| Deque Systems | |
| Type: | Private Company |
| Location: | Herndon, VA |
| Area Served: | Worldwide |
| Industry: | Web Accessibility |
Deque Systems is a digital accessibility company based in Herndon, Virginia with additional offices in Kavuri Hills Madhapur, Hyderabad India and Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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.
In June, 2015 Deque open-sourced the accessibility rules engine axe-core.[2]
In May 2020, the WorldSpace brand name was retired and replaced by axe for each of Deque's products.[3]
In September 2020, Deque found that the majority of vote by mail applications were inaccessible, and fixed them for the 2020 Presidential Election.[4] [5] [6] [7]
More than 17,000 attendees joined Deque's digital accessibility conference axe-con in March 2021, making it the largest accessibility conference recorded.[8]
Deque was named a leader in the first-ever Forrester Wave report for Digital Accessibility Platforms, Q4 2023 with the highest overall score.[9]
Deque tools, services and training are used to achieve compliance in support of the W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines,[10] the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 508 and EN 301 549.[11]
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.[12]
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.[13] [14]
Products within the axe suite include: axe Devtools, axe Monitor and axe Auditor.