Abra wins Best in Tech award
The Dutch Interactive Awards (DIA) are the prizes for the very best interactive work by Dutch makers. The best professionals in the field have a chance to win a DIA PRO.
This year, Jan Jaap de Groot, the co-founder of Abra, won in the Best in Tech category.
The jury writes:
Jan Jaap has been an advocate for digital accessibility for many years. He is, among other things, the initiator of appt.org, an internationally leading platform that supports organizations in making apps accessible. Jan Jaap also developed the screenreader.app, launched the hotline Inaccessible, leads the W3C's Mobile Accessibility Task Force and regularly speaks at conferences at home and abroad. The combination of this unprecedented commitment, social relevance and technical knowledge makes Jan Jaap the winner of this award.
We are grateful for these words. It gives us extra motivation to keep making apps accessible!
Further reading
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New co-owner Mike Slinkman strengthens Abra
Building accessible websites. That's the passion of developer Mike Slinkman (31). As the new co-owner of Abra B.V., he complements co-founders Jan Jaap de Groot and Paul van Workum. Get to know Mike and be the first to peek into his future plans. Read more »
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New co-owner Tanya van Workum strengthens Abra
Tanya van Workum had been involved with Abra since the start of Abra. As Paul’s partner she has been a sparring partner since the beginning and works for Abra on a project basis. Until recently, this was always in the background. Read more »
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Abra is now a W3C Member
Abra has joined the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as a Member, advancing from our role as Invited Expert. The membership grants us a stronger voice in shaping standards to improve the accessibility of apps. Read more »