Accessibility matters Some time ago I wrote a post explaining why people should care about accessibility. One of the reasons I gave is that it is simply the right thing to do. And I haven't moved from that position. Wanting to provide the best digital ...
EyeMine provides a way to play Minecraft with your eyes
Accessibility is about user experience At its core, Accessibility is about user experience - making digital experiences usable by as many people as possible regardless of ability. Conversations around accessibility usually drift to web site content and ...
7 things you can do to make your Power BI dashboards more accessibly compliant
When I've talked to other people about accessibility compliance and digital content, usually the conversation goes to web sites and applications. Sometimes people will bring up Office apps, and very rarely PDFs are mentioned. Something that just never ...
Do’s and don’ts of accessibility: simple best practices to remember
iSoftStone's Accessibility Do's and Don'ts series is our effort to raise awareness to building and creating digital content in a way that's usable for everyone. The content that was presented in this series, while simplistic, aimed to help people think ...
Do’s and don’ts of accessibility: developing and designing for users with learning disabilities
An often overlooked function of developing and designing for accessibility is the area of cognitive processing or learning disabilities. Yet, it's an area that can be addressed by asking some basic questions when considering the design of a site. For ...
Do’s and don’ts of accessibility: developing and designing for keyboard controls
Everyone has a way of doing things, but not everyone does things the same way. Empathy is at the core of good accessibility practice. One way to develop empathy is to think beyond yourself and your experiences. Before designing for a new feature, have you ...
Do’s and don’ts of accessibility: developing and designing for users who are deaf or hard of hearing
When thinking about designing and developing for accessibility, it is not uncommon to automatically assume blindness or other visual disabilities as the primary consideration. But according to US Census information, almost eight million Americans have ...
Do’s and don’ts of accessibility: developing and designing for users with low vision
One of the challenges for developers and designers is not allowing themselves to be trapped into imagining only one way a site or app might be used . Developing empathy is key when it comes to being accessibility-minded. iSoftStone's second installment of ...
Do’s and don’ts of accessibility: developing and designing for screen readers
Having a hard time getting started developing and designing for accessibility? Don't feel bad, it can definitely seem overwhelming. Even after reading a lot of information about accessibility compliance, it can still be a daunting task knowing how and ...
Promoting accessibility maturity
As individuals, I think it’s fair to say we want to see ourselves grow and mature in our relationships, our careers, and our interests. I do not know many people who are not interested – at least to some degree – in learning from past experiences and ...
iSoftStone migrates and centralizes content for a Fortune 500 Finance organization
Overview iSoftStone partnered with a Fortune 500 Finance organization to migrate a large on-premise SharePoint-based platform. Their implementation of SharePoint was used to host and distribute all in-house communication to Finance employees as well as ...
