Head of Accessibility at ArcTouch

Westport, CT
Joined September 2007
Ben Ogilvie retweeted
Here are my favorite snippets from my recent appearance on the Accessibility + Generwtive AI podcast, including notes on using LLMs to help with alt text and the ethics of building accessibility tools on top of inherently unreliable technology simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/2…
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If you can measure it, you can manage it. By providing broad measurements, baselines can contribute to driving improvement & can empower brand leaders and builders to prioritize a11y in their app development processes.” - Ben Ogilvie, ArcTouch deque.com/axe-con/sessions/t… #axecon
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Nice presentation at #axecon from @caedmon13 & @Steady5063 on The State of Mobile App Accessibility 2025. Top takeaways: shoppers are leaving money on the table, lack of landscape excludes a growing user base, clean up the front door and the rest of the journey.
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#Acessibility conference season begins today with axe con! Got my coffee and my note app taker ready to roll!!! I love learning from all you dope #A11y folks, gunna be a fun week at #Axecon!!
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Hey @Superhuman quick question: I've just started using the product and I'm enjoying it so far, but I can't figure out how to add alt text to images when I'm attaching them to an email, and I'm not finding anything in the Help Center about it. Help? 🙏
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Holy smokes! #GAAD at the White House! Be sure to catch @joedevon on the live-streamed Town Hall! The event starts at 10:00am ET. This is a huge milestone for this global movement. Congrats @joedevon @Jennison @gaadfdn youtube.com/watch?v=YQu_lryM… #Accessibility #DisabilityInclusion
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Ben Ogilvie retweeted
The Livestream will begin at 10AM EST tomorrow: youtube.com/live/YQu_lryMJsE and here is the Access Streamtext: streamtext.net/player?event=…
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Ben Ogilvie retweeted
I'm excited to announce that The White House will be doing a Global Accessibility Awareness Day (#GAAD) Event and Town Hall tomorrow at 10AM EST. Links to Livestream and Access Streamtext in the comments. Thanks @WhiteHouseOPE46! From blog post to The White House. 🤯
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WordPress Accessibility Day starts in 2 hours! You can still registration for free! Sign up now to get access to 24 hours of talks on #WordPress and #accessibility. Live #captioned with #ASL on Zoom. buff.ly/3L4GNKN #WPA11yDay #WPAD2023 #a11y
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🎉📣 A11y Bites is now LIVE! Learn accessibility in a bite-size! 😍 No more endless searching, just instant learning! 💎 Reply 🌻 below, retweet, and like to access this resource (must be following) so I can DM you the link. #Accessibility #A11yBites #resources #Notion
My love for curating different resources, @NotionHQ and accessibility is taking into the next level! Launching this Friday → A11y Bites, largest collection of bite-size & digestible accessibility topics. Who’s excited? Reply “🥳” & I’ll let you know when it’s launch!
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#Accessibility tip for any #MobileDev out there. DO NOT I repeat DO NOT add "button", "link", "heading" at the end of an #A11y label. It may sound like it is properly announced, however, if someone uses #iOS rotor or #Android LCM to navigate, they will NOT be able to!
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If you are looking for biweekly newsletter for all things #Mobile #Accessibility I cannot recommend this one enough! #A11y #AndroidDev #iOSDev
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Ben Ogilvie retweeted
One big request of @sama @OpenAI. ChatGPT is awesome, but it has spawned countless screenshots that are 100% inaccessible to screen reader users. Can you find a way to share that puts the text in digital format for all? #a11y peeps, please RT to break through the noise. – at North Las Vegas, NV
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Ben Ogilvie retweeted
It's #GivingTuesday! If digital equity is important to you please help Knowbility strengthen community programs that bring technology benefits to millions of disabled people every day. Together we are building a more accessible digital world, Thank you! knowbility.org/donate
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Ben Ogilvie retweeted
Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day #GAAD, an important day for our team and industry. We’re committed to accessibility-first design, development, and testing for apps and digital products. 🧵 (1/5)
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What are the considerations which continue to defer more drastic measures which have been effective at rapid curve-flattening elsewhere? Many individuals continue to ignore Texas' recommendations and it does not appear they will change without stronger measures. #AskAbbott