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Articles
Ten pieces picked for range rather than recency, two from each subject we spend our time on. For everything else, in the order it was published, there is the blog.
Virtual reality and immersive tech
Equal Entry has been putting headsets on disabled testers since 2017, well before anyone was writing specs for this.
Typically, I never shy away from new software and technology. However, the thought of diving into virtual reality (VR) feels daunting. Still, that doesn’t damper my excitement in...
Accessibility advocate and legally blind gamer offers a deep dive into how people with low vision interact with Virtual Reality (VR), noting that while the technology can be...
Law and policy
What courts and legislatures have actually decided, read closely, without the compliance scare tactics.
Quest Diagnostics offers laboratory services. At a doctor’s request, patients visit a Quest location for blood draws and other lab procedures. The company installed digital...
The purpose of the European Accessibility Act (EAA) is to ensure products and services are accessible to people with disabilities. The EAA achieves this by providing the minimum...
AI and automation
Where the tooling genuinely helps, where it quietly makes things worse, and what still needs a person.
This conversation explores the challenges of writing good alt text and why relying only on AI isn’t enough. Alt text needs to match the purpose of the image and fit the context...
Automated testing tools for accessibility are software applications that evaluate websites, applications, and documents for compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines...
Audits and practice
What an accessibility audit actually involves, and the barriers that turn up in nearly every one of them.
A digital accessibility audit shows how well your product works for people with disabilities and anyone using accessibility tools. Equal Entry’s audit reveals where people get...
Equal Entry audits hundreds of web pages, from retail shopping sites to news aggregators to custom web apps that solve custom problems. We manually navigate your sites with a...
Lived experience
Accessibility described by the people it is for, reporting on what happened when they tried to use the thing.
James Warnken, who is legally blind, shares how his background in digital marketing led him to a career in accessibility. In this conversation, he talks about using social media to...
I came to New York to see my first-ever captioned live Broadway show. I’ve seen captioned movies at the theater. But I had never attended a live show that had captions. Once, I...