Community
GitHub
Thu Nov 02 2023
Leveraging AI to empower all developers at GitHub Universe 2023
GitHub Universe 2023 is just around the corner! Join us and learn how GitHub is leveraging AI to empower all developers, including developer...
Thu Oct 26 2023
5 tips for making your GitHub profile page accessible
Your profile’s README invites the world to know you and your work, so it’s important that everyone can read and understand it.
Accessibility
Google
Wed Oct 25 2023
Celebrating accessibility and disability inclusion at Google
Three Google employees share how their experiences shape their work championing for accessibility.
3 ways we work to make Google Play more accessible
For National Disability Employment Awareness Month, here’s a look at Googlers and the accessibility apps and features they work on for Googl...
Engineering
Mon Oct 09 2023
Prompting GitHub Copilot Chat to become your personal AI assistant for accessibility
GitHub Copilot Chat can help you learn about accessibility and improve the accessibility of your code.
Meet
Tue Jul 25 2023
Celebrating the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
On the eve of the 33rd anniversary of the ADA, we’re sponsoring the captions and audio description of a musical tribute to Judy Heumann.
Company
Wed Jul 19 2023
Exploring developer happiness, inclusion, and productivity at GitHub’s Design Conference
As a design organization, we have the opportunity to make a significant impact on designing the platform for all developers.
Tue Jul 11 2023
Googlers share their stories for Disability Pride Month
In celebration of Disability Pride Month, we learn from four Googlers about what their identity means to them.
Thu Jul 06 2023
Accessibility considerations behind code search and code view
A look at how we improved the readability of code on GitHub.
Chromebooks
Thu Jun 22 2023
New education apps and accessible content for Chromebooks
We’re announcing new features like image to text on Chrome browser and updated safety controls for admins in Google Admin Console.
Product
Thu Jun 15 2023
Exploring GitHub with the redesigned navigation, now in public beta
GitHub’s redesigned navigation is enabled for all users as a public beta.
Mon Jun 12 2023
Make your GitHub projects more accessible with accessibility-alt-text-bot
The accessibility-alt-text-bot leaves automated reminders in a comment when a user shares an image without providing meaningful alt text.
Education
Thu May 18 2023
How technology can help diverse learners thrive
Global Accessibility Awareness Day puts a focus on how we can make classrooms more accessible, no matter how students learn.
These teachers are bringing computer science to students with disabilities
A $100k grant to the University of Florida enabled a professional development program for computer science and special education teachers.
5 products and features that make the digital world more accessible
GitHub celebrates developers with disabilities on Global Accessibility Awareness Day
GitHub is the home for all developers and on this Global Accessibility Awareness Day we are thrilled to celebrate the achievements of disabl...
Wed May 17 2023
Design’s journey towards accessibility
Design can have a significant impact on delivering accessible experiences to our users.
Engineering@Microsoft
Microsoft
Wed Mar 15 2023
Implementing an accessible, checkable WPF Tree View
The Accessibility Insights team recently fixed a bug in our Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) app where checkboxes in a WPF tree view we...
engineering
Airbnb
Wed Jan 11 2023
Making Airbnb’s Android app more accessible
Thu Dec 15 2022
Learnings from migrating Accessibility Insights for Web to Chrome’s Manifest V3
Since February 2022, the Accessibility Insights team has been migrating Accessibility Insights for Web–our Chrome and Edge extension introdu...
Mon Feb 14 2022
Accessibility Insights for Web
In this post, Jacqueline Gibson goes over Accessibility Insights for Web, Microsoft's open-sourced Chrome and Edge extension that helps user...
Mon Dec 13 2021
Accessibility Insights for Windows
In this post, John Alkire walks through the features of Accessibility Insights for Windows, which enables users to inspect and test Windows ...