Accessibility in Healthcare
[Approximate Reading Time : 4 mins] Hospitals, insurance companies and clinics may inadvertently be discriminating against patients with visual disabilities by not offering accessible documents. Health care providers may face legal consequences when their sites don’t address the needs of people with disabilities. However, the benefits of creating an accessible site go far beyond adhering […]
The Importance of Alternative Text in Web Accessibility
[Approximate Reading Time : 4 mins] Adding alternative text for non-text content is one of the most important principles of accessibility on the internet. Alt text helps users with low vision and blindness understand what images are being displayed. According to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, text alternatives should be available in braille, large […]
Celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day
[Approximate Reading Time : 4 mins] Today. May 17, is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD).The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital (web, software, mobile, etc.) access/inclusion and people with different disabilities. Globally, the disability community represents a formidable demographic of over 1.3 billion (57 million in the US […]
How To Increase Accessibility in Your Advertising
[Approximate Reading Time : 4 mins] Online advertising is projected to rise in spending over the next several years while print ad spending is expected to stay flat or decline, reports MarketingCharts. Even television is projected to see slow growth. This can be attributed to the viewing habits of consumers who are becoming more and […]
Accessibility Compliance Improves Content Marketing Performance
[Approximate Reading Time : 4 mins] The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed to ensure that individuals with disabilities have the same opportunities and rights as everyone else. When content uses accessible EPUB, people with visual, auditory, physical, speech and neurological issues can use assistive technologies that enable engagement with the information. Examples include utilizing EPUB […]
World Braille Day – Jan 4, 2018
[Approximate Reading Time : 4 mins] Today is World Braille Day, and as we laud Louis Braille’s contributions in helping blind and visually impaired to read and write, it aligns with Amnet’s vision of providing digital equality by making content accessible to everyone. In this age of advancing technologies, reaching the widest possible audience is […]
Accessibility for Education Publishers: The Hidden Opportunity
[Approximate Reading Time : 4 mins] Picture this – a swanky new building comes up with state-of-the-art architecture to boast, but ironically, it is devoid of ramps, lifts, and other features required making it accessible for those with disabilities. How would the latter feel? Rightly outraged and just the way digitally inaccessible course content makes […]
Accessibility Partners
[Approximate Reading Time : 4 mins] Amnet has long banged the drum that accessibility issues should be addressed and standardized across all digital platforms and media, and it is not alone in doing so. Publishing giants including Elsevier, HarperCollins Publishers, Harvard Business Publishing, Macmillan Learning, Penguin Random House, Apex CoVantage, to name a few, have all […]