A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusionInclusive Design 24 (#id24)
Did you catch the #Blog last week? We had an article on the new (to NVDA 2024.2) command to jump between text paragraphs. We had some great feedback and gave the article a good update, so do check it out if you haven't already, be sure to try the feature, and let us know how you find it!
#NVDA #NVDAsr #Accessibility #A11y #Features #Efficiency #Feedback
It’s a very sad day. AppleVis has been a huge part of the #a11y community. Best of luck to David and the entire editorial team. Your work will be greatly missed.
The End of an Era: A Message From the Founder as We Announce the Closure of AppleVis | AppleVis applevis.com/blog/end-era-mess…
Dear AppleVis Community, It is with deep sadness and a heavy heart that after careful consideration I have made the difficult decision to step down from my responsibilities with AppleVis.www.applevis.com
Derek attributes his experience with NVDA instrumental to his career success and since working at Google has found numerous ways to improve accessibility, both internally and externally.
"A product built by the community, for the community, is better than one built by some company, simply because the community is in charge of what goes into it." - Derek Riemer
#NVDA #NVDAsr #Accessibility #A11y #ScreenReader #FOSS #OpenSource
GitHub has released an insightful article to accompany the documentary shared earlier showcasing NVDA, OSARA, & REAPER. The article interviews NVDA co-founders, Mick Curran & Jamie Teh, as well as Derek Riemer, who has used NVDA since 2011. Derek has contributed to NVDA itself & written over 20 add-ons. He also now works as a software engineer at Google.
Find the full article (& short documentary) here: github.com/readme/featured/nvd….
#NVDA #NVDAsr #Accessibility #A11y #ScreenReader #FOSS #OpenSource
NVDA and OSARA provide access to information, employment, community, and more, as well as empower a new generation to build a more accessible world.Mike Melanson (GitHub)
Allison interviews Mikael Vikman Sunna, CEO of Index Braille about their affordable braille printers. Index Braille offers a full line of braille printers ranging from small and portable to full-size and high-speed embossers for production use.Steve Sheridan (Podfeet Podcasts)
Dark mode & accessibility myth
stephaniewalter.design/blog/da…
#darkmode #a11y #accessibility #webdesign #webdev #UIDesign
Dark mode isn't always better for accessibility, you need to let users chose. And if you build a dark theme, make it accessible!Stéphanie Walter (Stéphanie Walter - Senior UX Designer, Mobile Expert, Conference Speaker, Blog writer and Teacher.)
The folks at TPGuy have finally made a Firefox extension for ARC Toolkit:
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef…
I installed it yesterday. Nothing has caught fire. Appears to work as I recall it on Chrome.
Download ARC Toolkit for Firefox. Accessibility testing tool from TPGiaddons.mozilla.org
Something you may not have realised is right-handed: playing cards.
When you pick up a card with your dominant hand and add it to the front of a card you're holding in your non-dominant hand, you create a fan towards your dominant hand.
Standard playing cards have a small version of the number and suit in two corners so that you can see them no matter which way up the card is, *as long as they're fanned right*, and many modern card games follow suit (ha!) without thinking, for the convention or aesthetic
Consider mirroring important summary information in both left and right corners (Ticket to Ride does a great job putting the suits in both corners while maintaining the pleasant asymmetrical feel of having them in one)
It's admittedly only a tiny accessibility issue, but it IS an accessibility issue, so have think about it.
#GameDev #Accessibility #a11y #TableTop #CardGames #BoardGames
If you or someone you love (or even vaguely tolerate) is using #accessiBe, perhaps send them this information about the class action lawsuit against accessiBe for lying about its #overlay:
lflegal.com/2024/07/accessibe-…
On June 24, 2024 Tribeca Skin Care, a small skin care dermatology practice in New York City, filed a class action lawsuit against overlay company AccessiBe.Law Office of Lainey Feingold
Learn everything you need to know to add captions to your own YouTube videos.Whitney Lewis (Pope Tech Blog)
Today at 13:55 MDT (19:55 UTC), my colleague Georges Stavracas will talk about bringing accessibility back to WebKitGTK:
events.gnome.org/event/209/con…
#gnome #guadec #guadec2024 #igalia #accessibility #webkit #a11y
In 2014, Steve Faulkner wrote an article What ARIA does not do. 10 years later, the message is unchanged.
#WebDev #WebDevelopment #ARIA #HTML #DigitalAccessibility #Accessibility #A11y
#DisabilityIN The Evinced CEO referred to the W3C ARIA Authoring Practices Working Group as one of the three pillars of creating accessible content. Using it can guarantee “100% accessibility”.
#DisabilityIN Very quick demonstration of Microsoft Accessibility Insights run against the Disability:IN home page only. Found no issues! Applause from audience. I *think* the “Needs review” tab listed two issues.
#DisabilityIN Luncheon Plenary: “Nothing About Us Without Us: Accessibility Innovation, Leadership, and Impact”
Microsoft’s CAO discussed one challenge of #accessibility is non-practitioners creating accessible content. She talked about advances in tooling to solve that, using this slide.
