Deque Systems
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| Company type | Private Company |
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| Industry | Web Accessibility |
| Headquarters | Herndon, VA |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Website | www |
Deque Systems (/ˈdiːkjuː/ DEE-kew) is a digital accessibility company based in Herndon, Virginia with additional offices in Kavuri Hills Madhapur, Hyderabad India and Utrecht, The Netherlands.
History
[edit]The CEO of Deque Systems is Preety Kumar.[1]
The company was started in 1999 and produces accessibility testing software in addition to offering accessibility consulting services and training.[2]
In June, 2015 Deque open-sourced the accessibility rules engine axe-core.[3]
In May 2020, the WorldSpace brand name was retired and replaced by axe for each of Deque's products.[4]
In September 2020, Deque found that the majority of vote by mail applications were inaccessible, and fixed them for the 2020 Presidential Election.[5][6][7][8]
Products
[edit]Deque tools, services and training are used to achieve compliance in support of the W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines,[9] the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 508, the European Accessibility Act, and EN 301 549.[10]
Deque University is a collection of online accessibility training courses covering a range of topics from introductory level to expert-level International Association of Accessibility Professionals CPACC.[11]
Axe Tools
[edit]axe is a suite of accessibility testing tools for HTML, Android, and iOS applications. Each product in the axe toolkit is powered by the open source rules engine axe-core.[12][13]
Products within the axe suite include: axe Devtools, axe Monitor and axe Auditor.
References
[edit]- ^ "Deque Systems Software Announces Disruptive Web Technology for Disabled Customers - WashingtonExec". 13 July 2012.
- ^ SCHWARZ", "ALAN. "Forbes' Accessibility 100 List 2025: Innovation in Accessibility". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-06-18.
- ^ "Accessibility Testing Goes Open Source and Mainstream".
- ^ "Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos". Yahoo! News.
- ^ "Digital vote-by-mail applications in most states are inaccessible to people with disabilities – TechCrunch". October 2020.
- ^ "Absentee Ballot Applications Are Not Accessible to Voters with Disabilities in 43 States". Time. 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Ballot Applications in 43 States Inaccessible to Voters With Disabilities". Business Insider.
- ^ "Audit found 43 states' mail-in ballot applications are not accessible for people with disabilities |". The Hill. 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools List".
- ^ https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_en/301500_301599/301549/03.02.01_60/en_301549v030201p.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "AccessibilityAssociation".
- ^ "aXe: An Open Source JavaScript Library for Automating Accessibility Testing – WP Tavern". March 2016.
- ^ "Microsoft and Deque make accessibility easy for millions of developers | Windows Central". 9 July 2019.