PDF/UA vs WCAG vs Section 508: Which Standard Applies to Your Documents?

PDFUA vs WCAG vs Section 508. which standard applies to your documents.

The email is one sentence long: “Please confirm your documents meet PDF/UA compliance requirements.” You open three browser tabs to figure out what that means, and now you have three answers. One says PDF/UA. One says WCAG. One says Section 508. They all sound official, they all sound mandatory, and nobody explains how they fit […]

What Happens in a Manual Website Accessibility Audit? Our Step-by-Step Process

Manual web accessibility audit step by step process

The owner is usually surprised, because their site had “passed” an automated scan. And that, in one sentence, is why this article exists. If you’re considering an accessibility audit, you deserve to know exactly what you’re buying. So here is our entire website accessibility audit process, step by step, in plain English, what we do, […]

What Is a Tagged PDF? (And Why It Matters)

What Is a Tagged PDF (And Why It Matters)

Imagine handing someone a beautifully printed report, except before you hand it over, you feed it through a shredder, shuffle the strips, and tape them back together in random order. The words are all still there. Good luck reading it. That is what most PDFs are like for someone using a screen reader. The document […]

WCAG 2.2 Website Audit Checklist: A Plain-English Guide

WCAG 2.2 Website Audit Checklist title graphic with a row of green checkboxes on a light background.

Somewhere on your website right now, there is a button someone cannot press. Maybe it is the tiny “X” on a popup that a visitor with shaky hands keeps missing. Maybe it is a login screen asking someone with memory trouble to solve a puzzle before they can pay a bill. Maybe it is a […]

VPAT vs ACR: What They Are and When You Need One

vpat-vs-acr what they are and when do you need one.

VPAT vs ACR, explained in plain English: the VPAT is the blank template, the ACR is the finished accessibility report buyers actually want. Who needs one, what a good one looks like, and how to get one.

Web Accessibility Contrast Checker

Web accessibility contrast checker comparing text and background colors and showing a 7.1-to-1 contrast ratio with an AAA pass.

A good and reliable Web Accessibility Contrast Checker is a very important tool in my accessibility toolbox. A contrast checker is one of the goto tools I use when I am running an accessibility audit or if I’m designing a website. The good news is that there are a ton of contrast ratio checkers available

An Accessibility Object Model for Meaningful Markup

Diagram showing semantic HTML passing through an Accessibility Object Model to produce meaningful roles including heading, navigation, button, and image.

When it comes to web accessibility, meaningful markup is important. It includes semantics for browsers so they know how various things function. Accessibility Object Model suggestions are comprised of ways to incorporate semantics right into JavaScript without markup. This article will address those suggestions and where they currently stand. More than Just HTML In short

What Web Accessibility Means to Our Youth

What Web Accessibility Means to Our Youth

The Digital Generation and the Power of Inclusion We live in a world where our youth are growing up surrounded by technology. From online classrooms to mobile learning apps, from social media communities to digital creativity tools, the internet has become the foundation for how young people learn, connect, and express themselves. For today’s generation, […]

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