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Accessibility Best Practices Innovation Providing Access: How Michigan State University crowdsourced closed captions to make lectures accessible while providing employment opportunities for students

Learn how the transition to remote learning created challenges and led to the creation of a closed captioning program at Michigan State University.

Accessibility in the News Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day & join Deque in donating to the National Federation of the Blind

In celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), Deque and an anonymous donor are matching donations to $25,000 in a Gift Matching Campaign raising funds…

Accessibility in the News Axe Awards at axe-con 2021

At axe-con 2021 we launched a program called axe awards, named after a well-known Deque open source project called axe-core. We are proud to announce the winners of the axe awards below so they are recognized for their outstanding work in accessibility and so members of the accessibility community can turn to them for advice when building their accessibility efforts.

Accessibility in the News Digital Accessibility in 2020 Election: Progress, But A Long Way To Go

While some state websites have made progress since 2016’s vote, the 2020 election showed that digital accessibility has a long way to go.

Accessibility in the News Audit Revealed 43 States’ Vote-By-Mail Application Forms Not Accessible to Many with Disabilities, as Deadlines Loom

Deque Systems Is working with states to repair this “Digital Divide,” hosting the fully usable application forms for access by all.

Company News & Updates Survey: Most Financial Services’ Digital Offerings Are Not Accessible to Persons with Disabilities

Analysts spoke to software leaders across the finance industry. More than 70% of financial firms indicate no clear ownership of digital accessibility.

Company News & Updates New Research Shows How “The Internet is Unavailable” to Blind Users

Accessbility study finds 70% of Websites are inaccessible to the vision-impaired, Missing a $6.9 Billion Market leaving core user needs unmet.

A11y for Developers Deque’s axe™ Rule Library hits 10,000,000 downloads!

It seems like only yesterday that our axe accessibility rules engine hit one million downloads. Now, the total just surpassed ten million downloads!

Accessibility in the News 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.

Accessibility in the News 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!

A11y for Developers Accessibility Tips in Single-Page Applications

To capture a more complete picture of accessibility in single-page apps still in a concise format, I’ll start with the “accessibility rules” listed in the Smashing Book chapter and add a few extras that are still on my mind now that it’s been published.

Accessibility Compliance Matters WCAG 2.1: What is Next for Accessibility Guidelines

Are you staying on top of your digital accessibility game? Don’t be caught by surprise that a new version of W3C’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) is on the horizon. In fact, The next “minor” version of WCAG is a proposed recommendation right now!

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