https://www.olark.com/global-accessibility-awareness-day/ Recent content in Join Olark in taking the pledge to improve web accessibility in 2021 on Olark Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us https://www.olark.com/global-accessibility-awareness-day/other/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.olark.com/global-accessibility-awareness-day/other/ Attend a GAAD Event: GAAD has sourced some pretty awesome programming across all levels of accessibility awareness. Take a look at their schedule and pick a topic you’d love to learn more about. ...Or host your own: Do you have accessibility expertise to share? Or maybe just want to create an accountability group with others? Host your own event this GAAD or start working on your talk for 2022. https://www.olark.com/global-accessibility-awareness-day/customer-experience/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.olark.com/global-accessibility-awareness-day/customer-experience/ Contact customer service using a screen reader Without an accessible website, people with disabilities may have trouble getting in touch. Use a screen reader tool to simulate their experience and test common support actions. You might find out quickly why accessibility bugs are under-reported. Organize accessibility complaints Your team probably has a folder or helpdesk tagging system for keeping track of important customer issues. Do you have a plan for how you can classify and easily share previous conversations involving accessibility? https://www.olark.com/global-accessibility-awareness-day/designer/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.olark.com/global-accessibility-awareness-day/designer/ Audit your site images for critical text Images that embed key text in a .jpg/.png or PDF are invisible to people who rely on screen readers. You can fix these and train your fellow designers to avoid this problem. Yale's guidance to making images accessible Be the first to call for change Designers may be one of the most important players in web accessibility because so many projects kick off in your hands. https://www.olark.com/global-accessibility-awareness-day/developer/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.olark.com/global-accessibility-awareness-day/developer/ Add accessibility to your next sprint In < 5 minutes, you can run W.A.V.E. (or similar) for free and catch the most common accessibility issues and request time to fix those flags in an upcoming sprint. Fix your W.A.V.E. flags - WebAIM's Chrome Extension Install some handy a11y tools There are tons of free, open-source tools available to help you identify and coorrect accessibility issues before they get shipped. https://www.olark.com/global-accessibility-awareness-day/founder-executive/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.olark.com/global-accessibility-awareness-day/founder-executive/ Hire an expert Getting usability feedback from people with disabilities is the best way to make things they can actually use. In 2021, support your team’s accessibility goals by hiring experts who can find blockers on your site. Find Accessibility Partners Take the pledge & invite your team Take the GAAD pledge with us by filling out the form below. When you’re done, email or slack your team and encourage them to find ways they can improve your company's accessibility in 2021. https://www.olark.com/global-accessibility-awareness-day/investor/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.olark.com/global-accessibility-awareness-day/investor/ Call on your portfolio companies Use your capital influence to drive change. Ask your portfolio companies what support they need to make their tech more accessible and call on them to take the pledge with you by sharing this page. Find Accessibility Partners Do your accessibility diligence As you’re evaluating startups to invest in, add an accessibility audit or free W.A.V.E. screening into your diligence process. Investing in accessible startups delivers many perks (like better SEO! https://www.olark.com/global-accessibility-awareness-day/marketer/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.olark.com/global-accessibility-awareness-day/marketer/ Add captions to your videos Captions are essential for hard-of-hearing viewers. YouTube and Instagram will allow you to turn captions on by default. If you have a podcast or other audio files, make transcripts available for users who are hard-of-hearing. YouTube caption settings New: Captions for Instagram Stories Check your CTAs Are your button and text colors high contrast? Are they readable by people who have color vision deficiency? https://www.olark.com/global-accessibility-awareness-day/success/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.olark.com/global-accessibility-awareness-day/success/