Assistive Technology Archives

20 May 2026by Tim DixonAccessibility IT

How I Built a Free Image Colour Contrast Checker That Runs Entirely in Your Browser

I have spent more hours than I care to admit trying to use an image colour contrast checker the hard way. Squinting at a screen I can barely…

6 May 2026by Tim DixonAccessibility Cyber Security

World Password Day 2026: Blind Users Need a Password Manager

World Password Day falls on Thursday, 7 May 2026, and for blind and low vision users, having a good password manager is not optional. Passwords are quietly being…

7 April 2026by Tim DixonAccessibility Content Creation

AI Accessibility Barriers: When Tools That Help Get Blocked

There is a quiet revolution happening in accessibility, and most people haven’t noticed it yet. For those of us who are blind, visually impaired, or living with other…

23 July 2023by Tim DixonAccessibility Life

Sight Village Central 2023: My Experience

This week I attended my first Sight Village Central 2023 in Birmingham, UK and had a fantastic time meeting many people, some I have engaged with online for…

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_gid	1 day	Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.
CONSENT	2 years	YouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data.

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_ir	session	This is a Pinterest cookie that collects information on visitor behaviour on multiple websites. This information is used on the website, in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	5 months 27 days	A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface.
YSC	session	YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages.
yt-remote-connected-devices	never	YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video.
yt-remote-device-id	never	YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video.

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