The year of the European Accessibility Act - 1-2025
The year 2025 is all about the European Accessibility Act. In less than six months, online shops and online banking must be barrier-free. An exciting time for accessibility consultants: In fact, no one dares to predict what accessibility will look like the day after, on June 29, 2025. If we were in England, betting shops would make a lot of money from the topic.
Good news of the month
Electronic Arts has filed several patents for barrier-free gaming. These patents can be used by other providers free of charge.
EA adds more tech patents to its accessibility programA guide explains the rights you have as a disabled EU citizen.
My Rights in the EU as a person with disabilitiesGoogle brings emotion to subtitles: They should not only show what was said, but also how it was said.
Android’s Expressive Captions uses AI to bring emotion to captionsThe Business Disability Forum offers eligible people free use of realistic images on the subject of disability.
Image galleryThe US city of Baltimore is investing $44 million to make sidewalks more accessible.
Baltimore City to invest $44 million to make sidewalks more accessible,The free Eyeware app allows the simulation of various visual impairments.
EyewareMore good news from Deque.
Accessibility reads: Thursday, October 10 | DequeInteresting posts
The WAI has released a new draft of WCAG 3.0 for comment. However, it is clear that there is still a long way to go before the final publication.
W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0A guide is intended to make the topic of accessibility more understandable for people in management.
Introducing the Leader’s Guide to AccessibilityAn accessibility quiz helps to combat boredom on cold evenings.
Accessibility Quiz [Beta]Software as a Service (SAAS) is playing a growing role. A toolkit is intended to help implement them in a barrier-free manner.
SAAS ACCESSIBILITY TOOLKITTechCheck is a collection of information to make workplaces barrier-free.
TechCheckA study shows that the accessibility of scientific papers in PDF format is worsening.
Accessibility worsens for blind and low-vision readers of academic PDFsA directory collects research on the topic of digital inclusion.
Digital Equity Researcher InventoryIn a current analysis, Deque shows how expensive and time-consuming it is to only take accessibility into account retrospectively.
Doing the numbers: Digital accessibility and shifting leftA study shows that disabled people are heavily stigmatized in workplace negotiations.
Research: The Stigma Disabled People Face During NegotiationsMore articles
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- The Complete Guide to ARIA Live Regions for Developers
- The Myth of ‘Accessible Components and Done’
- How to Test JavaScript for Accessibility Compliance
- Disability Inclusion @ Work 2024: A Global Outlook
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