Join us for a half-day, virtual Mobile Site and Native App Accessibility Testing Workshop on Thursday, November 3rd from 12:30PM to 4:30PM Eastern Time (in the US). AccessibilityOz CEO and digital accessibility expert Gian Wild will teach participants about the unique accessibility issues on mobile sites and mobile apps, including hover traps, VoiceOver swipe traps
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Check out these virtual accessibility events!
What’s new on AccessibilityOz.com: Did you catch the premiere episode of our webinar series Accessibility Voices? AccessibilityOz CEO Gian Wild sits down (virtually) with Sheri Bryne-Haber, Accessibility Architect at VMware and accomplished disability advocate. Keep an eye out for upcoming episodes! New on the blog: But what does she look like? A commentary on subpar
Introducing a new webinar series: Accessibility Voices
In our newest upcoming webinar series, Accessibility Voices, our CEO Gian Wild sits down (virtually) with some of the most knowledgeable and influential specialists in the digital accessibility field. In these one-on-one interviews, we’ll get to know how these experts started their unique journeys into accessibility, and where they think the field is headed now.
Happy holidays from AccessibilityOz
A quick look back at 2021… Where we went It’s been another unprecedented year for everyone, AccessibilityOz included. We stretched our digital footprint at 11 virtual conferences, many of which featured our CEO Gian Wild’s presentation on Mobile Accessibility: Testing Mobile Sites and Native Apps for Accessibility, including: In
Communicating with People with Disabilities
Talking with people with disabilities is just like talking to any other person, because they are like any other person. However, there are several things to keep in mind when communicating with a person with a disability. Speak to the individual People with visible disabilities are often ignored in conversations, even ones that they are
Accessible Technology in Australia: The AHRC’s Human Rights and Technology Final Report
The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has released their Human Rights and Technology Final Report, the results of a three-year project led by Commissioner Edward Santow that analyses how emerging technologies affect and interact with human rights and provides recommendations to the Australian government based on these trends. The report is divided into two major
The History of Digital Accessibility: Come celebrate AccessibilityOz’s 10th birthday with a new webinar!
AccessibilityOz is turning 10! Come celebrate with us at our free webinar, The History of Digital Accessibility. To accommodate more time zones, this webinar is being run twice: Tuesday, April 13th at 1:00PM PT / 4:00PM ET (Wednesday, April 14th at 6:00AM AET) (Find out when this is in your time zone.) Register
Catch our 2nd webinar series with CommonLook!
We’ve partnering up with CommonLook again to put on a two-part free webinar series. Be sure to register for these great topics: What Makes a Document Accessible and Standards-Compliant? Date: 24 March, 2021 at 1:00PM PT / 4:00PM ET Description: CommonLook’s Avery Hymel takes you on a deep dive into the elements and checkpoints that
Let’s talk mobile accessibility… And come find us at CSUN next week!
Find AccessibilityOz at CSUN 2021… Get a trial of OzWiki! The 36th CSUN Assistive Technology Conference kicks off next week, and you’ll find AccessibilityOz at the virtual expo! Stop by to chat about accessibility and grab a 3-month trial of OzWiki, our database of accessibility errors, examples, code and solutions. Not attending CSUN? You can
Gian to speak at Access Israel’s 7th International Webinar
Join AccessibilityOz CEO Gian Wild and many other expert speakers at Access Israel’s 7th International Webinar, “Focused on Accessible Future: Innovation in Web & Apps Accessibility.” This 3-hour event, hosted in partnership with the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP), is free and happening on January 26 at 14:00 GMT (9:00AM EST / 6:00AM PST).