Web Accessibility

DOJ Issues Letter Addressing Title II ADA Web Accessibility Regulation

Last week the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that new Title II web accessibility regulation is on its...

Creating Inclusive Communications: 8 Key Tips for Making Your PowerPoint Presentations Accessible for All

Inclusivity is more important than ever when it comes to the way that organizations communicate both online...

Key Findings From Our Danish Pension Funds Benchmark Report

Monsido has analysed the state of Danish pension funds' websites, looking at how they measured up in terms...

Why Color Contrast Should Be a Priority for Your Website

With so many different considerations to manage when it comes to website accessibility, color contrast may...

How to Make Better Website Decisions with Monsido’s Report Center

Do you want to build and maintain a better website experience, but don’t know where to start? Don’t worry,...

Why California’s New Data Privacy Law Matters

On January 1, 2023, the substantive provisions of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) came into effect.

The Colorado Privacy Act and Why It Matters!

In case you hadn’t heard, Colorado Is the latest US state to enact detailed privacy laws. But what is this...

What to Expect from WCAG 2.2

In early 2020, the Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AG WG) announced the First Public working draft...

What Is ADA Website Compliance?

Have ADA rules and regulations got you scratching your head in confusion? Are you in doubt about what being...

Does Web Accessibility Improve SEO?

Anyone interested in having a successful and effective website in 2022 will most likely already have an eye...

5 Common Online Xmas Shopping Challenges for the Visually Impaired

At this time of year, the pressure to get everything ordered and ready in time for the big day can be truly...

7 Tech Tools which Help People With Disabilities Access the Web

If you are not a person with a disability, then you probably take it for granted that you can easily control...

5 Tips for Optimizing Your Consumer Brand Website

These days, it’s simply not enough to have a website that delivers a good product or service.

33 Accessibility Statistics You Need to Know in 2023

Are you interested in the state of web accessibility in 2021? Then look no further. Digital accessibility...

7 Website Content Tips to Enhance Inclusivity for Neurodivergent Visitors

Neurodivergent - it’s one of those terms that you have probably heard at some point, even if you have...

What’s The Future of Cookieless Tracking?

As a higher education institution, your website is hands down your most visited and important digital asset.

US Senators Call Out Federal Government on Accessibility

In the United States, where the public disability rate is estimated at 26% and the aging population is...

5 Ways Higher Ed Websites Can Break Down Barriers and Boost Recruitment

As a higher education institution, your website is hands down your most visited and important digital asset.

Most EU Countries Are Failing to Transpose the European Accessibility Act

The European Accessibility Act (EAA) requires that certain essential products and services, including...

Three First Steps to Improving Your Organization’s Digital Accessibility

These days, it is easier than ever before to access all kinds of information and services online. From work...

The 6 Accessibility Basics Behind 97% of Website Errors

While web accessibility is undeniably an area filled with much complexity and many technical considerations,...

Tips to Improve Your Website and Promote Better Digital Equality

In recent years the subject of digital equity has taken on an increased significance. Following the...

How Website Benchmarking Can Help Boost Your Digital Presence

The internet is an increasingly crowded place, and it can be very difficult to gauge what website content is...

6 Tips To Help You Drive More Website Conversions

In today’s digital landscape, it is not enough to simply have a website. With so much competition out there,...

European Accessibility Act - How to Prepare Your Organization and Where to Start

It’s been some time since the United States adopted web accessibility requirements into their national laws,...

4 Ways to Optimize Your Multi-Language Website

If your business or organization operates in several countries, it's likely that your website is available...

Why You Should Prioritize Mobile Accessibility in 2022

Now more than ever, businesses are focusing on mobile accessibility and creating a more inclusive mobile web...

5 Tips For Optimizing Your Financial Brand Website

For financial institutions, such as banks, credit unions, and the like, the pressure to keep up with website...

Is Your Website Ready For The European Accessibility Act?

From June 28, 2025, businesses, including manufacturers and publishers will only be able to supply the...

Website Accessibility Compliance: What it Looks Like Today and What's to Come

You may have seen that there has been a large focus on digital inclusion since the internet has taken off as...

Breaking Down the U.S. Department of Justice’s New Web Accessibility Guidance

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) recently released an update to its official guidance on web accessibility...

A Look at the Legal Landscape of Web Accessibility Compliance

The number of lawsuits filed against companies for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act’s (ADA) /...

Get To Know Assistive Technology: What It Is and How It Helps

What is assistive technology? How does it work? And, more importantly, how can it help people access your...

IAAP Positioning Statement and Recommendations on Accessibility Overlay Tools

Accessibility overlays are applications and coding that claim to detect web accessibility issues and bring...

Structure Your Web Accessibility Dream Team for Success

Does your team get lost in a long accessibility checklist and struggle to get a simple overview on who is...

15 Ways to Improve Web Accessibility

By taking these 15 steps to improve web accessibility, your website will be more accessible to a broader...

Another AODA Deadline? 3 Essentials To Get Your Organization Prepared

To make sure your organization is ready for the AODA's next deadline, learn about the essentials to equip...

10 Best Web Accessibility Testing Tools (Free & Paid) for 2021

You may already know that website accessibility is important, but how do you know if your website is...

12 Common Web Accessibility Issues for the Visually Impaired

It's common knowledge now that web accessibility is a basic human right. Besides opening your website to a...

Do Websites Have to Be ADA Compliant? For now, yes.

The Americans With Disabilities Act, Title III, requires businesses that are open to the public to make...

