Ten years ago, on October 8th, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) into law, pushing forward another groundbreaking step in the realm of media and digital accessibility. The CVAA contains many telecommunications…
Section 508 Compliance Checklist
Section 508 is an important amendment to the Rehabilitation Act that protects the rights of people with disabilities, requiring Federal agencies to ensure that their websites and electronic information technology is fully accessible to those who have disabilities. This also…
Election 2020: Voting Accessibility and Accommodations
In what has already been a year no one will ever forget, 2020 isn’t letting up. With the presidential election right around the corner, how do accessibility practices come into play at the polls or in early voting from home? Let’s take a look.…
Captioning for Online Church Services
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has forced everyone to change their daily habits, with health officials advising that social distancing should be a top priority. Churches and places of worship, which encourage close proximity by design, have been particularly affected. But…
Why Invest In Quality Captions From The Start?
With all the options you have these days for accessibility companies, how on earth are you supposed to pick the right partner to work with? After all, depending on your needs, one option may be better than the next. Or…
WCAG 2.1 – Low Vision
On June 5, 2018, WCAG 2.1 became the official W3C recommendation. Previous versions were released in 1999 (WCAG 1.0) and 2008 (WCAG 2.0). All new updates build on WCAG 2.0 instead of replacing information (also known as “backward compatibility”). WCAG…
WCAG 2.1 – Mobile
On June 5, 2018, WCAG 2.1 became the official W3C recommendation. Previous versions were released in 1999 (WCAG 1.0) and 2008 (WCAG 2.0). All new updates build on WCAG 2.0 instead of replacing information (also known as “backward compatibility”). WCAG…
WCAG 2.1 – Cognitive
On June 5, 2018, WCAG 2.1 became the official W3C recommendation. Previous versions were released in 1999 (WCAG 1.0) and 2008 (WCAG 2.0). All new updates build on WCAG 2.0 instead of replacing information (also known as “backward compatibility”). WCAG…