Nice, the European Union has officially stated that accessible overlays do not work. This isn't news to most of us, but it's always nice to have something official to point at!
commission.europa.eu/resources…
#a11y #accessibility #accessibledesign
Web accessibility overlays are tools or technologies that aim to improve the accessibility of a website. However, claims that a website can be made fully compliant in an automated fashion are not realistic.European Commission
"Most importantly, tooltips should only provide descriptive and non-essential text, giving slightly more detailed text for active elements such as links and form controls. Ultimately, they provide expendable text which is already on the web page."
htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/202…
Great in-depth article about #tooltips by Jan Hellbusch. He knows what he's talking about, had the pleasure to be in one of his workshops and he's an absolute pro. 🤯
#HTML #CSS #JavaScript #accessibility #a11y #HTMHell
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.Design pattern for custom tooltips - HTMHell
Adobe has just added AltText & Extended Description to the IPTC fields supported by Lightroom Classic (I requested this feature in March 2022 & just got word that they've added it). This is potentially huge for anyone who uses LR to prep images for social media, e.g. Mastodon, or the Web.
@paul Could Ivory automatically read these fields & use them to populate the alt-text on image posts? (Read Ext. Desc. first, fallback to AltText?)
European Commission on accessibility overlays: commission.europa.eu/resources…
Web accessibility overlays are tools or technologies that aim to improve the accessibility of a website. However, claims that a website can be made fully compliant in an automated fashion are not realistic.European Commission
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.Back to Basics: 5 HTML attributes for improved accessibility and user experience - HTMHell
NVDA 2024.1 Beta 1 is now available for testing. Highlights include a new on-demand speech mode, the ability to drop speech modes from the NVDA+s command, a new "native selection" mode for Firefox, bulk actions in the add-on store & ability to review add-ons & more!
Note this release breaks add-on compatibility and only works on Windows 8.1 and newer.
Full info and Download from: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2024-1b…
#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Update #Beta #NewVersion #A11y #Accessibility #News
Beta1 of NVDA 2024.1 is now available for download and testing. For anyone who is interested in trying out what the next version of NVDA has to offer before it is officially released, we welcome yo…NV Access
European Commission makes statement on accessibility overlays.
"Claims that a website can be made fully compliant without manual intervention are not realistic"
"overlay tools may make a website less accessible for some users"
commission.europa.eu/resources…
#eu #a11y #accessibility #overlays #fail
Web accessibility overlays are tools or technologies that aim to improve the accessibility of a website. However, claims that a website can be made fully compliant in an automated fashion are not realistic.European Commission
Accessibility resources free online from the international standards organization: W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) (Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI))
I don't think #WebAIM has an account on the fediverse yet, but the 10th iteration of their Screen Ready survey is now live.
The vital #a11y insights created from these surveys help inform our understanding of the technological and usability landscape. This helps to shape how accessible, and importantly usable experiences are created on the web.
If you use a screen reader, I hope you'll please consider filling it out: webaim.org/projects/screenread…
iOS accessibility techniques and sample app from CVS
#opensource #a11y #iOS
linkedin.com/pulse/announcing-…
CVS Health is releasing a new open-source project, iOS SwiftUI Accessibility Techniques, which demonstrates iOS SwiftUI Accessibility programming techniques using live good and bad examples that can be tested with VoiceOver and other assistive techno…Paul J. Adam (www.linkedin.com)
Call to the global accessibility community. An overlay company won a 26,000 Euro judgment against accessibility consultancy Koena, a woman-owned 7 person shop run by @armonyaltinier. Koena was sued for sharing its opinion, as part of the global public conversation about the overlay company's one-line-of-code product.
I'm supporting Koena's fundraising campaign to raise money to appeal the judgment. Learn how you can help: lflegal.com/2021/11/overlay-le… #accessibility #a11y
A tool for editing text spacing properties on web pages. WCAG conformance information included.chrome.google.com
Welcome to the official accessibleandroid.com channel! Stay updated with the freshest news, tips, app insights, and device reviews directly from our website. Join us for all things Android accessibility!Telegram
Posted 9:31:17 PM. Dice is the leading career destination for tech experts at every stage of their careers. Our…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.www.linkedin.com
Hello Fediverse,
We are looking for Text-To-Speak (TTS) expertise to help or advise us on improving the default voice of the Linux desktop. 
📣
Please reach out or boost 
Thanks!
#Linux #tts #accessibility #a11y #GNOME #KDE #FreeSoftware #freedesktop #ml
Just ONE WEEK until our Accessibility Webinar! Want to be a better #a11y with your Wagtail projects? Join us to learn how.
Sign up here: bit.ly/3uioUme
Join us on December 13th to explore accessibility within the world of Wagtail CMS. Whether you're a seasoned Wagtail editor, a developer, or on the hunt for an open-source CMS that prioritizes accessibility - this event is for you.Zoom
Yesterday, I discovered that quite a few of my articles have made their way onto Hacker News. And the conversations around them are actually, generally speaking, pretty good for what I generally expect from the site.gomakethings.com
What I do to avoid it!Nic Steenhout (Nic’s Accessibility musings)
In-Process is out! Featuring some more NVDA 2023.3 goodies, a few other things we've been up to, a sneak peek at something in NVDA 2024.1 AND a HUGE walkthrough of Object Navigation. If you're not familiar with how object navigation works after that, I'll give you a refund on the cost of your In-Process subscription! 🤑: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-4…
#NVAccess #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Blog #News #Tutorial #A11y #Accessibility
Can you believe it’s December already?! As we speed towards Christmas, let’s check out some more presents from NVDA 2023.3. Plus, everything else going on in the world of NVDA, and a big tutorial o…NV Access
I have a question regarding a semantic HTML construct, and I'd like to know what the current consensus is (if there is one). So here goes:
Should navigation links be placed in an unordered list in a <nav>?
