Accelerating design-to-dev accessibility handoff just got so much easier in Stark! Today we're launching: 📝 ARIA + Custom Notes 🔤 Headings 🔍 Filter scans by artboard ❌ "Ignore" certain issues Let's dive in... https://lnkd.in/gfVQAbMg
Stark
Technology, Information and Internet
Supercharging accessibility compliance for software teams—from months of arduous manual work, to minutes with ease.
About us
Supercharging accessibility compliance for software teams—from months of arduous manual work, to minutes with ease. We connect to the tools you use and love, offer automated intelligent analysis, and seamless fixes from design to code.
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https://getstark.co
External link for Stark
- Industry
- Technology, Information and Internet
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- 🌎
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2017
Products
Stark
Accessibility Tools
Stark helps companies supercharge accessibility compliance. With Stark, you can ensure that your websites and apps are usable by everyone, and specifically for people with disabilities. Stark integrates into the tools that designers and developers use to build UI's for websites and apps, so it’s easy to make sure that every aspect is accessible. Stark also helps you understand your company’s overall accessibility readiness with tools like our free WCAG audit, which tells the accessibility status of any website. More than 25,000 companies around the world use Stark to deliver accessibility.
Locations
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🌎, US
Employees at Stark
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Andy McLoughlin
Managing Partner at Uncork Capital. Investing in seed-stage B2B software startups
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Chris Sterry
In permanent beta: always learning, growing, evolving. I sell things, build things, share ideas, & bridge gaps with customers, investors, marketing…
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Benedikt Lehnert
Chief Design Officer and occasional investor
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Daniel Hrivnak
Full Stack Engineer at Stark
Updates
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☀ June Release ☀ - Automatic Monitoring of design files and URLs directly from Stark in Figma and your browser. - Microsoft Azure DevOps integration for continuous accessibility scans in your repositories. - Atlassian's Bitbucket and GitLab integrations as new dev assets - CI/CD integration for Cypress.io, Playwright, and Puppeteer. ...and more. Dive in! https://lnkd.in/e8m4wiGg
Automatic Monitoring, Azure DevOps integration, Bitbucket, GitLab and CI/CD support
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🌸 May Release 🌸 → Working with a sophisticated design system? This one is for you! Here's what's new... - Smart suggestions from your design system - Beautiful new UI tweaks - React Native + Accessible Name annotations - Updated Landmark annotations - Filter WCAG Audit by criterion (now in browser) - Auto-generate alt-text for missing tags + copy alt-text code (in browser) - Copy XPath & selector from WCAG audit (in browser) ...and more! Check it out. https://lnkd.in/eBh2g-Jb
An all-new beautiful design, smart suggestions from your design system, new annotation tools, and so much more.
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“A new player has joined!” 🎮 For #GAAD, Michael Fouquet shares his observations on developments in the gaming market, and how studios can make their games accessible for every player. Big kudos to Good Trouble Naughty Dog Remedy Entertainment Plc and more on the work being done. https://lnkd.in/eDqCVD5q
“A new player has joined” – How creators can make independent games more accessible for all
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💡 WCAG for Humans: Enhanced Visual Cues (2.4.13) Focus indicators should be: 1. Eye-catching cues even in visual clutter. 2. Sufficiently large + contrasted. 3. Have an ~2px thick perimeter area of the unfocused component plus AA contrast ratio. https://lnkd.in/ecP8j8qY
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💡 WCAG for Humans: Clear Focus for Keyboard Navigation (2.4.11 & 2.4.12) - AA should ensure focusable elements are visible when a page loads. - AAA requires focusable objects are always visible so keyboard users don't have to guess their way around. https://lnkd.in/ecP8j8qY
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We'll be wearing these badges all season. Thank you. 💅🏼
What a trio! 😍 Ridiculously proud to see Stark granted G2 badges for: Best ROI, High Performer, and Customers Love Us. All for Spring 2024 in the Digital Accessibility Platforms category. Shouting thank you from the rooftops to every single customer that left reviews and continue to provide us with gems that shape what we deliver.
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How do you design accessibly for sound? 🎵 We got together with Matthew Bennett and Megan Clegg to share insights about how they approach sound and sensory experiences in product design from very different perspectives. Writeup + Video (with ASL interpreters) in the post!
Making Waves: Sound Design in modern day software
Stark on LinkedIn
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Stark reposted this
when it comes to creating #accessible products, an effective #handover is a crucial step. The figma plugin #Stark comes to the rescue. The team at Stark has identified the core issues and has created an amazing tool to execute effective handovers, for web, Android and iOS Here is an in depth analysis of the capabilities and features offered by this plugin Stark for Figma. https://lnkd.in/gJqfzNxe #accessibilitymatters #a11y #productdevelopment #accessibility
Stark: The new avenger everyone needed!
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💡 WCAG for Humans: Consistent Help Placement (3.2.6) Help options across distinct pages must be located consistently. Basically, put help buttons in the same place across your product. Easy enough, right? https://lnkd.in/ebHjH2ai
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