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ADA Title III Lawsuits Soar in New York: Here’s How to Avoid Them

| Nina Overdorff

New York skyline. New York leads the country in ADA Title III lawsuits.

 ADA Title III digital accessibility lawsuits skyrocketed to 3550 cases in 2020, an increase of more than 20% over 2019.  Nearly half of those lawsuits were filed in New York. While people weren’t visiting physical places of public accommodation due to COVID, consumers visited their websites. New York considers websites of places of public accommodation to also be protected by ADA Title III. New York leads the country in ADA Title III lawsuits for a number of reasons. 70% of… Continue Reading ADA Title III Lawsuits Soar in New York: Here’s How to Avoid Them

Accessibility Tips for Remote Learning and Working

| Tammy Albee

Parent helping a child learn remotely on a laptop

Since the start of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, millions of students and employees have been learning and working remotely. While there are enormous benefits in terms of health, safety, well-being, and flexibility, there are also a number of concerns regarding accessibility for those who are participating in remote learning and working. Accessible meeting platforms Not all remote meeting platform technology is created equally. Consider accessibility features when choosing from these three commonly used platforms. ZOOM ZOOM is one of the… Continue Reading Accessibility Tips for Remote Learning and Working

A 7-Step plan to remediate PDFs on your website 

| Tammy Albee

PDF files can be the worst offenders  Some of the worst offenders for website inaccessibility are PDF files.  They are often completely inaccessible to people with disabilities who use assistive technology when accessing the internet. Sometimes the PDF shows nothing at all digitally, even if there is information visible on the page.  But how do you approach making these PDFs ADA compliant? What if you have a backlog of hundreds or even thousands of files living on your website? You… Continue Reading A 7-Step plan to remediate PDFs on your website 

4 Ways to Make PDF Accessibility Faster

| Nina Overdorff

team collaborating on PDF remediation

When you’re building an engaging, informative, accessible website, PDF accessibility might not be your top priority, but it’s no less important than captioning videos and describing images with alt text. Even one inaccessible PDF is enough to render your website inaccessible.  But how can you find the time to manually build tag trees and identify each non-text element of every PDF? The right tools can help you and your team speed up the process to achieve accessibility quickly, easily, and… Continue Reading 4 Ways to Make PDF Accessibility Faster

Updated AODA Deadlines: What’s Changed and What Hasn’t

| Nina Overdorff

Donna Jodhan winning her case against govt of canada for digital accessibility barriers

Ten years ago, Donna Jodhan filed a digital accessibility lawsuit against the federal government of Canada. She had been unable to independently apply for a job on its website using her assistive technology. Since her landmark victory in that case, Canada has been working towards increased accessibility in both physical and digital environments. Ontario has been particularly progressive in this regard, legislating the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). The AODA is a mandate to create and enforce accessibility… Continue Reading Updated AODA Deadlines: What’s Changed and What Hasn’t

Make disability inclusion your 2021 resolution

| Tammy Albee

Woman pleased that her resolution includes accessibility

What is disability inclusion? Organizations are working harder in the technology age to promote diversity and inclusion among their employees and customers.  This includes people with disabilities. According to the CDC, diversity inclusion means “understanding the relationship between the way people function and how they participate in society and making sure everybody has the same opportunities to participate in every aspect of life to the best of their abilities and desires.” Disability inclusion comprises people with mobility, sensory, and cognitive… Continue Reading Make disability inclusion your 2021 resolution

Equidox Webinar Wednesdays – Smart Table Detector

| Tammy Albee

Equidox free webinars for PDF remediaiton - Equidox logo and black and white dog with tagline: Reach Everyone

See our smart Table Detector in action in this live demonstration. Watch as it quickly tags tables, even complex tables, in a few clicks. Learn how to get the most from this fantastic feature that saves you hours of remediation. Check out this webinar to see this artificial intelligence-powered feature in action. Smart Table Detector Demonstration Tables are a great way to organize data.  Table cells that are tagged for a screen reader to understand the columns and rows allow all… Continue Reading Equidox Webinar Wednesdays – Smart Table Detector

Equidox Webinar Wednesdays – Smart List Detector

| Tammy Albee

Equidox free webinars for PDF remediaiton - Equidox logo and black and white dog with tagline: Reach Everyone

See our new smart List Detector in action in this live demonstration. Watch as it quickly tags lists, even nested lists, in a few clicks. Learn how to get the most from this fantastic feature that saves you hours of remediation. Get your questions answered about this new artificial intelligence-powered feature. Smart List Detector Demonstration Tagging list items properly in a document allows the reader to understand how the content relates and that it is a unit.  This is done… Continue Reading Equidox Webinar Wednesdays – Smart List Detector

Equidox Webinar Wednesdays – Images and Alt Text

| Tammy Albee

Learn more about tagging images with Equidox and adding alt text in this live demonstration. Bonus! Includes tips on best practices for creating alt text for images in PDF documents. Hosted by our own Dan Tuleta. Images and Alt Text Best Practices Images cannot be understood by screen-reading technology.  Any image in a document or on a web page should be labeled with Alt Text (alternative text) to explain to the reader what is being portrayed.   Transcript Equidox by… Continue Reading Equidox Webinar Wednesdays – Images and Alt Text

Equidox Webinar Wednesdays – Headings and Reading Order

| Tammy Albee

Equidox free webinars for PDF remediaiton - Equidox logo and black and white dog with tagline: Reach Everyone

Learn how to quickly set headings and reading order using Equidox PDF Remediation Software in this live demonstration. Learn the shortcuts and quick fixes for these features. Bonus: Best practices on heading structure and how to determine reading order within a document. Hosted as usual by our own Dan Tuleta. Headings and Reading Order Best Practices Headings are vital to navigation within a document. Reading order must be checked on any document.  What you see isn’t necessarily what assistive technology perceives.  … Continue Reading Equidox Webinar Wednesdays – Headings and Reading Order