Head of Accessibility at ArcTouch

Joined September 2007
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Ben Ogilvie retweeted
2 Mar 2025
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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Ben Ogilvie retweeted
#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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I really enjoyed representing @ArcTouch during my panel discussion at the @GlobalSight conference yesterday with Hannah Arner of @CocaColaCo, @JoshLoebner of @vml_global, and @cdayrose of @HelloScribely on accessible digital marketing. Rewatch it here! youtu.be/rszmHiFi94M?si=itYE…
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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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16 May 2024
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
16 May 2024
Replying to @WhiteHouseOPE46
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
16 May 2024
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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Ben Ogilvie retweeted
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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Ben Ogilvie retweeted
🎉📣 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
6 Feb 2023
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.
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Ben Ogilvie retweeted
29 Nov 2022
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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18 Aug 2022
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Ben Ogilvie retweeted
19 May 2022
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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20 Mar 2020
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