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Inclusive Technology Consulting

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We partner with tech companies and nonprofits to increase accessibility, inclusion, and justice on and through the web.

We are a team of product and standards developers working with partners on engineering, design, and organizational strategy projects that align with our mission and values. We are committed to making tech spaces safer for marginalized people in our projects and on our team. Read the Code of Conduct which governs our work.

Recent Projects

Our recent projects include engineering for Scratch (the beginner-friendly programming language), web standards for assistive technologies like screen-readers, and eviction defense tools for tenants in Los Angeles County.

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Co-Designing a Prototype and Long-Term Roadmap

CRASH | Algorithmic Justice League

We partnered with the Algorithmic Justice League and a community of advocacy and legal aid organizations to co-design a prototype and long-term roadmap for an algorithmic harms reporting tool.

Learn more about CRASH
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Climate, abolition, and Afrofuturism in Harlem

Engineering, Technical Program Management, and Co-Design | Harvard's Institute of Qualitative Social Science

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Improving the Web Audio DevTool

Chrome DevTools Web Audio Inspector | Google Chrome

We worked with the Google Chrome team to develop the latest version of the Web Audio DevTools Inspector. A Chrome extension that visualizes the audio graph in a web page for inspection and debugging web audio implementations.

Learn more about Chrome DevTools Web Audio Inspector
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Eviction defense software for tenants in LA

Eviction Defense | Debt Collective

We partnered with the Debt Collective, Los Angeles Tenants Union, and Anti-Eviction Mapping Project on an eviction defense software for tenants in Los Angeles.

Learn more about Eviction Defense
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We built an app to manage manual testing of ARIA accessibility patterns rendered in assistive technologies (like screen-readers) and browsers: ARIA-AT interoperability testing and ARIA-AT App

Learn more about ARIA-AT
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We worked with Consumer Reports to empower consumers to exercise their rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act by automating their enrollment in Consumer Report’s authorized agent program

Learn more about Enrollment Automation

Recent from the Blog

Three years ago we announced our work on the ARIA-AT program to develop an interoperability testing system for assistive technologies, starting with screen readers. Last year we completed a redesign of the ARIA Practices Giude (APG), which web developers use for guidance on making accessible websites and apps. We’ve been hard at work along the […]

Our co-worker thought we were heartless monsters. This is a slight exaggeration, but an important lesson about what gets lost in translation when apps aren’t entirely accessible. During an experimental Zoom call, we learned that screen readers and the reactions feature aren’t quite compatible. That means that every time during a call when someone mentioned […]

After a successful launch in 2022 we’re extremely excited to continue the journey in 2023! Interoperability across browsers is not just frustrating for web developers, but also for users whose experience can vary wildly. Interop 2023 will continue the effort to increase interoperability, especially in high priority areas. Better interoperability is an issue of access […]

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