Accessibility Articles by Raghavendra Satish Peri

Raghava is a digital accessibility evangelist working at Deque Systems as Senior Accessibility Consultant breaking web accessibility & mobile accessibility challenges.

He authors an Accessibility Blog & is galvanising the adoption of accessibility by inspiring the local tech community with meetups and mentorship. When away from his computer, Raghava can be found at local cafes & restaurants sampling cuisines, attending local meetups, listening to audio books or writing on his Personal Blog.

About Raghavendra Satish Peri

Raghava is a digital accessibility evangelist working at Deque Systems as Senior Accessibility Consultant breaking web accessibility & mobile accessibility challenges.

Accessible Datepickers Roundup

Last Modified: May 9, 2020 by Raghavendra Satish Peri 1 Comment

Accessible date pickers or accessible calendar widgets as they are commonly referred to, are one of the most discussed topics between developers, designers and accessibility professional. It is not hard to make a calendar widget accessible but still we find inaccessible date pickers in the wild that are not usable by any assistive technology. We […]

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HelloA11y Celebrates GAAD 2020

Last Modified: April 28, 2020 by Raghavendra Satish Peri Leave a Comment

Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is always special, but GAAD 2020 is more significant as this is truly global and virtual, all because of the pandemic Covid 2019! We from HelloA11Yare more excited to announce GAAD 2020 as a virtual event! We do have interesting topics on accessibility and renowned speakers to make the event […]

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Understanding SC 1.4.13: Content on Hover or Focus

Last Modified: April 14, 2020 by Raghavendra Satish Peri 1 Comment

Success Criterion 1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus (Level AA): Where receiving and then removing pointer hover or keyboard focus triggers additional content to become visible and then hidden, the following are true: Dismissible A mechanism is available to dismiss the additional content without moving pointer hover or keyboard focus, unless the additional content communicates […]

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Introducing A Future Date!

Last Modified: April 13, 2020 by Raghavendra Satish Peri Leave a Comment

We’re proud to announce A Future Date, a conference on accessibility and inclusive design! The program will begin on April 21st through 23rd at: * 11am-5pm Eastern time * 8am-2pm Pacific time * 6pm-midnight GMT About the program We’re starting with a bang: the keynote session on Monday will be Lainey Feingold and Tim Elder […]

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Understanding SC 1.4.12 Text Spacing

Last Modified: March 28, 2020 by Raghavendra Satish Peri Leave a Comment

Success Criterion 1.4.12 Text Spacing (Level AA): In content implemented using markup languages that support the following text style properties, no loss of content or functionality occurs by setting all of the following and by changing no other style property: Line height (line spacing) to at least 1.5 times the font size; Spacing following paragraphs […]

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Understanding SC 1.3.4 Orientation

Last Modified: March 21, 2020 by Raghavendra Satish Peri Leave a Comment

Success Criterion 1.3.4 Orientation (Level AA): Content does not restrict its view and operation to a single display orientation, such as portrait or landscape, unless a specific display orientation is essential. Examples where a particular display orientation may be essential are a bank check, a piano application, slides for a projector or television, or virtual […]

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