A huge thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for the 5th UMBRAAD, as part of the 15th #GAAD. Spreading awareness, supporting each other, and helping the community create more inclusive digital experiences has never been more important. We're proud to push the agenda. Onward! #Umbraad2026

It's @umbracoa11y.bsky.social day today!! Hoping to tune in for some of the amazing talks. #h5yr to everyone involved in this event. #umbraco

🚨 #Umbraad2026 kicks off tomorrow! In celebration of #GAAD 2026, join us and discuss how we tangibly make #DigitalAccessibility real across business, design and engineering. Check out the schedule and register via our website - link in the comments! #WebAccessibility #A11y

Accessibility doesn't work when treated as and after-thought. This Thursday, for #UMBRAAD2026, we'll deep dive into the real solutions, tools and methodologies that make the Web truly inclusive. #DigitalAccessibility #WebDesign #WebDevelopment #A11y

1 Week to go before we kick off #UMBRAAD2026. Registrations are still open, link in the comments! #A11y #WebAccessibility #Inclusion #WebDesign #WebDevelopment

Brand Identity and Digital Accessibility are more than compatible perspectives: they thrive of each other. Looking to challenge more myths about Digital Accessibility? Join us on May 21st! #A11y #Umbraco2026 #WebAccessibility #UserInterface #Branding

Accessibility is a craft decision. And the best builders are already making it. On May 21st, #Umbraad2026 brings together the professional leaders who are raising the bar and sharing how they're doing it, as we deep dive into the Future of Accessibility. #Umbraad #A11y #DigitalAccessibility

Accessibility is a craft decision. And the best builders are already making it. On May 21st, #Umbraad2026 brings together the professional leaders who are raising the bar and sharing how they're doing it, as we deep dive into the Future of Accessibility. #Umbraad #A11y #DigitalAccessibility

Accessibility is a craft decision. And the best builders are already making it. On May 21st, #Umbraad2026 brings together the professional leaders who are raising the bar and sharing how they're doing it, as we deep dive into the Future of Accessibility. #Umbraad #A11y #DigitalAccessibility

The #Umbraad2026 schedule has landed! A full day of talks and fireside chats, from Designing for Cognition to Automation through todiving into the challenges of working towards Accessibility, we're addressing the burning topics of #A11yship in 2026. Join us! #A11y #DigitalAccessibility #WebEvent

Only 2 weeks to go before #Umbraad2026! Engineers, Designers, Product Managers and Decision Makers: Join us as we kick off a very special edition with deep dives into what Digital Accessibility means in 2026. . Register for free! #DigitalAccessibility #A11y #UXDesign #ProductDesign #WebDevelopment

We're excited to present Shivansh, completing our Speakers panel for #Umbraad2026! He will talk about the Accessibility Debt: why it matters, and where AI can help bridge the gap, while highlight the human-centered practices essential for truly inclusive design. #DigitalAccessibility #WebDesign

We're excited to introduce Carl! Carl has been building websites and apps for the last 20 years and will talk about the opportunities and pitfalls that come with cheaper hardware, browser-based development, cloud hosting, AI tooling, & voice interfaces. Live on May 21st! #Hardware #AI #Cloud #A11y

Introducing Shadrack William Kyei, Accessibility Specialist & UX Designer, Speaker at #Umbraad2026! Attendees will learn how to get high quality audits by integrating manual and automated approaches, to create more inclusive and compliant digital experiences. #UserTesting #A11y #AITools

We're thrilled to introduce Ellie Barret, Senior User Experience Designer at Yoyo Design as part of our #Umbraad2026 event speakers. On May 21st, she joins us to talk cognitive load, plain language as a design decision, and progressive disclosure. #A11y #UXDesign #CognitiveAccessibility

It is estimated that around 9 to 12% of the world population has dyslexia, which makes navigating digital experiences especially difficult. On May 21st, Ellie Barrett talks through #CognitiveAccessibility to improve your product for every single person who uses it. #dyslexia #neurodivergent #A11y

