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Knowbility OpenAIR Competitors Expand Inclusive Design Skills with IBM Accessibility Tools
October 10, 2016 | Written by: Tim Powers
Categorized: DevOps | Inclusive Design
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To help designers and developers create accessible websites and content, IBM is supporting the annual OpenAIR web accessibility challenge by making its accessibility testing tools available to the competitors. Organized by Austin-based Knowbility, the 19th annual OpenAIR pairs participating teams of web developers and designers with registered non-profits to create or improve their website and make it more accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities.
Knowbility supports the independence of children and adults with disabilities by promoting the use and improving the availability of accessible information technology. IBM has been working Knowbility for more than 15 years, and by providing access to its tools it is helping further inclusive design and development expertise for the 30 teams participating in this year’s competition.
IBM is giving participants access to the following tools to help speed development and design efforts, and manage conformance to industry [...]