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• BADA: Alternative Text

  Register for Be A Digital Ally Session Jay: Okay, Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us to our first ever Knowbility, “Be a Digital Ally.” And today we are covering the topic of alternative text. All right. So first we want to say thank you and welcome. But thank you really …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2022/alternative-text

• Be a Digital Ally: Digital Accessibility Policies and Statements - What, How, Why

  >> Anna Skelley: I'm going to tell you a little bit about   Kevin. Um, he is the development and   operations lead for the web   accessibility initiative at the W3C.   Um, he has also been he was the head of   digital accessibility and user research   in the Scottish …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2023/be-a-digital-ally-digital-accessibility-policies-and-statements-what-how-why

• Be A Digital Ally: How People with Disabilities Access Digital Content

  Melissa Green: Good evening allies and happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day. Today marks the 12th annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day or GAAD. This annual event held every year on the third Thursday in May, aims to get people thinking, talking, and doing, around …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2023/be-a-digital-ally-how-people-with-disabilities-access-digital-content

• Be a Digital Ally: Including People with Disabilities in Usability Testing

  >> Sharron Rush: Welcome to our. Our discussion of usability. How to integrate people with disabilities into your user studies. We're, Jane and I are very excited to present this one to you because we believe that this is a really critical part. Of reaching accessibility …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2023/be-a-digital-ally-including-people-with-disabilities-in-usability-testing

• Be a Digital Ally: Your Website's Toolbox – Content Management Systems and What You Need to Know About Them

  Jay McKay: We'll go ahead and get started then. Hello everyone and welcome to Be A Digital Ally again. It's our favorite time of the month. For us, it really is. We have a great time. Today is a really fun one. I'm super excited to talk about it. This topic is very personal to …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2022/be-a-digital-ally-your-website-s-toolbox-content-management-systems-and-what-you-need-to-know-about-them

• Best Practices for Image Text Alternatives

  During Knowbility’s Images: Alternative Content for Accessibility webinar , there were attendee questions we didn’t have time to answer. Our team of experts answered these overflow questions and we’re sharing them with everyone! Order of Headlines and Images Question: Is there a …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2021/best-practices-for-image-text-alternatives

• Content Management Systems & What You Need to Know

  (Note: This blog post was updated September 3 after receiving additional information about Joomla! accessibility.) Content Management Systems (CMS) play a big role in determining how accessible a website is. Ensuring you choose a CMS which champions accessibility is an important …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2022/content-management-systems-what-you-need-to-know

• Digital Inclusion at SXSW 2025

  ...YOU can help raise accessibility awareness at this iconic tech festival What is Knowbility? An advocate for tech equity, we teach practioners why and how to ensure digital equity, and we engage others in the effort and work to make it so. How does Knowbility promote digital …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2024/digital-inclusion-can-be-bigger-than-ever-at-sxsw-2025-here-s-how-you-can-help

• "Readable," an extension to simplify online reading by rephrasing sentences into fragments, making digital content more accessible.

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2026/high-school-student-in-singapore-develops-readable-a-extension-designed-to-simplify-online-reading-by-rephrasing-complex-sentenc

• Inaugural Be a Digital Ally: Captioning

  Be a Digital Ally: Captioning Register for Be A Digital Ally Session Jay: Okay, Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us to our first ever Knowbility, “Be a Digital Ally.” And today we are covering the topic of alternative text. All right. So first we want to say thank you and …

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

• Be a Digital Ally: Tools and Techniques of a Blind Accessibility Auditor

  Mark Boyden : All right, we're at a minute past the hour, so we're gonna go ahead and get started. You are tuned in to Knowbility's Be a Digital Ally, and today we are doing a presentation on tools and techniques of a blind accessibility auditor. First, a little bit about …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2025/tools-and-techniques-of-a-blind-accessibility-auditor

• What Is It Like to Use a Screen Reader?

  As a communication specialist for Knowbility and a journalism lecturer at Cal State Long Beach, accessibility is not a nice-to-have. Without screen readers that allow me to access information, it’s hard to imagine that I’d hold the professional roles I have today. Yet the …

  https://knowbility.org/blog/2021/what-is-it-like-to-use-a-screen-reader

• Accessibility Internet Rally (AIR)

  After 25+ years, we’re making the biggest structural change to AIR yet. Starting in 2027, the competition runs from January through May, culminating in an awards ceremony at AccessU (our annual accessibility conference) where your work gets the spotlight it deserves. This isn’t …

  https://knowbility.org/programs/air

• Guide for Developer Teams

  What does an AIR team do? Who will our client be? A group of colleagues from the company I work for wants to join together - can we register as a team? I’m not part of a team yet! How do I participate? Do I need to have any particular skills or qualifications? What is the time …

  https://knowbility.org/programs/air/guide-for-developer-teams

• How AIR Works

  Who can participate? Anyone who has an interest in making the digital world more accessible to people with disabilities is welcome to compete. However, the competition is geared toward two specific groups: Nonprofits, artists, musicians, writers and community foundations and …

  https://knowbility.org/programs/air/how-air-works

• Rally Rules

  Overview Welcome to AIR! The rules of the road are summarized below to help you make the most of the AIR experience. We expect teams to take full advantage of the trainers, mentors, and resources provided in order to create highly accessible and usable web sites for artists and …

  https://knowbility.org/programs/air/rally-rules

• Accessibility HelpDesk

  Knowbility’s Accessibility HelpDesk is the perfect solution. Our accessibility experts are available through this service on an hour by hour basis, or you can prepay for multiple hours ahead of time. With this, our team can provide advice and service for a variety of issues and …

  https://knowbility.org/services/help-desk

• Introduction to EPUB

  November 12, 2020 · 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM CT Demystifying EPUB Heard of EPUBs and want to know more about them? Created EPUBs and want to make them more accessible? Join Lisa Snider for a webinar all about EPUBs! Lisa will cover EPUB basics, EPUB standards and EPUB formats. Lisa …

  https://knowbility.org/services/online-training/epub-intro

• Images: Alternative Content for Accessibility

  This webinar is over, but you can email us to purchase the recording . Creating accessible images is both a science and an art. The science reveals when you need alternative text and the techniques to use. The art is crafting alt text that helps screen reader users connect and …

  https://knowbility.org/services/online-training/image-alternatives

• Inclusive Design

  September 3, 2020 · 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM CT Demystifying Inclusive Design Learn how to make Inclusive Design an ongoing concern and integrate it into your daily routines. Find resources and building blocks that guide you through effectively ensuring inclusive design patterns. We …

  https://knowbility.org/services/online-training/inclusive-design