We're delighted to introduce Jordan Smith, Lead Developer at Moriyama, and Accessibility Champion. He'll demo #Pulse, a dedicated tool that automates the entire #WCAG compliance audit pipeline and help focus on the things automation can't cover. Registration link in the comments. #A11y #Umbraad2026

What happens after your app has passed accessibility audit? How do you ensure it stays accessible as your codebase evolves? Join us as we discuss strategies to build accessibility for the long term with Ramona Domen from Team Rockstars IT. #UXDesign #CodeBase #WebDev #A11y #Umbraad2026

Introducing Corey! Corey Vilhauer is a Director of Strategy at Blend Interactive & co-author of The Web Project Guide. On May 21st, he will be joining us to talk about how GEO (Generative Engine Optimisation) can power Accessibility. Register to join! #DigitalAccessibility #Umbraad2026 #A11y #GAAD

We're delighted to introduce Thiago, speaker at #Umbraad2026. Thiago Carmo is the co-founder of Passion4Social and delivered almost 200 accessibility audits. He will talk about how to bring in lived experience in Accessibility Manual Testing. Register to join (it's free!) #WebDesign #UserTesting

We're excited to introduce our next #Umbraad2026 speaker! Ramona is a software engineer, Microsoft MVP and public speaker advocating for inclusive and accessible applications. She'll explore practical strategies to tackle accessibility beyond the audit. #A11y #DigitalAccessibility #Automation

We're looking for fireside chat participants! Are you a professional or an expert of the topics of Digital Accessibility? Join our peers conversation during #Umbraad2026! Get in touch via DM or send us an email at info@umbraad.com #Umbraad2026 #A11y #DigitalAccessibility

Touch is not the only way people use mobile apps. Keyboard operability matters for accessibility, and most apps still fail at it. Detlev Fischer explains why this cannot be an afterthought. bitvtest.de/en/blog/... #DigitalAccessibility #A11y #MobileTesting #InclusiveDesign #WCAG #Mobile

Keyboard operability – why is it important? (part 3)

Mobile apps should also be operable using a keyboard. This third part of our blog series on mobile testing explains why this is important and what role the keyboard plays in accessibility and app testing.

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📢 Proud to be announcing our first guest Speaker at #Umbraad2026! Danny will be offering a deep dive into the human side of accessibility, from the risks of burnout to leveraging strategies to truly embed accessibility principles within your work. Stay tuned for more reveals 💫 #A11y

Many struggle with writing alt text for charts and other other data visualizations. Amy Cesal's "Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization" hammers home the importance of explaining the chart type, the type of data, and the reason for the chart. medium.com/nightingale/...

Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization

How do you write text that conveys the whole meaning of a visualization? You probably can’t. But that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t try

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On May 21st, the community that builds the web takes a deep dive into the current state of #digitalaccessibility, blockers and solutions towards a better web experience, for all. Join for free. #Umbraad #Accessibility #A11y #InclusiveDesign #GAAD #Umbraco

The gap between adding a language to a model and including the community that speaks it in governance is not a technical limitation, writes Sofia Magdalena Olofsson. It is a political choice, she says. www.techpolicy.press/the-multilin...

The Multilingual AI Gap Is Not Closing. It Is Being Rebranded.

The gap between adding a language to a model and including the community that speaks it in governance is a political choice, writes Sofia Magdalena Olofsson.

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We couldn't do this without them. 💙 A huge thank you to our sponsors for making Umbraad 2026 free for every single attendee: ✦ Umbraco ✦ Nexxer ✦ Huskey ✦ Kayo Digital ✦ Tone Def. ✦ Gibe #Umbraad #Accessibility #A11y #GAAD #Umbraco #DigitalInclusion #WebAccessibility #ThankYou

Our call for speakers is now closed. Thank you to all who reached out. Stay tuned for our panel announcement. #a11y #umbraco #webinclusivity #accesibility #webdesign #neurodivergency

Many people with far greater knowledge than I possess have discussed accessibility overlays, but I think the more voices and inputs in the public corpus the better. Accessibility overlays are harmful and make things worse, not better. Avoid them. vale.rocks/posts/access... #Accessibility #a11y

Stay Away From Accessibility Overlays

All the costs with none of the compliance!

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