Sharron Rush is the award-winning co-founder and Executive Director of Knowbility, nonprofit advocacy, consulting, and training company based in Austin, Texas. Since 1998, Sharron has been a leader in raising awareness and skills around the issue of access to technology for people with disabilities. How did you get your start in accessibility? In the mid-1990s, […]
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The Oculus Developer Blog has published a post in November called Introducing the Accessibility VRCs. These nine Virtual Reality Checks (VRC) are a set of technical recommendations designed to help developers create more accessible software for the Quest and Rift platforms. It is a good sign when a prominent tech company like Facebook begins to […]
Dr. Joel Snyder is President of Audio Description Associates, LLC and Director of the Audio Description Project, American Council of the Blind. One of the first audio describers, Snyder is a true pioneer in the audio description field. He’s won many awards including the 2014 Vernon Henley Media Award for promoting and furthering the availability […]
Q&A With Meryl Evans, Digital Marketing Expert
Oct 28, 2020Meryl K. Evans is a Digital Marketing Pro, and author of Brilliant Outlook Pocketbook and the co-author of Adapting to Web Standards: CSS and Ajax for Big Sites. How did you get your start in accessibility? You could say I was born into it! I entered this world profoundly deaf or as I call it […]
Q&A With Sarah Pulis, Co-Founder, Intopia
Sep 30, 2020Sarah Pulis has worked in digital accessibility and inclusive design for over 10 years. She co-founded Intopia over 4 years ago which is now the largest digital accessibility consultancy in Australia and New Zealand. How did you get your start in accessibility? My accessibility “ah-ha” moment happened in 2003. I was at a conference, and […]
On July 16, 2020, Accessibility VR hosted a Meetup entitled “From Hack to Product Feature – How to Leverage R&D at Work Through Hackathons.” Presenter Roland Dubois, Lead Product Designer at Virtual Facility, outlined how product teams in companies can take advantage of the hackathon ecosystem to incorporate XR technology and exploratory concepts into their […]
August 27, 2020, Accessibility VR hosted a Meetup entitled “The Way for the VR World : FOR EVERYONE!” Presenter Nicolas Perret, 3dRudder Senior Principal Software Engineer, outlined a new technology from France that allows you to interact in the virtual world using your feet instead of your hands. This technology is very exciting to consider […]
Bill Curtis-Davidson is a Senior Consultant – Emerging Tech Accessibility at Wheelhouse Group, supporting PEAT’s Future of Work Initiative. In this role, he works to advance accessible emerging technologies to increase the employment of underrepresented populations, including people with disabilities. How did you get your start in accessibility? I began my accessibility journey around 1996 […]
On June 9, 2020, Chicago Digital Accessibility and Inclusive Design hosted a Meetup entitled Professional Testers with Disabilities. Presenter Heather Burns, an Accessibility Consultant at Equal Entry, described how she works collaboratively and remotely with people with disabilities. Presenter John Samuel, the Chief Innovation Architect from LCI Tech explained how he is creating new opportunities […]
On June 18, 2020, Accessibility VR hosted a Meetup entitled Ideas for A11y Programs in XR Tech Companies. Presenter Bill Curtis-Davidson, former Sr. Manager of Accessibility at Magic Leap and current Sr. Consultant for Emerging Technology Accessibility at the Wheelhouse Group, outlined how XR technology companies can put in place accessibility programs to help make […]