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Do you think accessibility doesn't apply to you as a designer? Are you trying to get others on board with it? Here are 10 things you should know about accessibility in 5 minutes.
10 Things You Should Know About Accessibility: Read or Listen
Many designers want an alternative to Adobe and Canva that will help them create accessible infographics and short documents that can be edited by non-designers and don't have to be remediated. Find out how accessible infographic creator Venngage can help you do that.
#1 Accessible Infographic Creator — With Eugene Woo: Read or Listen
Find out where to get quality free fonts you can legally use for design projects, surprising reasons you should use certain free fonts, and accessibility concerns with certain types of typefaces.
The WebAIM Million provides insightful data on the top 1 million web pages. Find out what you need to know as a web designer or developer about the state of website accessibility in 2024.
The WebAIM 2024 Screen Reader User Survey provides insights we can use to perform better web accessibility testing and to understand more about screen reader users’ behavior and preferences.
Key Findings From the WebAIM 2024 Screen Reader User Survey: Read or Listen
There are so many places where you can find clients who need your accessibility services. Many of them are already knowledgeable about accessibility and understand they need it and are even easy to find.
Where to Find Clients Needing Accessibility Services: Read or Listen
Accessibility company Level Access has warned against website accessibility overlays in the past. So it shocked the accessibility industry when they announced plans to acquire UserWay, known for its overlay. Find out what this potentially means for the industry.
APCA calculates contrast differently from WCAG and is expected to be part of WCAG 3. Find out from APCA creator Andrew Somers the problem with WCAG contrast ratios, why APCA is more accurate and how you can make your colors more accessible.
How APCA Changes Accessible Contrast—With Andrew Somers: Read or Listen
One way to make your documents and website content more accessible is to use an accessible heading structure. Find out some common mistakes when styling headings, easy, actionable tips for how to create accessible headings and tools to check them.
Find out how specializing can help your business. Chris Hinds of Equalize Digital shares their story of going from generalist designers to web accessibility specialists, giving them clarity and a competitive edge, winning clients more easily and making their marketing efforts easier.
From Generalist to Specialist with Chris Hinds: Read or Listen
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