Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2020

May 12 2020 David Titmus
Block in front of a keyboard reading Digital Accessibility
Filters

Popular posts

Slightly blurred image of the YouTube home screen, with thumbnail images of videos running across the top of the screen.
A Guide to Downloading Subtitles and Captions from YouTube: Enhancing Accessibility and User Experience A Guide to Downloading Subtitles and Captions from YouTube: Enhancing Accessibility and User Experience
Cell phone laying on a desk near a computer keyboard with the Twitch logo displayed on the phone screen
How to Add Captions to Twitch How to Add Captions to Twitch

Related posts

A cup of coffee sits next to an open laptop on a desk. The laptop is viewing a conference call with multiple people on the screen for the FCC blog
New FCC Rules Focus on Improved Captions, Caption Controls in Video Conferencing New FCC Rules Focus on Improved Captions, Caption Controls in Video Conferencing
A hand points a remote control at a blurred television screen
VITAC Partners with ‘Turn on the Subtitles’ to Promote Children’s Literacy Through Captions and Subtitles VITAC Partners with ‘Turn on the Subtitles’ to Promote Children’s Literacy Through Captions and Subtitles
Share
Copied!

Global Accessibility Awareness Day logoOn Thursday, May 21, communities around the world will celebrate the ninth annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). The day will feature discussions and virtual events and demos designed to encourage everyone to talk, think, and learn about digital access and inclusion for people of all abilities. (Check out a few ideas on how to participate or attend an event.)

Though the day’s target audience is the design, development, and usability communities who build, shape, fund, and influence technology and its use, GAAD is centered on promoting awareness in making technology accessible and usable by persons with disabilities across the board and provide real direction to those who seek it.

Our Mission

As the largest captioning company in the United States, VITAC has provided more than 30 years of accessibility services and solutions in a variety of industries for clients of all sizes. We have worked closely with advocacy groups and organizations as we strive to make accessible content standard.

Our team always is working to improve our captioning solutions, developing and using new technologies to create the best service for all our caption clients and viewers.

We’re testing our Internet Captioning Streamer (ICS) player with screen reader software that enables users who are blind or with low vision to read the displayed text with a speech synthesizer or braille display.

We work closely with and encourage all of our clients to expand their accessibility practices, and our wide variety of services make it easy for businesses of all sizes to reach their accessibility and inclusion goals.

We also have been an active member of the Federal Communications Commission’s Disability Advisory Committee, advising and making recommendations to the FCC on a variety of disability issues. VITAC currently is a member of the Access to Live Programming and Audio Description Quality groups.

At VITAC, we are committed to increased accessibility for all, and are pleased to support the efforts of the accessibility community to create global awareness.