The spec doesn't recommend anything, but examples from MDN (developer.mozilla.org/en-US/do…) and WHATWG (html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage…) consistently use lists unless the contents are written in prose. Is this still the preference more broadly?
I have some other questions in this area. Safari removes list semantics if you remove the bullets (with exceptions, such as if the list is a child of "nav"), due to alleged "list-itis". At what point do lists become inappropriate? If I have a list of blog posts, and I format them as cards, with a heading, publish date, summary, and an image, is that too much content for each <li>?
Also, MDN and WHATWG point out not all links should be contained in navs (such as footer links), and "nav" should instead signal major blocks of navigation links. Would my prior example of a list of blog posts count as a major block? Should I enclose my list of blog posts in a nav? Does that extend to all section, category, and tag pages listing pages in that section/category/tag?
Feel free to respond if you have opinions, but keep it civil, and boosts are appreciated.
Animation and accessibility are often seen as two separate powers at odds with one another. How is it possible to strike a balance between elements that move and the possible negative effects they expose to users who are sensitive to motion? Oriana G…Smashing Magazine
Are you involved in digital accessibility outside the United States? I welcome updates to my global law and policy page - and I'd especially like to hear how laws and policies are implemented outside the United States.
I'm getting ready for Part 2 of my digital #accessibility legal update coming up on December 7. Free and online. Global page is here: lflegal.com/global-law-and-pol… You can register for the webinar here: go.3playmedia.com/wbnr-11-30-2… #a11y
Join us for our 2023 Digital Accessibility with Lainey Feingold!go.3playmedia.com
Sesame Workshop Enhances Accessibility for Sesame Street Content ✨ Sesame Workshop has introduced significant enhancements to its content accessibility…IAAP - International Association of Accessibility Professionals (www.linkedin.com)
A new brief from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers underlines the importance of and reason for having a position dedicated to statewide digital accessibility coordination.News Staff (GovTech)
The #UPowerWAD project is an #EU project to empower disabled users to exercise their rights regarding the Web #accessibility directive and report issues regarding public sector websites: funka.com/en/projekt/upower-wa…
#a11y
Equipped with a fresh pot of tea and reading Keyboard accessibility myths and #WCAG by @graeme on the @TetraLogical blog:
tetralogical.com/blog/2023/11/…
Accessibility consultancy with a focus on inclusion. We can help you with knowledge, experience, strategy, assessments, and development.TetraLogical
So I wrote a blog post for the first time in 5 years, warning about hcaptcha's accessibility account. Long story short, they banned me from the accessibility account because I'm not blind. I am blind, but well, they seem to think not. Please boost, share, etc since this seriously affects me, and it's not ok at all. You can read the full blog post here: 4mt.me/hcaptchastory
#blind #hcaptcha #a11y #accessibility #boost
Also known as: why you shouldn't trust a company who makes their product intensionally inaccessible with allowing you an accessibility workaround It's been a while, hasn't it? Well I'm back again with a long overdue blog post.Michael Taboada (The Blog of Michael Taboada)
Common questions I hear about web accesssibility with short, low on nuance answers.Hidde's blog
Happy Firefox 120 release for those who celebrate 🎉
This comes with a couple important Debugger fixes and a bunch of accessibility improvements in the toolbox.
Grab your drink of choice and read through the full update fxdx.dev/firefox-devtools-news…
Did you know @kde had an #accessibility inspector? Currently it's hidden in the build folder of libqaccessibilityclient but not for long. We started the process of making it a standalone application and a first release is planned in 2-3 weeks!
apps.kde.org/accessibilityinsp…
Congratulations to Gene, recipient of this year's RNZFB Chair's Award. It is wonderful to see your hard work & advocacy over many years acknowledged with this prestigious award. Gene has long advocated for NVDA & been a great friend to us in New Zealand. We're excited to see him honoured.
Read more at: blindlowvision.org.nz/news/cha…
#Blindness #Blind #Advocacy #RNZFB #BlindLowVision #A11y #Accessibility #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader
The annual Chair's award is a prestigious honour bestowed upon a blind, deafblind, or low vision person who has shown remarkable achievement.blindlowvision.org.nz
Related: 4 examples of web-accessible date pickers...
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Deque: dequeuniversity.com/library/ar…
U.S. Web Design System
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Tommy Feldt: fymmot.github.io/inclusive-dat…
#date #calendar #UIDesign #webdesign #webdev #a11y
Accessibility resources free online from the international standards organization: W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) (Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI))
A super cool course: Accessible Technology Design, by AccessibleEU (free, online, self-paced, in English).
This introductory course consists of 6 modules:
1. Accessibility and Inclusive Design.
2. ICT Accessibility Laws and Standards.
3. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
4. Digital Accessibility Myths.
5. Avoiding Non-Inclusive Design Patterns.
6. Creating Inclusive Designs.
accessible-eu-centre.ec.europa…
#a11y
The course is available on the AccessibleEU online campus. It ends on 15 December.AccessibleEU
