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Perspectives, trends, and best practices from the experts at SaralX.

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The Accessibility Trap: How ATAG Prevents Costly Accessibility Issues

By Disha Over the past three years of auditing digital products, I have witnessed the same story unfold across organizations of every size. But over the last year, the story has taken on a new urgency. I’ve been working closely with businesses that are completely new to digital accessibility. Most of them didn’t begin this […]

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PDF Accessibility: A Beginner’s Guide to Accessible PDFs

By Manikanta If you’ve ever downloaded a document from a website, filled out an application form, or read an eBook, chances are you’ve used a Portable Document Format (PDF)—one of the world’s most widely used file formats. PDFs preserve a document’s layout, fonts, images, and formatting, ensuring that it appears consistently across different devices and […]

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Your Code Talks to Screen Readers: A Developer’s Guide to Building Accessible Websites

By Shraddha, SaralX Modern websites are built to be visually appealing, interactive, and responsive. But for millions of people who rely on screen readers, a website isn’t experienced through its design—it’s experienced through its code. Every heading, button, form field, image, and link communicates through HTML and accessibility semantics. That means developers play a critical […]

Illustration of a broken CAPTCHA checkbox highlighting how traditional CAPTCHA systems create accessibility barriers for people with disabilities.

CAPTCHA Accessibility Explained: The Hidden Barrier Keeping Millions Out

By Vaishnavi I was trying to log into a well-known website recently. Standard stuff.  Then came the CAPTCHA, a complex Captcha. First, it showed me a gesture challenge — a reference animal was shown clearly pointing in a direction, and I had to rotate a second image of another animal to match that same direction. […]

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Universal Design Principles: Building Inclusive Experiences for Everyone

By Dhanshri Ashok   Have you ever used a product, website, or public space that felt difficult to use? Maybe a remote control that has too many confusing buttons, a door that’s difficult to open, a website which is hard to navigate, or a device that does not respond in the way you expect!!   […]

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ARIA Labels: What Developers Need to Know

By Yashika Goyal Most developers learn accessibility and immediately reach for aria-label. Need a label? Add aria-label. Need a screen reader announcement? Add aria-label. Unfortunately, many accessibility bugs are caused by using aria-label when it isn’t needed. The goal isn’t to add more ARIA. The goal is to provide the correct accessible name. What is […]