TOTHOMweb has established a strategic alliance with Deque, an international reference in digital accessibility, to integrate their tools into team workflows. The combination of automated, semi-automated and manual testing enables broader and more thorough coverage of digital projects.
World Design Day is on April 27th. Accessible and attractive design are compatible: minimum 4.5:1 contrast for text, not relying solely on colour, consistent navigation, legible typefaces and distinguished links. Accessible design also improves SEO, usability and brand image.
October 1st is the International Day of Older Persons. 44% of people over 65 use social media. Retirees own an average of 3 electronic devices. Following WCAG 2.1 ensures websites are accessible to older people who gradually lose visual, auditory and motor capabilities over time.
TOTHOMweb participated in the 7th Senior Programmes Meeting of the Red Vives network (University of Girona). David Sabaté addressed universal accessibility, technological solutions to improve the quality of life of older people and innovation projects in senior learning.
The Spanish Senate accepted a bill to regulate cognitive accessibility. TOTHOMweb welcomes this progress. WCAG 2.1 and the Easy Read standard UNE 153101:2018 already include easy-read criteria, including criterion 1.4.12 on text spacing, to improve cognitive accessibility in websites.
Albinism causes low vision and requires websites with sufficient contrast, scalable fonts, visible keyboard focus and no flashing content. In many parts of the world, people with albinism also face discrimination and dangerous superstitions. The UN approved specific protection measures in 2013.
During COVID-19, TOTHOMweb voluntarily made the Canal Salut (Catalan Health Channel) PDF documents accessible. These files contain coronavirus recommendations and protocols, now accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities who rely on assistive technologies.
Smartphones include screen readers (VoiceOver on Apple, TalkBack on Android) that enable people with disabilities to use apps. TOTHOMweb evaluates mobile app accessibility to meet legal requirements, which became mandatory for the public sector from June 2021.
Twitter implemented accessible image descriptions for people with visual impairments. The article explains how to enable image description writing on twitter.com and how to add them to tweets, with a limit of 420 characters per description.
