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If accessibility compliance is still sitting on next year’s agenda, it’s time to move it forward.

The ADA Title II deadline is April 2026. In California, SB 707 has tightened expectations around public meetings. In the EU, the European Accessibility Act came into force in 2025. In Quebec, Bill 96 reinforces French language requirements across communications. Add to that the Accessible Canada Act, the Equality Act in the UK, and increasing digital accessibility enforcement across Europe, and one thing is clear.

On 3rd October 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 707 into law. It quietly amended several sections of the Government Code. No fanfare. No viral headlines. But for any organisation involved in delivering, advising on, or participating in California's public meetings, this legislation matters more than most people currently realise. 

For more than three decades, the Americans with Disabilities Act has shaped how public life in the United States becomes more accessible. Introduced in 1990, the ADA protects the rights of people with disabilities across employment, transport, public services, and participation in civic life. Title II sits at the heart of this framework. It applies to State and local government entities and requires that qualified individuals with disabilities can access services, programmes, and activities on an equal basis.

Language accessibility has become one of the defining responsibilities of modern organisations. As services, interactions, and experiences continue to shift, expectations for inclusive communication are rising. Regulations such as the European Accessibility Act (EAA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and California’s Senate Bill 707 (SB 707) have accelerated this shift by setting clear requirements for accessible communication. Yet compliance alone is not enough. Organisations that treat language accessibility purely as a checklist risk missing the broader opportunity to create experiences that are genuinely usable, human centred, and future ready.

Basel III has reshaped the operating landscape for globally active banks. Although its primary purpose is to strengthen balance sheet resilience through capital requirements, liquidity buffers, and enhanced risk oversight, the framework has also had a significant secondary effect: it has elevated the role of investor and regulatory communication to a strategic level. Financial resilience must not only be achieved internally, but conveyed externally in a manner that is precise, consistent, and globally accessible. This expectation places Investor Relations, Corporate Communications, Regulatory Affairs, and Executive Office functions at the centre of how stakeholder confidence is built and maintained.

Across the Middle East and Asia–Pacific, event organisers are experiencing a surge in demand for multilingual support. Interprefy’s latest market research reveals that 86 percent of event organisers in the Middle East and 71 percent in APAC already face high demand for multilingual delivery, driven by diverse audiences and cross‑border participation. This demand is matched by enthusiasm for emerging technologies: 100 percent of Middle Eastern organisers and 81 percent in APAC say they are likely or very likely to adopt remote simultaneous interpretation (RSI), AI‑generated live text captioning or AI‑powered speech translation. These statistics underline a shift from multilingual capability being a value‑added service to it becoming an essential requirement, particularly as governments across both regions tighten accessibility mandates and global investors call for equitable access to information.

On 20 October 2025, a major infrastructure incident at AWS disrupted many online services around the world. In this blog we will look at what exactly happened, why the event is important for organisations reliant on cloud infrastructure, and how Interprefy — our multilingual event and interpretation platform — was not materially affected thanks to the resilience built into our architecture.
We will also take the opportunity to highlight what event-organisers and technology buyers should look for when selecting a platform for mission-critical multilingual events.

There was a time — not that long ago — when offering interpretation at events felt like a gesture of generosity. Something above and beyond. Now? In 2025, it's fast becoming the baseline.

Part of that shift has to do with legislation. But it’s also about what audiences expect. They’re joining from dozens of countries, tuning in on different devices, and increasingly, they’re asking: Can I actually follow this in my own language?

Your company is planning a hybrid event, an all-hands meeting, or a public webcast — but have you considered how accessible your communication really is?

 The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is now in force. Since 28 June 2025, organisations offering covered products and services in the EU have had to meet new accessibility requirements — turning accessibility from a best-practice goal into a legal obligation. For teams delivering live audio, video, and spoken content, that means ensuring every channel is designed to be accessible from the start.