibility testing tools are created equal. The thought and diligence put into the rules engine matters a lot.
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Creating Accessible SVGs
Let's focus on the accessibility of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVGs) by diving into the basics and code examples.
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JavaScript and Civil Rights
As developers of web applications and websites, we create interfaces for people to use (for the most part). In doing so, we have a responsibility to make our applications not only usable by those people, but also to avoid infringing on their rights.