#a11y
😑🆕 What ARIA still does not do
"Use of ARIA is a promise you as a developer make to screen reader users."
Accessibility is not a loud, one-time event; it's a quiet revolution. It's also isn't about quick fixes or public shaming.
it's about the power of ongoing action like watering a plant – splash it once, and you'll make a mess; nurture it daily, and you'll watch it thrive.
#Disability #HumanRights #a11y #Accessibility #SDGs #Poverty #Technology
Get all your captioned video questions answered in this guide including why, what, and how to create great captions to get more video views.Meryl Evans
Demonstrates iOS SwiftUI Accessibility programming techniques using live good and bad examples that can be tested with VoiceOver and other AT. Includes documentation for developers explaining how t...GitHub
The Accessibility team at GitHub considers drag-and-drop a “high-risk pattern,” often leading to accessibility barriers and a lack of effective solutions in the industry.Kendall Gassner (The GitHub Blog)
Now that the storm has passed — I can share an update on screen reader support under Wayland.
As part of STF; GNOME has been working since the end of last year on resolving the matter.
The main issue is that we currently lack a way to “snoop on” or “grab” key events from the compositor.
We now have a draft protocol and implementation in Orca and Mutter thanks to @matt
We are doing our best to get it ready for GNOME 47.
#GNOME #a11y #Linux #freedesktop #Wayland
I am once again asking you you not to use Web•dev for #accessibility info, but this time with receipts.
adrianroselli.com/2024/07/dont…
#a11y
Web.dev is a site from Google Chrome developer relations that provides content both to evangelize Chrome and to more broadly support the web platform.Adrian Roselli
The City of Boston is going to stop asking people what disabilities they have in favor of asking what accommodations they require. Brilliant!
Via @kellylford
wgbh.org/news/local/2024-07-11…
#accessibility #a11y #disabilities
City departments will ask about accommodations rather than a person’s type disability.Meghan Smith (GBH)
Sherwin K. Parikh MD, P.C. v. Accessibe, Inc. et al (1:24-cv-04848), New York Southern District Court, Filed: 06/26/2024www.pacermonitor.com
On June 24, 2024 Tribeca Skin Care, a small skin care dermatology practice in New York City, filed a class action lawsuit against overlay company AccessiBe.Law Office of Lainey Feingold
🖖🏽 UPDATED with links to solutions!
💥 WCAG (Level A) BANG for your APP A11Y BUCK
"Does WCAG 2.2 Level A apply to Native apps?
yes, mostly"
#WCAG #developers #a11y #mobile
The true cost of not prioritizing accessibility: Avoid risk and maximize product ROI
"...if a bug is found in the requirements-gathering phase, the cost could be $100. If the product owner doesn’t find that bug until the QA testing phase, then the cost could be $1,500. If it’s not found until production, the cost could be $10,000."
productledalliance.com/the-tru… #a11y #roi #productmanagement
The American Institute for Research (AIR) reports that people with disabilities have a purchasing power of $490 billion. This market controls over $13 trillion in disposable income globally, according to the Return on Disability Organization.David Sloan (Product-Led Alliance | Product-Led Growth)
In just a couple of weeks, Carie Fisher and Jesse Dugas from the GitHub Accessibility team will be sharing the accessibility features of GitHub Copilot that you can use to enhance your own projects.
Mark your calendars for July 23, 2024, 1pm ET
a11ytalks.com/posts/2024-jul
#A11y #Accessibility #A11yTalks #Drupal #GitHub #Copilot
Join Carie and Jesse from the GitHub Accessibility team for an engaging session on improving your coding practices with GitHub Copilot.a11ytalks.com
(YouTube) Lies and hallucinations for the blind? Revolutionary AI smart glasses: #Solos #AirGo #Vision with GPT-4o now unveiled! youtube.com/watch?v=TvSId9u98S… #AI #AR #GPT4o
(AppleVis forum) Solos AirGo Vision: the future of smart glasses for blind and visually impaired users? applevis.com/forum/assistive-t… #blind #a11y
Introducing Groundbreaking Innovation: Solos' AI-powered Smart GlassesSolos, a front-runner in wearable technology, has unveiled a game-changing product that...YouTube
10 years ago I wrote about *not* using positive `tabindex` values. Today I added a warning about two Google web-dot-dev articles that a reader thought *promoted* it:
adrianroselli.com/2014/11/dont…
At what point will people recognize that #accessibility info from that site should be ignored?
Filed two issues:
• issuetracker.google.com/issues…
• issuetracker.google.com/issues…
#a11y
Animated GIF Animated GIF showing the tab order on a page using the default Re-CAPTCHA, which sets a tabindex, forcing a keyboard user through six tab-stops to get to the Skip to content link. Tabindex had the potential to be a useful attribute.Adrian Roselli
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Special offers for the ACB & NFB 2024 convention (Valid from Jul 1st to July 12, 2024). Available to customers in the US while supplies last! Bundles with Turtleback leather luxury carrying casesOrbit Research
Yelp says it is dramatically increasing information about accessibility in listings on its site for restaurants and other locations, while also pushing businesses to become more inclusive.
