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Social Media is analogous to the internet for many. As accurate as it is to refer to the internet as a perpetual pit for knowledge, it is often consumed in the form of social media apps installed on our smartphones.  Introduced as a mere medium to connect with friends and family, with the boon to […]

What exactly is a VPAT? Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is an important law that ensures federal agencies can make their information and communications technologies accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities. This includes software, hardware, and multimedia content. When procuring or purchasing technology, federal agencies must consider the Section 508 law […]

The Federal Law necessitates that all public accommodations should be accessible to everyone irrespective of their disabilities. ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) being a federal civil rights law is being enforced by the U.S Department of Justice and under Title III entails websites as places of public accommodation rendering information to the public.With billions of […]

We are all toiling hard in the pursuit of recognition. With a name comes fame. How popular is any celebrity without the top rankings on the Google search engine?! The same intent goes with all the content that is created to be disseminated online. The creators want their content to be seen and read, and […]

Melancholy- A state of Inertia  The breakthrough achievements of Helen Adams Keller are a stellar example of how if given the right access to education, no disability can hold you back from achieving the impossible. Her larger-than-life contributions to society have been a guiding light at the end of the tunnel to inspire us all […]

In the words of Layman To comprehend the gravity of enabling accessibility in its true essence, one must analyze what an inaccessible world looks like.Try navigating the web while unplugging the mouse; use your phone by placing your hands under covers from where you can’t see the screen; limit access to the scope of content […]

Crux Implementation of Accessibility contributes to penetrating a wider (inclusive) audience while building a brand name and future-proofing against accessibility lawsuits besides improved SEO, while upgrading with technological advancements.  A disabled user generally comes across many hurdles for accessing the simplest of information, let alone making bookings or urgent payments.  Besides all the nitty-gritty of […]

Inception of Accessibility The global banking and financial sector is becoming more digitalized, and the need for ensuring accessibility in their digital products has amplified.Web accessibility has become an important aspect of online banking and financial services in the yesteryears. Be it paying bills or buying a sandwich, we need banking at the ease of […]

We all need a clean bill of health to live our lives comfortably and that generates the need to enable decent healthcare facilities around us. The world is constantly improvising on remediating the physical barriers besides attitudinal and financial limitations by considering that accessibility needs to be an integral part of the organizational structure like […]

A screen reader is an assistive technology that uses a Text-To-Speech (TTS) engine to translate on-screen information into speech, which can be heard through a sound output enabling accessibility to individuals with visual impairments or learning disabilities and the elderly. A TTS is a hardware device that plugs into the computer or a software application […]