Digital Insights

When you build a building without wheelchairs in mind, or a website without considering screen readers, you could end up making issues for all people. The physical world has Accessible Design, and likewise, the web has the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). Learn why screen readers are essential to those with a disability when using a website.

The much anticipated WCAG 2.2 guidelines for website accessibility have finally been released. Learn more about what this means for your website design, development and management. 

The U.S. Justice Department recently sent the Federal Register a notice of a proposed rule to improve the usability of websites and mobile apps. Read more about this ADA conformance update and why it's important to build and maintain a conformant website. 

Creating an accessible website should be the standard for any web designer and developer. But at ZAG Interactive, we do so much behind the scenes to help users with disabilities that may not be obvious to casual site users. Learn about some of the accessibility items you may not know we address as part of building our award-winning websites.   

To keep a site conformant against current WCAG guidlines it's important to use a combination of manual and automated testing services. Learn more about the role each plays and how enlisting the help of a certified agency can help you offer a more inclusive digital experience to all of your website visitors.

WCAG version 2.2 is anticipated to be released in Q3 2023. This version mostly comprises clarifications to previously issued website ADA guidelines, but site owners, managers, designers and developers need to carefully review the draft guidelines so that they can be a step ahead.

Just like websites, emails should follow WCAG ADA guidelines in order to make emails accessible to all audiences, regardless of any challenges they may have. Learn about email accessibility best practices when designing and creating emails.