`aria-label` still does not (consistently) translate.
adrianroselli.com/2019/11/aria…

Unless you only translate never-hidden content, your `aria-label`s never change, your content is an arbitrary subset of maybe only a dozen languages, and it never has a `<code>` element.

#accessibility #a11y

aria-label Does Not Translate

As of my 25 July 2025 update at the end of this post, aria-label auto-translation support is less spotty than when I first wrote this post, but still unreliable. It does, actually. Sometimes.

^{Adrian Roselli}

NVDA 2025.2 Beta 5 is now available for testing!

Read more & Download at: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-2b…

Changes in Beta 5:
- Fixed a bug where supported languages were incorrectly being reported as unsupported.
- Updates to translations.

Please try Beta 5 and let us know what you think.

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #NewVersion #Update #Beta #PreRelease #FOSS #FLOSS

After two weeks of writing, revising, and trying to make everything as digestible as possible, I finally published "GNOME Calendar: A New Era of Accessibility Achieved in 90 Days", where I explain in detail the steps we took to turn GNOME Calendar from an app that was literally unusable with a keyboard and screen reader to an app that is (finally) accessible to keyboard and screen reader users as of GNOME 49!

tesk.page/2025/07/25/gnome-cal…

#GNOMECalendar #GNOME #Accessibility #a11y #DisabilityPrideMonth #Linux #FOSS #OSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #GTK #libadwaita

GNOME Calendar: A New Era of Accessibility Achieved in 90 Days

There is no calendaring app that I love more than GNOME Calendar. The design is slick, it works extremely well, it is touchpad friendly, and best of all, the community around it is just full of wonderful developers, designers, and contributors worth …

^{TheEvilSkeleton}

The accessibility link is a lie: my adventures in weaponizing corporate virtue signalling, by WeirdWriter@caneandable.social
sightlessscribbles.com/posts/2…

#accessibility #a11y

At NV Access we are always interested in understanding the satisfaction of our NVDA users.
Plus we like to understand clearly what is important to you and also identify what we can do more effectively.
We encourage you to complete the NVDA Satisfaction Survey 2025 to assist us with improving the NVDA user experience. It is a short, three question survey, which is anonymous and does not require signing in.

Complete at: nvaccess.org/survey

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Accessibility #Survey #ScreenReader

***Attention! If you miss MSN/Windows Live Messenger, AIM, and/or ICQ, this is for you! If you use a screen reader and want a 100% accessible messenger client, this is also for you.*
This works with Windows XPthrough 11, and I'm logged into it as I write! It's called Escargot, and it revives Windows Live/MSN Messenger. This is the original software, but it has been patched so that it connects to the escargot.chat server and not the Microsoft one. It is 100% free and accessible with NVDA and I'm sure JAWS as well. They also have projects for AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) and ICQ, including for Android and IOS, and are working on a web client for MSN. (I don't know if AIM or ICQ are accessible with screen readers, as I have never tried them). Anyway, if you're over twenty-one (my personal request), have read my profile here, and wish to add me, I am dandylover1@escargot.chat. You can find everything here.

escargot.chat

Note: If you already have Windows Live/MSN Messenger on your system, you will still need to download their version and create an account. Your Microsoft, MSN, or Hotmail one won't work for signing in. Also, remember to click on RUN_AFTER_INSTALL.exe, in order to patch the program to the Escargot server.

#accessibility #AIM #Android #AOL #blind #chat #Escargot #EscargotChat #ICQ #IOS #Messenger #MSN #MsnMessenger #Microsoft #NVDA #Talkback #technology #Voiceover #Windows #WindowsLiveMessenger

mind the WCAG automation gap

"What can automated tools test without humans?"

#WCAG #accessibility #automation #AI #hype

html5accessibility.com/stuff/2…

I often get asked about how I do software development with a #ScreenReader and I also have some thoughts about #DevTool #Accessibility. Finally found the time to write my thoughts down properly.

neurrone.com/posts/software-de…

“Brief Note on Figure and Figcaption Support”
adrianroselli.com/2025/01/brie…

Unofficial sequel: “Don’t Wrap Figure in a Link”
adrianroselli.com/2025/01/brie…

#HTML #accessibility #a11y

Brief Note on Figure and Figcaption Support

I am not going to dive into the details of

and

^{Adrian Roselli}

Where is accessibility on the agenda of @bsky.app

So many issues on their GitHub: github.com/bluesky-social/soci…
Open for months. And that's just the tip of the iceberg really.