Section 508 Compliance Testing: Overview and Checklist

The concept of website accessibility is ever-evolving, as new types of technology emerge. An example of that...

The First Look At WCAG 3.0 Is Here!

The World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) has now published the first public...

Website Accessibility Testing: How to Offer the Best User Experience

Developers and designers are accustomed to testing the functionality of websites and applications they...

How to Create an AODA Web Accessibility Plan

As part of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, organizations should, besides the...

How Monsido can be used with Project Management Tools

The shift to remote work has increased the need for online collaboration tools such as workflow managers,...

Why PDF Accessibility Is Important For Higher Education

Every student has an equal right to access higher education and training. Technology has a significant...

PDF Accessibility: Everything You Need to Know to Create Accessible PDFs

What is an accessible PDF? It’s a PDF document that allows people with disabilities and vision impairments...

7 Accessibility Issues You Probably Have on Your Site Right Now

Accessibility and inclusive design is the latest buzzword in web design, but the actual matter encompasses a...

WordPress ADA Compliance: Simple 8-Step Guide (Including Plugins)

Did you know that failure to comply with ADA could result in a six-figure fine? All websites, including...

What is Digital Accessibility (& Why Is It Important)?

Web and mobile app designers focus heavily on the visual impact they’re creating, ensuring it’s optimized...

Compliance Sheriff Announces End of Life - Monsido Offers Alternative

At the end of February 2021, Compliance Sheriff®, a web accessibility solution owned by Appgate, made an End...

Accessibility Overlays Are Not Enough

With the increasing awareness of the need for an accessible digital presence, businesses are struggling to...

How to Build a Section 508 Technology Accessibility Program

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act 1973 is a federal law that requires the information and communication...

Preparing for the Upcoming AODA Web Compliance Deadlines

By now, organizations in Ontario, Canada should be well acquainted with the Accessibility for Ontarians with...

Don’t Forget the Documents - Why Accessible Web Content is More Than just HTML

Why you need a strategy to ensure that your PDF documents are as accessible as the rest of your website.

4 Essential Features Of Social Media Accessibility

No social media channel is one hundred percent accessible due to limitations on the actual platforms. You...

How To Write Good Alt Text and Why It Matters

“Alt text” or “alternative text” (sometimes known as “alt tags”) is, in its basic form, any text...

Readability: How to Write Content That Everyone Can Read

You may think you write great copy, but that goes nowhere if it’s too complex for some readers to comprehend.

Web Accessibility and SEO - How They Are Interrelated

Web accessibility and SEO are mutually beneficial and interrelate in many areas. Both are machine-readable....

Web Accessibility for Hearing Impairments

Using the web requires certain physical, visual, and cognitive efforts, so it is a common assumption that...

The Easiest and Quickest Ways to Improve Your Web Accessibility

Are you wondering how to handle web accessibility and are concerned about time?

Web Accessibility in Canada: An Overview

As a country, Canada has done well with implementing inclusivity into its society and accommodating for...

Tips for Making Your Content and Website Design More Accessible

When you are planning your business's digital marketing and website design, be inclusive and make your...

Web and PDF Accessibility Made Easy for Government Web Professionals

SAN DIEGO and ARLINGTON, Va., September 12, 2019 (Newswire.com) - ​​​​​​​Monsido, a leader in web governance...

Everything You Need to Know About the EU Web Accessibility Directive

As the deadline for the first adoption phase of the EU Web Accessibility Directive draws closer (September...

Introducing PageCorrect: Your Tool for Easier Web Accessibility & Quality Assurance

PageCorrect is a revolutionary tool that allows you to immediately address quality assurance and...

Readability Tips: How to Make Your Content Understandable

Improving readability also means improving your site's SEO, usability, & conversion rates. Read on to find...

A Guide to Web Accessibility in the US

You've decided to make your website accessible to people with disabilities. Now what? The first thing you...

What to Do If You Receive an ADA Web Accessibility Demand Letter

2019 saw a flood of web accessibility lawsuits, with over 2000 new cases filed in federal court on grounds...

Tips to Protect Website from Accessibility Lawsuit

If you’ve been paying attention to web accessibility lawsuits – such as the lawsuit filed against Harvard...

Web Accessibility for Visual Impairments

When people think of web accessibility, they usually think of making websites for blind individuals using...

Is Your Website At Risk of an Accessibility Lawsuit?

In 2015, The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) filed a class action lawsuit against Harvard University...

Making an Accessible Website for Users with Physical Disabilities

When talking about web accessibility, it is often blind individuals with screen readers who come to mind....

Spreading Awareness of Global Accessibility Awareness Day

Since the online community began recognizing the need for accessibility, web designers, tech companies,...

How to Make a Web Accessibility Strategy

Whether you want to improve your website accessibility because of legal reasons, to expand reach, or simply...

6 Misconceptions about Web Accessibility

Even though web accessibility isn’t a new concept, there hasn’t been much discourse about it over the years...

Web Accessibility for Cognitive and Neurological Impairments

Of all of the types of disabilities which must be considered for web accessibility, neurological and...

What is Web Accessibility and Why It Matters for Your Website

When you go to the doctor’s office or a government building, you will find wheelchair ramps at the entrance...

Content Optimization: Satisfy Search Engines and Users

In 1996, Bill Gates wrote an article called “Content is King.” He outlines some interesting ideas, like that...

Better Overview with “Pages with errors” Section

Today we have launched a new report in Monsido. The section “Pages with errors" is a complete list of all...