Lakewood, Ohio (August 30, 2019)– Equidox by Onix is proud to announce that GSA has awarded the company with Information Technology Schedule 70: Federal Supply Schedule contract number 47QTCA18D00EA. Equidox is a premier digital accessibility company specializing in PDF conversion software and accessibility services. GSA Schedule 70 streamlines the procurement of general-purpose commercial information technology equipment, software and services for all government agencies by identifying and pre-vetting innovative products and services that suit these agencies’ potential needs. This includes certified… Continue Reading Equidox Joins the GSA Schedule

It’s that time of year!  Students are heading back to school with their shiny new back-to-school tools. For most, this means choosing a school, signing up for classes, meeting new instructors, learning how to obtain and submit assignments, and hopefully a lot of learning.  But for some people, that to-do list for back to school can be more challenging, for students and their parents.  For some, researching schools and curriculums on the web, communicating with instructors, and interacting with learning… Continue Reading Accessibility for Back to School

Florida is famous for many things- white, sandy beaches, theme parks, space exploration, citrus fruit, and… lawsuits? The sunshine state is second in the country for web accessibility lawsuits, averaging more than one per day in 2018 for a total of 576. And that only includes the number of federal ADA lawsuits, not state or local offenses. All federal and state government branches are required to comply with Section 508 when developing, competitively procuring, maintaining, or using electronic information or… Continue Reading The State of Accessibility in Florida:  How Inclusive is the Sunshine State?

There are a number of digital document formats to be found online. By far the most ubiquitous are PDFs and HTML. These comprise the majority of digital content for enterprise organizations, educational institutions, banks, insurance companies, healthcare, retail, travel, hospitality, and entertainment.  The Blind Make a Resolution Last year, 2018, the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the largest and oldest member organization of the blind and for the blind in the United States, passed a resolution at their annual… Continue Reading The Blind Choose HTML over PDFs

What Defines an Inclusive Employer? The most successful companies often have one philosophy in common- they put their employees first. They know respecting their employees and treating them well will foster a positive environment and reflect back to the customer. According to Disability:IN, a nonprofit geared towards disability inclusion in the workplace, companies become good employers by offering competitive wages and benefits, opportunities for advancement, flexibility to achieve a work-life balance, and by celebrating a culture of diversity and inclusion.… Continue Reading 5 Top Inclusive Employers (And How You Can Be One, Too!)

Most professional remediators enter the field because they care passionately about accessibility and many have a personal connection to making information available to everyone.  You are attentive to detail and knowledgeable about WCAG and 508 guidelines. You also want to produce as many fully accessible documents as possible in the least amount of time – because we all have to earn a living and time is money.  There are a myriad of tools available to you to correct accessibility issues… Continue Reading Evaluating Tools for Professional PDF Remediators

Basis for Accessibility Laws The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in any state in the US. However, ADA discrimination laws do not clearly define what discrimination looks like when applied to websites, and lawmakers have not established clear laws for states to follow regarding website accessibility.  Existing legislation is most commonly on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), established by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). This set of guidelines is widely accepted by… Continue Reading State Accessibility Laws: An Overview

In 2016, Nielson reported that as many as 35% of households report at least one person with a disability and 8% of those report a vision loss.  As of this year, nearly 20% of the current US population has a disability.  People with genetic disabilities are not the only part of that group. Our generation is aging, and as we age, the number of people with age-related disabilities is growing.  The current older population, unlike previous generations, is tech savvy-… Continue Reading Equidox’s Accessibility Mission

Why Validate? Remediating documents to be compatible with assistive technology is a large part of making content accessible.   Documents can be extremely complex, containing elements such as tables, nested lists, infographics including pie charts and graphs, links, footnotes, and may have creative formatting and placement of these elements. Reading order is also an important component of remediation.   Once remediation is completed, however, the content must be validated in order to ensure that all errors have been corrected and that… Continue Reading Validation – A Key Step to Accessibility

Gaming is a vast and ever-evolving market. The competition is fierce.  Video games are available on many platforms: mobile, console, PC and interactive media.  And everyone wants to play. Even those who might never have played a console or PC game have probably been tempted by the games available on their smartphone or tablet. But not everyone can play.  Many games are completely or partially inaccessible to people with disabilities.  If the game has audio clues, or too much sound… Continue Reading Accessible Gaming – Everyone Wants to Play