digital accessibility

Knowbility Be A Digital Ally Series: Video Captioning

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Knowbility Be A Digital Ally Series announcement.

Whether you’re deaf, hard of hearing, work in a quiet or noisy environment, or comprehend better with the written word, captioned videos benefit everyone.

Captioning is the text version of what is spoken in a video.

For readers of this blog, you know I’m a longtime advocate for video captions.

I’ve been writing about the benefits of video captions as well as video captioning success stories for years.

Which is why I’m excited about the third session in Knowbility’s Be A Digital Ally series.

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Axe-con Online Digital Accessibility Conference Returns March 15-17, 2022

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axe-con 2022 conference home page highlighting registration and options to learn more about the conference.

Returning for the second year on March 15-17, 2022, the free, virtual axe-con 2022 conference offers three days of learning about building accessible digital experiences.

Hosted by Deque Systems, axe-con 2022 will have over 80 sessions with top experts discussing building, testing, and maintaining accessible digital experiences.

Named for Deque’s  axe-core project, an open source library and accessibility testing engine, the conference features a variety of presentations, including case studies, accessibility compliance, best practices, and updates from technology leaders from around the world.Continue reading Axe-con Online Digital Accessibility Conference Returns March 15-17, 2022

How Sighted and Blind Web Navigation Differs

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Two-column wireframe for lessons setup showing a search box and list of chapters in first column, week number, due date, and description form fields in the second column.

In the September 2021 Accessibility Talks virtual meetup, Michele Williams spoke about how sighted designers often don’t perceive the differences in how a sighted person navigates a page vs. the strategies a blind person uses to explore a page.

And those designers may not understand why their designs are problematic for people who are not sighted.

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