Accessibility work that goes beyond compliance
Whether you want to start with a solid foundation, or update an existing product, having an accessible experience is fundamental. Let's chat about how we can help you understand the current state of your accessibility support, opportunities for improvement, guidance towards strengthening your process, and how to best make solutions that work for everyone, regardless of their device or ability.
Let’s talk about your Accessibility project
Auditing and remediation
Get actionable next steps for accessibility improvements
Our team will take a look through the existing product. They’ll document findings, have suggestions for steps forward, and help your team implement updates. Our audits cover:
- Severity, scope, and priority of impact
- Applicable Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Criterion
- Real-world examples of how issues affects your users
- Suggested fixes
“It was an absolute delight to work with thoughtbot over the five-month project. They've left us with not only a more accessible product but an abundance of examples to draw from and components to reuse as we build future HEY features.
Quality and Accessibility Lead, Basecamp/HEY
Inclusive Design guidance
Make your product work for the full range of human diversity
Considering permanent and temporary disabilities, circumstance, and underlying biases makes for stronger, more successful products. Our team can help you work through your assumptions to identify oversight and risk.
“Thanks to the thoughtbot team, we were able to improve not only the functionality and design of our product, but the accessibility as well. It was really wonderful to be able to work with developers who had the same passion for that as we do.
Front End Developer, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Accessibility and inclusive design
Check out our checklist
Not sure how accessible your product is? Our checklist is a great starting point, and provides links to resources to help you along your way.
“Accessibility is a way to look at the world, not a problem to be solved. As web professionals, it is our job, and our privilege to ensure that the experiences we deliver are equivalent.
Designer, thoughtbot
More on our Blog
Check out our perspective on accessibility on our blog
Navigating the European Accessibility Act
Understanding new regulations, assessing your solution, and outlining remediation efforts can be an overwhelming. This resource shares suggestions for compliance.
New web accessibility ruling in the U.S.
The new regulations set out to ensure that web and mobile applications are accessible to people with disabilities. This blog helps you understand where to take action.
Stop aiming for compliance: Craft a better product strategy instead
With new legislation, you may be figuring out how to fit accessibility into your roadmap. Here are 5 actionable ways to integrate compliance into your ongoing strategy.
Alt vs Figcaption
While both the alt attribute and the figcaption element provide a way to describe images, the way we write for them is different. alt descriptions should be functional; figcaption descriptions should be editorial or illustrative.
Accessibility Testing on Android
Programming an accessible Android app is not technically difficult, but is often skipped in the rush of a deadline. With the right tools, skipping accessibility is a compromise you don’t have to make.
Improving the usability and accessibility of a healthcare website by being mindful of reading level
Improving the reading level is often overlooked or downplayed as unglamorous work. Yet it is one of the most effective things you can do to make a product more usable.
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