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Three monitors show web accessibility stats: 97.8% (2019), 97.4% (2021), 95.9% (2024), with slow improvement.

Some inaccessibility stats

According to WebAIM’s annual Million Report, a sobering 95.9 per cent of the top one million home‑pages scanned in 2024... read more »

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What is an alt tag and how should I use it?

Alt text in a nutshell Alt text (often mis‑labelled an “alt tag”) is the little string you drop into an image’s alt=""... read more »

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3 reasons why digital accessibility is important

Reason 1 - Legal There are guidelines you are legally required to follow if you are in... read more »

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What is digital accessibility?

22In essence, anything delivered through a web browser—be it a public‑facing site, a secure staff portal, an e‑learning environment... read more »

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Why Accessibility is important to me

Most people who work within accessibility have a personal reason for doing so.This is the central reservation on the... read more »

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Brighton SEO 2025 - Google is Blind

I had the privilege of speaking about website accessibility at Brighton SEO last week.It was... read more »

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The return of plain text emails!

Today I celebrate the return of plain text emails! I hope this will lead, one day, to the eventual elimination... read more »

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TEDTalk views passes 1 million!

I am very pleased to announce that my TEDTalk has now had over 1 million views!It has been... read more »

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Userway faces class action lawsuit over alleged false accessibility and ADA compliance claims

Lawsuit over accessibility widget This article originally appeared on TechStart-ups on 23/12/2024.Userway is facing a class action lawsuit filed... read more »

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FTC orders AI accessibility startup accessiBe to pay $1M for misleading advertising

Reposting this article from the TechCrunch website: The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has fined accessiBe, a startup that claims... read more »