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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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5 Ways Delivery Apps Don't Deliver On Accessibility (Guest Blog)

By March 2021, 47% of Americans used food delivery apps. Up from 38% in 2020, the statistics show how heavily we ended up relying on delivery services to get us through the ...

Accessibility Testing, User Experience

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How I shop online as a blind person [Guest blog]

I've encountered many people in my life who have an almost mystical perception of blind people. Having the hearing of a bat and the heart of a saint, we don't concern ourselves ...

Web Accessibility, User Experience

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The Importance of Screen Reader Software for Web Navigation [Guest Blog]

Editor's Note: We are delighted to share the first post from UsableNet's new Spring Marketing Intern, Lily Mordaunt. Lily is a graduate of Hunter College with a Bachelor's degree ...

Web Accessibility, User Experience

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Five Glaring Accessibility Issues I Face When Shopping Online

My younger sister and I both got the shopping gene from our mother. We love rummaging through the sales racks or checking out NYC thrift shops. However, we spend even more time ...

Web Accessibility, Retail, User Experience

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