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June 15, 2019 Deadline for digital accessibility in India

The Right to Persons With Disabilities Act (RPWD Act) is passed in the parliament during 2016. The New law was replaced by The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995. The new law provides a better clarity on digital accessibility, the organizations that are required to abide by the […]

White Paper – Mobile Accessibility – Common Problems & The Way Ahead

The White paper – mobile accessibility common problems and the way ahead is the outcome of the survey Maxability did earlier this year. With the increase in mobile usage and the apps we depend day in and day out, it is apparent that mobile applications must be usable by everyone regardless of their disability. During […]

2.1.4 Character Key Shortcuts – WCAG 2.1 – Level A

If a keyboard shortcut is implemented in content using only letter (including upper- and lower-case letters), punctuation, number, or symbol characters, then at least one of the following is true: Turn off: A mechanism is available to turn the shortcut off; Remap: A mechanism is available to remap the shortcut to use one or more […]

Maxability Webinar – Deconstructing UX Design for Accessibility

Maxability is ready with the next webinar for the year ‘Deconstructing UX Design for Accessibility’. May because of Global Accessibility Awareness Day all the accessibility enthusiast’s were busy, so we have to move our webinar to June. This time gave us an opportunity to bring in a very interesting topic with even more experienced and […]

Global Accessibility Awareness Day GAAD 2019

The 8th edition of Global Accessibility Awareness Day GAAD 2019 is on May 16th, 2019. Global accessibility awareness day GAAD is marked on third Thursday of May every year. It’s interesting to see the world talking about accessibility and experiencing the problems arising due to inaccessible digital content, and software products. GAAD is also an […]

Top 7 ARIA tips for Developers

Accessible Rich Internet Applications, widely known as WAI ARIA or just ARIA is a W3C specification to build accessible next generation web technologies. Knowledge of ARIA and its usage is highly increased in modern websites and applications. However, many developers have limited knowledge on the right way of usage. This short article gives ARIA tips […]

1.4.13: Content on Hover or Focus

Where receiving and then removing pointer hover or keyboard focus triggers additional content to become visible and then hidden, the following are true: (Level AA) Dismissible: A mechanism is available to dismiss the additional content without moving pointer hover or keyboard focus, unless the additional content communicates an input error or does not obscure or […]

NVDA 2019.1 is released, Download and What’s new

NVDA the free Windows screen reader by NVAccess released the next and first version for 2019 i.e. NVDA 2019.1. The release includes few new features, bug fixes and developer enhancements. What’s new in NVDA 2019.1? Highlights of this release include performance improvements when accessing both Microsoft word and Excel, stability and security improvements such as […]

Mobile Accessibility User Survey

Mobile accessibility user survey aims at collecting the experiences and preferences of users with disabilities who use mobile devices for their day to day activities. Mobile apps have a vital role in lives of people in this 21st century. From checking your emails, booking travel, managing your activities, social media, reading news, paying utility bills […]

1.4.12 Text Spacing

In content implemented using markup languages that support the following text style properties, no loss of content or functionality occurs by setting all of the following and by changing no other style property: Line height (line spacing) to at least 1.5 times the font size; Spacing following paragraphs to at least 2 times the font […]

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