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Common challenges I face when banking online as a blind customer

Online banking is one of the most valuable features of the modern digital experience. The ability to check balances, pay bills, and send money from almost anywhere has drastically ...

Web Accessibility, User Experience, Financial Services

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Why App & Web Accessibility is Essential For Travel (Guest Post)

The holiday travel season is in full swing. Now is the perfect time to discuss app and web accessibility on travel websites. As a blind assistive technology user, I'll focus this ...

Web Accessibility, Mobile Apps, User Experience

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Web Accessibility Examples from a Blind Shopper

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are considered two of the most significant shopping events of the year. As a blind shopper, I try to take advantage of as many deals as possible, ...

Web Accessibility, Retail, User Experience

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6 ways to make your online menu accessible this Thanksgiving

When I think of Thanksgiving, I think of my family sitting around the big dinner table eating delicious food, playing cards after the big meal, and the smell of dessert pies in ...

Web Accessibility, User Experience, Restaurants

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How Accessible Technology Changed My Life (Guest Blog)

My name is Michael Taylor, and I am a marketing intern at UsableNet. I was also born with a rare retinal dystrophy known as Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis. I'm a screen reader user, ...

User Experience

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3 Top Retail Trends (And how to make them accessible)

The number of online shoppers increased exponentially during the pandemic from a little over 40% to around 80% in 2021. With shelter-in-place orders and global uncertainty, we ...

Retail, User Experience

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Disability Pride Month: The Origins of Assistive Technology

Editor's Note: Thanks to UsableNet's Intern, Lily Mordaunt for contributing this post in honor of Disability Pride month. You can read more about Lily in her other blogs published ...

Accessibility Testing, User Experience

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Traveling When You're Blind: The Importance of Digital Accessibility

Editor's Note: The following is a new guest blog from the UsableNet Intern, Lily Mordaunt. Last weekend was Independence Day Weekend, the busiest holiday weekend according to AAA. ...

Web Accessibility, User Experience

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3 Barriers to Web Accessibility That Impact Me as a Blind User (Guest blog)

Editor's Note: We are delighted to share this post in our series by UsableNet's Marketing Intern, Lily Mordaunt. Read more of Lily's posts, including how she navigates the web as ...

Web Accessibility, User Experience

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