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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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Community Reporting of Algorithmic System Harms (CRASH)

Co-Designing a Prototype and Long-Term Roadmap | 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 Co-Designing a Prototype and Long-Term Roadmap
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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

So geographers, in Afric maps With savage pictures fill their gaps And o’er uninhabitable downs Place elephants for want of towns This snippet from 18th century writer John Swift’s epic poem “Poetry: A Rhapsody” demonstrates that for centuries we have grappled with the politics of drawing borders, naming places, and mapping. There is no such […]

We are excited to announce the launch of a redesign of the ARIA Authoring Practices Guide (APG), an essential resource that shows web developers how to make accessible versions of common user interface design patterns, such as comboboxes, dialog modals, and menu bars. In coordination with the W3C APG Task Force and Education and Outreach […]

Earth Day 2022 My generation was raised in the bosom of corporate greenwashing. Every year on Earth Day I remember gathering with my classmates to learn about our role in protecting the environment. We were constantly reminded of the dire need for us to separate our recyclables (and to shame our parents in to doing […]

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