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A collection of internal and external resources Jess finds useful or cool. This space is open to grow! If you have suggestions for disabled-led content:
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The A11Y Project is a community-driven effort to make digital accessibility easier. External link.
A11Y
Still manually taking notes? Generate rich notes with your AI-powered assistant. External link.
Otter.ai
Fully accessible cross-browser HTML5 media player, supporting audio and video. External link.
Able Player
A friendly introduction to accessibility! Browse cards to learn about guidelines. External link.
Alex Chen
Code integrated into the WordPress ecosystem is expected to conform to the WCAG. External link.
WordPress
If you have an inaccessible business, you’re leaving money on the table. External link.
Maybely Q
ARC Toolkit browser extension and Colour Contrast Analyser app. External link.
TPGI
Web and software creation should be accessible to everyone. External link.
WebFlow
Practices to create accessible image descriptions and audio recordings. Internal page.
Jessica Oddi
Free education hub that shares best practices for creating accessible social media. External link.
Alexa Heinrich
Rebecca wants to make the information plus-size people want easier to find. External link.
Rebecca Alexander
All-in-one audio and video editing as a doc. Screen recordings and transcripts. External link.
Descript
Celebrating Black Designers and amplifying public speaking + creative storytelling. External link.
BDI
In alliance with the disabled community, who are tired of being underrepresented. External link.
Jilliian Mercado
Producing performances of Justice online, onstage, and in real life. External link.
Calling Up
Making media accessible, one line at a time. For captioning and descriptive video. External link.
CCS
Notes and Resources for Redesigning for Cognitive Ease talk presented at A11yTO. External link.
Alyssa Panetta
Just play around with it and get a feeling of how it is to have colour blindness. External link.
Colbindor
Enter a foreground and background colour in RGB hexadecimal format or choose colours. External link.
WebAIM
It is critical that content is accessible to the widest possible audience. External link.
Adobe
A project that collects and analyzes disability representation in media. External link.
The Disabled List
This website used to include resources from in-progress and past activism. External link.
Undoing Ableism
Karwai Pun is an interaction designer currently working on Service Optimization. External link.
Karwai Pun
Screen readers convert digital text into speech, and read content differently. External link.
WebAIM
A disability justice based performance project that incubates and celebrates artists. External link.
Sins Invalid
Creating a world where people with disabilities are free to be. External link.
DJNO
Public speaker and DEI consultant with over 14 years in the public sector. External link.
Catarina Rivera
Online community dedicated to creating, sharing and amplifying disability culture. External link.
Alice Wong
Stock image and interview series celebrating disabled Black, Indigenous, POC. External link.
Affect
Open source list of disabled people who freelance in creative or accessible spaces. External link.
Jessica Oddi
Incorporating representation without appropriating communities. Internal page.
Jessica Oddi
BrailleTranslator.org is a simple way to convert text to braille notation. External link.
Braille Translator
A free resource by Veronica Lewis for low vision and assistive tech. External link.
Veroniiiica
The app highlights lengthy, complex sentences and common errors. External link.
Adam + Ben Long
Technology-centered employment platform for job seekers with disabilities. External link.
Inclusively
Anti-O work seeks to recognize and diminish the oppression that exists. External link.
Liminal States
A social impact firm shaping the way the world values people with disabilities. External link.
Andraéa LaVant
The Internet is designed to work for all regardless of hardware, language or ability. External link.
Access for Everyone
Media accessibility aspects for your specific audio or video needs. External link.
W3C Media
In our case, pro bono for the good of the Deaf, hearing and interpreting communities. External link.
ProBono ASL
Many have expressed strong words of dissatisfaction with overlay products. External link.
Signatories
The freeware program PAC provides a fast way to test the accessibility of PDF files. External link.
PDF/UA Foundation
Microsoft PowerPoint is one of the most popular tools for slide show presentations. External link.
WebAIM
Consider the seemingly benign aspects of gathering people together and reframe them. External link.
The Curiosity Paradox
To not only the Black community, but those with intersecting identities. External link.
Tiffany Hammond
Videos and courses that help you dive deeper into accessible and inclusive design. External link.
We're All Human
Dedicated to the empowering and inclusive use of pronouns in the English language. External link.
Pronouns.org
Design + discussion brand focused on intersectionality, accessibility and diversity. External link.
SBLTN
Let T2S read aloud text for you. Convert text into an audio file. External link.
T2S
Youth-led nonprofit organization aiming to uplift disabled Asian American voices. External link.
AADI
Hope invites listeners to take a deeper look at the world and everything in it. External link.
Hope Hoffman
The first-ever satire publication focusing on the experience of having a disability. External link.
Squeaky Wheel
A project aimed at celebrating bodies outside of mainstream, societal ideals. External link.
Hannah Soyer
To go from ableism to Disability Liberation and integrate Disability Culture. External link.
Sulaiman Khan
Here you have full control over your links. Shorten, manage and track the easy way. External link.
Cuttly
Practical Zoom beginner and advanced design classes for POC [People of Colour]. External link.
Ritesh Gupta
Come hang with our kick-ass community. A network of peers to kick it with. External link.
Wethos
Suite of evaluation tools that helps authors make their web content more accessible. External link.
WAVE
A wide range of recommendations for making web content more accessible. External link.
W3C 2.2
Working draft of the latest recommendations on web accessibility. External link.
W3C 3.0
A volunteer-run, nonprofit design advocacy organization. External link.
WATBD?
Dedicated to cultivating a future of Black Liberation, care, and wellbeing for Earth. External link.
Aroko Coop