VPATs and Accessibility Conformance Reports
A VPAT documents accessibility, while the resulting ACR report shows how easily people with disabilities can use an ICT product or service.
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Vaccine Registration Websites: Inaccessible to the Blind
"A national emergency does not exempt federal, state, and local governments from providing equal access," wrote Mark Riccobono, president of the National Federation of the Blind , in a letter to the U.S. Health…
Accessibility Up in The House
Look at the two images below. Both are the footer section of the White House website. The first one is dated Jan. 15, 2021. The second one, Jan. 25, 2021. Putting the obvious difference in the look and feel aside, what…
Tag! You're It!
Tagging a PDF explained. To most users, PDFs seem to work fine just the way they are. They look great, print well, and look the same no matter the device. But, a PDF that's not tagged correctly is not accessible to users with assistive technology.
The Problem with Overlays
What Is an Overlay? According to Dictionary.com, an overlay is: noun something laid over something else; covering. a layer or decoration of something applied: an overlay of gold. Accessibility overlays are very similar…
Make A Statement!
An accessibility statement is a public communication that reflects your organization’s policies, standards, methods, and goals related to the accessibility of your web content, web and mobile applications, and…
New year, new website, new feature!
Happy new year! We’re excited to announce that we’ve rolled out our new website . Most of you probably know the work that goes into a website redesign! We can’t deny that we did feel additional pressure being a web…
Personas and Designing for Accessibility
'Persona' Defined A persona is defined as "a single representation of a cluster of target users who represent similar behaviors, goals and motivations." ~ © Nielsen Norman Group More simply put, personas are…
Manual Testing - It's in Your Hands
Today’s websites and web apps can be very complex. Many consists of 1000s of code lines, multiple user interactions, custom color palettes, and video and audio content. Automated quality assurance tools, such as DubBot,…
Color Me Accessible - Seeing Red
Color blindness encompasses a large number of causes and conditions, and it's complicated and complex. Wait! Come back! I promise I won’t be talking about cones and rods...whew! When we talk about color blindness, we…
Helping Disabilities and Work, Work Together
One might wonder what digital accessibility has to do with the 75th observance of the National Disability Employment Awareness Month. According to Jennifer Sheehy, Deputy Asst. Secretary of Labor for Disability…
The Dreaded 404: Don't Leave Them Wanting More
What’s the difference between 404 and 301? Simply put, an HTTP 404 status code indicates that your browser cannot find the page requested, “File Not Found.” When a user requests a nonexistent webpage, you should return…
Color Me Accessible: Contrast
When you utilize proper color contrast within websites, you are not only creating the visual design of your content to be inclusive and accessible to users with different visual abilities but you are likely making your content easier to read and navigate for all of your users.
Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2020
Today marks the ninth annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day
DubBot provides continuous monitoring and quality checks
While priorities, resources, and timelines have shifted significantly over the past month, there is still a need to continue to iterate and improve website accessibility, user experience, and overall content…
Best Practices for SEO in Website Content
Not all website content is created equal! In this post, we outline the recommended best practices for SEO.
What DubBot is doing to help users tasked with managing websites during the Coronavirus
Flexible hours, flexible meeting times, and the creation of custom checks to ensure users' messaging is accurate.
For Testing Purposes Only: GAAD 2026 - Content Creators Testing Page
Welcome to the GAAD 2026 Content Creators Web Page Section One Why Accessibility Matters The objective of this technique is to ensure that sections have headings that identify them. Success Criterion 1.3.1 Info and…
An Introduction to SEO and Why It's Important
Part one of a three-part blog is intended to make SEO a more approachable topic for marketers tasked with website marketing.
DubBot 2019 Highlights
From onboarding users in the Financial / Retail industry to improved accessibility reports to sponsoring 3 higher education conferences, DubBot had a busy 2019!