If you want to be -the- platform for public conversation, maybe include the entire public?

#accessibility

bluesky-social/social-app

The Bluesky Social application for Web, iOS, and Android - bluesky-social/social-app

^GitHub

I respect a principled stand.

“Public Broadcasting, the FCC, and Why I Turned Down the FCC Chairman’s Award for Advancement in Accessibility (by Larry Goldberg)”
lflegal.com/2025/07/larry-gold…

#accessibility

Attacks on Public Broadcasting Lead US Accessibility Champion to Reject Prestigious Award

Lainey's Introduction As the republican attacks on rights, benefits and democracy continue in the United States, resistance takes many forms.

^{Law Office of Lainey Feingold}

Today's Web Design Update: groups.google.com/a/d.umn.edu/…

Featuring @joedolson, @deconspray, @a11yMel, @eric, @TetraLogical, @mgifford, @SteveFaulkner, @NicMakesStuff, @LFLegal, @chriscoyier, @kevinpowell, @css, @deadcode, @j9t, @hdv, @stephaniewalter, and more.

Subscribe info: d.umn.edu/itss/training/online…

#Accessibility #A11y #WebDesign

Understanding the European Accessibility Act (EAA):
tetralogical.com/blog/2025/03/…

Including the bit no-one talks about, EN 17161 Design for All:
tetralogical.com/blog/2025/06/…

And a set of FAQ just in case:
tetralogical.com/blog/2025/07/…

#EAA #accessibility #a11y #SustainableAccessibility

Understanding the European Accessibility Act (EAA) - TetraLogical

The European Accessibility Act (EAA) requires that products and services made available within the European Union (EU) are accessible.

^TetraLogical

Single page apps can be problematic for assistive technology users.

TPGi's Doug Abrams explains some code examples that will help improve the accessibility of your app.

Read the full article: tpgi.com/client-side-routing-a…

#Accessibility #DigitalAccessibility #A11y

Improving Client-side Page Routing for Better Accessibility - TPGi

Single page apps can be problematic for assistive technology users. These code examples will help improve the accessibility of our app.

^{Doug Abrams (TPGi)}

👁️ super short note: placeholder perfidy

"I made the mistake in a recent article of using the placeholder attribute content to illustrate when a label is not correctly associated the text label does not provide an accessible name."

#accessibility #HTML #UX

html5accessibility.com/stuff/2…

Here's a quick demo on how to enable TTS on the Nintendo Switch 2 from the home screen. Hopefully these menus are the same across all devices, though I have no way to know that for certain.

Edit: For other blind Switch/Switch 2 owners, I started a WhatsApp group to discuss the accessibility of the console and it's games. DM if you'd like to join.

Download: onj.me/media/Switch2_Accessibi…
#Nintendo #Switch2 #Accessibility #TTS #ScreenReader

I’m speaking at #OSSummit Europe, 25-27 August in Amsterdam! I had two sessions accepted, "Building a Solarpunk Web: Open Source for a Sustainable Digital Future" and "Adding the W3C’s New ARRM To Improve Your Project’s Accessibility". If you are interested in #accessibility #sustainability #solarpunk #DigitalTeams

1 registration will give you access to over 250 great sessions covering the most cutting edge topics in #OpenSource today. Explore the schedule: bit.ly/3NXx5Zp

@NVAccess posted:

In-Process 15 July 2025

nvaccess.org/post/in-process-1…

#NVDASR #accessibility

“Sassy Outwater-Wright: Accessibility Champion and More, Dies at 42” by @LFLegal:
lflegal.com/2025/07/sassy-outw…

The “and more” is doing a lot of work there, because Sassy was so much more.

#accessibility

Sassy Outwater-Wright: Accessibility Champion and More, Dies at 42

Sassy Outwater-Wright died on July 12, 2025 of cancer. She was the self-described Tumor Killer Girl in her fierce, honest, and often heart wrenching writing about the disease that ultimately took her life.

^{Law Office of Lainey Feingold}

There is yet another accessibility overlay vendor out there, though it makes no conformance guarantees. Nor security or privacy guarantees.

