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• So, You Want to be a Digital Accessibility Specialist

  I’m sure you’re familiar with the age-old small talk conversation topic, “What do you do?” When I'm asked this question, I always take the opportunity to talk about digital accessibility and its importance, as well as how it’s not enough of a priority for many organizations. My …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2023/so-you-want-to-be-a-digital-accessibility-specialist

• Be A Digital Ally

  Upcoming Session - September Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) What it is, Why you need it, and How it works Digital accessibility is now a legal requirement for federal and local government, K12 and higher education institutions, and many businesses. Digital product owners …

  https://knowbility.org/programs/be-a-digital-ally

• Be A Digital Ally: Styles and Style Guides

  Jay McKay: Good evening, everyone. Welcome to Be A Digital Ally. Today, this month for November, we're going to be doing styles and style guides. Welcome. Welcome. We have some slides available for you if you are interested. I'm going to go ahead and put those in the chat again …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2022/be-a-digital-ally-styles-and-style-guides

• Hands on Training Accessibility Testing

  April 2, 2020 · 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM CT More users, easier to maintain code, and support accessibility requirements Testing for web accessibility can feel daunting when you aren’t used to it. But with the growing requirements for sites to meet accessibility guidelines, it has …

  https://knowbility.org/services/online-training/hands-on-training-accessibility-testing

• A Chat with Herin Hentry

  Anthony Vasquez: Let me just start. I mean, thank you again for your time. Why don't you give us just a quick introduction of yourself, and how you became involved in our Accessibility Internet Rally. Herin Hentry: Oh, thank you, Anthony. Quick introduction of myself. How I want …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2022/a-chat-with-herin-hentry

• Accessibility Statement

  As a nonprofit mission driven organization, we have worked for more than 25 years to build vibrant community around the powerful idea that technology must be designed and developed to be available and usable by all people, regardless of disability. In that spirit, we pursue the …

  https://knowbility.org/about/accessibility-statement

• Be a Digital Ally: Captioning

  Be a Digital Ally: Captioning Jay McKay:   Hello, and welcome to Knowbility's Be a Digital Ally. So thank you all of our digital allies for returning and for those of you that will be catching this recording, we hope you're doing well. Today, we are covering video captioning. We …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2022/be-a-digital-ally-captioning

• Be a Digital Ally: Visual Descriptions Pt. 1

  Be a Digital Ally: Captioning Jay McKay:   Hello, and welcome to Knowbility's Be a Digital Ally. So thank you all of our digital allies for returning and for those of you that will be catching this recording, we hope you're doing well. Today, we are covering video captioning. We …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2022/be-a-digital-ally-visual-description-pt-1

• Be a Digital Ally: Visual Descriptions Part 2

  Be a Digital Ally: Captioning Jay McKay:   Hello, and welcome to Knowbility's Be a Digital Ally. So thank you all of our digital allies for returning and for those of you that will be catching this recording, we hope you're doing well. Today, we are covering video captioning. We …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2022/be-a-digital-ally-visual-descriptions-part-2

• W3C WAI Interactive Update

  July 23, 2020 · 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM CT Learn about… WCAG 2.2 and the next generation of accessibility guidelines (previously referred to as “Silver”) real-time communications (RTC), virtual or immersive environments (VR, XR), pronunciation, and personalization improving …

  https://knowbility.org/services/online-training/w3c-wai-interactive-update

• Be a Digital Ally: Accessibility Snapshots

  Sharron Rush: So hello and welcome. Thanks for joining us for Knowbility's monthly Be a Digital Ally series. This month, we're really pleased to be doing these accessibility snapshots. Becky Gibson and Thomas Watkins are here. They're two of our most most skilled and …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2025/be-a-digital-ally-accessibility-snapshots

• Be A Digital Ally: Helping Others Today Could Shape Your Own Tomorrow

  Susan Hewitt : Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the March edition of our Be a Digital Ally series. I'm Susan Hewitt, and I'm a member of Knowbility's accessibility services team. Sorry. Look at the wrong screen here. And so I'm your host for this evening. So during …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2025/be-a-digital-ally-helping-others-today-could-shape-your-own-tomorrow

• Be a Digital Ally: Visual Information Pt. 2

  Be a Digital Ally: Visual Information Pt. 2 Jessica "Jay" MCKAY: All right, let's go ahead and get started. Hello everyone. Good evening, good morning, good afternoon from wherever you are. Welcome from,  Well, I'm in rainy Alabama right now, but Erica's over in very, very sunny …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2022/be-a-digital-ally-visual-information-pt-2

• Tech Tips: The Myth of JavaScript Accessibility

  Developing software is a precise process. Websites, mobile apps, you name it – you have to know the rules of the language, rules of the framework, all the minutiae. Naturally, when it comes to accessibility (a11y), engineers tend to apply what they already know – learn how to do …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2022/the-myth-of-javascript-accessibility

• A Call for Nonprofits to Improve Web Accessibility

  The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020 brought about a dramatic shift in how we learn, do business, and even relax. As online-only approaches became the way of life for many, the need to create and maintain accessible experiences became more important. The role of …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2021/a-call-for-nonprofits-to-improve-web-accessibility

• Be a Digital Ally: Accessibility is in Style – Styles & Style Guides

  Knowbility's  Be A Digital Ally  series covers basic skills and principles of accessible digital design. In this post, Digital Accessibility Specialist Melissa Green discusses styles and style guides in advance of our November "Be a Digital Ally" session on the topic, November …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2022/accessibilityisinstyle-stylesandstyleguides

• AIR 2022 Rally Checkpoint

  Jay: Hello, good evening, good morning, good afternoon, depending where you are or when you watch this recording that we'll put out for everybody later. But welcome to the Accessibility Internet Rally of 2022. We are at the rally checkpoint. So that means we are officially at …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2022/air-2022-rally-checkpoint

• Be a Digital Ally: Descriptive Links and Plain Language

  YouTube link to full session of Be A Digital Ally: Descriptive Links and Plain Language Jay McKay: All right. Hello, everyone. Good evening. Welcome to Knowbility's Be A Digital Ally. Today, we are going to be talking about descriptive links and plain language. If you're just …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2022/descriptive-links-and-plain-language

• ToolKit Tuesday: Creating Accessible Course Content

  >> Jay McKay: Hello. Good afternoon everyone. Welcome to another Toolkit Tuesday. I am Jay McKay. I'm Director of Community Programs here at Knowbility and welcome to Creating Accessible Course Content. We do have some slides for you today. They are available through a …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2023/toolkit-tuesday-creating-accessible-course-content

• Web Accessibility AMA

  Jay McKay:  Welcome welcome to our Accessibility Office Hours! This is Jessica McKay, or Jay Mckay, the Director of Community Programs with Knowbility and we welcome you to our very special Web Accessibility: Ask Me Anything with Eric Eggert. So we are thrilled to be here. …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2021/web-accessibility-ama