How did Thomas Logan get started in accessibility? It all started in 2002 when he was a student at the University of North Carolina. There, he met Jason Morris, a graduate student at UNC. Jason needed access to the ancient maps as part of his work toward a degree in the Classics Department. Jason couldn’t […]
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Equal Entry conducts many audits. In doing the work, we make suggestions on how to make something accessible and improve the user experience. We want to share what we’ve discovered in our work to help people understand accessibility guidelines better. We’ll share them here. This one is about context-sensitive text alternatives. Many people think that […]
AccessAbility Officer has a job readiness training program designed for non-sighted vocational rehabilitation customers who want to be digital accessibility testers. Students undergo 13.5 weeks of remote training. Each cohort is small and limited to four to 10 students. As they work through the program, they’ll do real-world projects with private and public sector clients. […]
In virtual reality (VR), users can look around and interact with 3D objects inside a virtual world by wearing a headset and holding two hand controllers. Often, you have to physically turn your head to enjoy various experiences. However, not everyone can physically move their head. With snap turning, users can use their hand controller […]
AI for Accessibility: Opportunities and Challenges
Mar 28, 2023Links to all resources mentioned in this article are listed at the end of the page. Shari Trewin started with a story about captions. In 2020, she was one of the accessibility chairs of a large virtual conference. And they had a dedicated human captioner live transcribing the sessions in a separate live feed. During […]
Technology solutions often overlook children and seniors. So, Equal Entry worked with VRTogether and Azalee Group to design a user study to understand how children and seniors can connect in a virtual reality (VR) world. In the study, participants play games, travel the world, and connect with others. VRTogether is a virtual reality social games […]
Equal Entry held a user research study on virtual reality accessibility for blind users in New York City. This involved nine participants who commuted from their homes to the NYU Ability Project in Brooklyn. It turned out that several could not find their way to the building. First, we sent the following to the participants: […]
Breaking into Digital Accessibility Careers, Part 2
Jan 17, 2023In case you missed it, here is the recap on the First Steps to Breaking into Digital Accessibility Careers. How do I become an accessibility-focused (fill in the blank)? Louise Clark sets out to answer this question. She shares resources to get you on the path toward a digital accessibility career. The place to start […]
Here’s What Happened at the First A11yTokyo
Jan 6, 2023Accessibility Tokyo known as A11yTokyo is now active! A11yTokyo is a collaboration between Equal Entry and Infoaxia. Although the first Meetup was online, the monthly Meetup will be hosted in Tokyo, Japan as well as online. The team is working to ensure the online and in-person Meetup is accessible to everyone in both English and […]
Top 10 Accessibility News of 2022
Dec 22, 2022We scoured the many news announcements to find the most talked about accessibility news of 2022. We made a list. Checked it twice. Put it all into a form for you to decide. Here are the top 10 accessibility news of 2022 starting with No. 10. 10. Voting accessibility during the midterm elections People with […]