“#ARTY Could Get You Sued”
adrianroselli.com/2025/07/arty…

#accessibility #a11y #overlay

#ARTY Could Get You Sued

I can’t actually assert the ARTY overlay will result in a lawsuit, though there is a trend of overlays attracting lawsuits. Attorneys say overlays don’t protect from lawsuits, either.

^{Adrian Roselli}

a label and a name walk into a bar

"When is a label also an (accessible) name, when is it not and when is it neither?"

#HTML #ARIA #accessibility

html5accessibility.com/stuff/2…

Have you tried RIM? It's an accessible way to get technical support remotely. It's somewhat similar to JAWS tandem and NVDA remote, but has more features... It's currently free until July 18th, so if you've been wanting to try it out, now is the time!

pneumasolutions.com/from-now-t…

#Accessibility #A11y

Well y'all, I might have to go back to Windows. With Fedora 42, and Orca 48.6, I cannot use Google Docs well at all on Google Chrome, and on Firefox, the outline view which I use to navigate through many, many headings in a document I need for work, isn't usable at all. I can arrow up and down all I want, but nothing speaks.

#accessibility #fedora #linux #blind

The overlay shill is not just a shill, but an overlay vendor itself.

It may have failed to disclose that when asking for, and engaging in, a “balanced” and “open” debate about overlays on LinkedIn.

Overlay vendors continue to be ethically dubious (at best).

#overlay #accessibility #a11y

What the fuck is it with #overlay companies and their apologists commenting on my blog?

I got two today (on the same post):
adrianroselli.com/2025/01/ftc-…

They are promoting their water-carrying shill-piece over on LinkedIn.

#accessibility #a11y

FTC Catches up to #accessiBe

From the FTC on Friday: The Federal Trade Commission will require software provider accessiBe to pay $1 million to settle allegations that it misrepresented the ability of its AI-powered web accessibility tool to make any website compliant with the W…

^{Adrian Roselli}

🚀 Open to Work!

Meet Sarah Russell, CPACC – a Digital Accessibility pro ready to make an impact.

She’s organized, collaborative, and passionate about removing digital barriers.

📧 sarah.russell@blindit.org

#Accessibility #CPACC #OpenToWork #DigitalAccessibility #TeamBIT

Yeah, I had planned not to write any more of these since I had already gone after the big players. But this one poked me.

“#Accesstive Will Get You Sued”
adrianroselli.com/2025/07/acce…

#overlay #accessibility #a11y

#Accesstive Will Get You Sued

I can’t actually assert the Accesstive overlay will result in a lawsuit, though there is a trend of overlays attracting lawsuits. Attorneys say overlays don’t protect from lawsuits, either.

^{Adrian Roselli}

Another one of my posts. This one on the topic of AI tools as assistive technology, what's working, what isn't and why, all without the hype that too many people tend to lean into when discussing this technology:

When Independence Meets Uncertainty: My Journey with AI-Powered Vision
A blind user's candid assessment of the promises and pitfalls of current AI accessibility tools
open.substack.com/pub/kaylielf…

#AI #Accessibility #Substack #ComputerVision #AssistiveTechnology #Blog

🤖👁️ From thermostat success to dryer disasters: my honest take on AI vision tools that promise independence but deliver uncertainty. A must-read for anyone curious about the real state of AI accessibility.

^{Kaylie L. Fox (Kaylie’s Substack)}

Just wrapped up high school and exploring what's next! You probably know me from Altbot (the accessibility bot that helps make Fedi more inclusive), but I also build terminal tools, AI integrations, and love working on anything that improves user experience.

Looking for opportunities in full-stack dev, UI/UX, or accessibility-focused roles. Strong in Go, Python, C#, Web, 7+ years Linux experience, and passionate about open source. My projects have thousands of users and I'm always thinking about how to make tech more accessible, inclusive, and user friendly for everyone.

Portfolio: micr0.dev

Boosts appreciated!

#fedihire #developer #accessibility #opensource

I'm considering getting a Linnstrument (as I have been for years), and just came across this super freaking awesome comment w/ response by Roger Linn on one of his YouTube videos.

This is seriously so cool.

Update: I just bought one directly from rogerlinndesign.com because of how hard I support this way of doing business, and wrote him an email to let him know. Let's make it RAIN for people who are kind and empathetic!

#accessibility