Excited to launch Orbit Speak! A speech-based notetaker & entertainment center with braille keypad.

Standard: $549 | Plus: $699 (includes music player, internet radio, & more).

Order now at orbitresearch.com/orbit-speak/

#OrbitSpeak #A11y #BrailleForAll #NFB2024

New post, another in my series of using the right lingo while also carrying the IKEA vibe:

“Be Careful Using ‘Grid’”
adrianroselli.com/2024/07/be-c…

I try to disambiguate between 8 different meanings of the word ‘grid’ in a web dev context.

#HTML #ARIA #CSS #accessibility #a11y

Be Careful Using ‘Grid’

TL;DR: Be careful when using the word grid on its own. Be certain you have chosen the term that accurately describes the pattern you want.

^{Adrian Roselli}

C’est la classe, ou bien ? Notre collègue @agon a imprimé des porte-clés Access42 et des planches d’alphabet #braille en 3D à l’aide d’un bioplastique à base d’amidon de maïs.

Très sympa, ces cadeaux de séminaire faits maison ! 🥰

#a11y #3DPrinting #Impression3D #DreamTeam

Hey. Turns out #AudioEye might be just as immoral as we all suspect:

“Lawsuit Accuses NASDAQ-listed AudioEye CEO and its Executive Chairman of Stock Manipulation”
prnewswire.com/news-releases/l…

I pulled out its CEO’s threats against the whistleblower so they are easier to read:
adrianroselli.com/2023/02/audi…

#accessibility #a11y #overlay

#AudioEye Will Get You Sued

Disclaimer: This post and the headline is my opinion. I provide verifiable facts throughout to inform that opinion. I am also not a lawyer, and this post does not constitute legal advice. The content reflects my genuinely held beliefs and opinions.

^{Adrian Roselli}

Why don’t we talk about minifying CSS anymore? blog.sentry.io/why-dont-we-tal…

Me: because Javascript is a much, much, much bigger problem for web performance.

#a11y #webdev #css #javascript #webperf

Why don’t we talk about minifying CSS anymore?

Remember Grunt files? Gulp files? We rarely need to think about CSS minification, chunking, splitting and post-processing anymore. Here's why.

^{Salma Alam-Naylor (Product Blog • Sentry)}

NV Access are very pleased to announce the release of NVDA 2024.2! Please download from: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2024-2/

Highlights include Sound Split, numerous new keystrokes, new Braille mode & other features, updates to eSpeak, LibLouis & other dependencies & programs.

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #A11y #Accessibility #New #Release #FOSS #Update #NewVersion

Fedora has been shipping with a broken screen reader for NINE YEARS but the real problem is me

ar.al/2024/06/23/fedora-has-be…

#fedora #accessibility #a11y #ableism #RedHat #IBM #Linux #OpenSource

We are joined by Florian Beijers @zersiax who is a full time screen reader user to talk about how the accessibility experience differs on various operating systems and Linux desktop environments, and what open source software devs could be doing better.

linuxafterdark.net/linux-after…

#linux #podcast #opensource #a11y

Freedom isn’t freedom if it’s only for abled people.

Then again, there’s a reason you don’t see the word “freedom” in “open source.”

And there’s a reason “share alike” is just one of the principles of Small Technology, alongside a non-colonial approach, inclusivity, and others. (small-tech.org/about/#small-te…)

#openSource #ableism #foss #freedom #accessibility #a11y #inclusivity #SmallTech

About

We’re a tiny and independent two-person not-for-profit based in Ireland. We’re working on building the Small Web.

^{Small Technology Foundation}

For eight years Fedora has been shipping GNOME with a broken screen reader!

EIGHT YEARS!

(Wayland has been default on Fedora for eight years – since Fedora 25, released in 2016.)

And a hundred-billion-dollar corporation like IBM ships operating systems today based on it with a broken screen reader.

What is an ableist culture? One in which the people who call this out get ostracised.

#ableism #fedora #redHat #IBM #gnome #cosmic #wayland #a11y #system76 #linux fosstodon.org/@soller/11264637…

I don't know about you but I haven't memorized #WCAG. I got sick and tired of browsing google for answers. I thought that that maybe a good way to go is create a #gpt in the #gptstore. I am also work on a WCAG Reference ap(coming soon)

If you want to try it here is the link.

Feedback is welcome.

chatgpt.com/g/g-MWtM0WK6Z-wcag…

#Wcag2.2

#Accessibility

#A11y

#DigitalAccessibility

ChatGPT - WCAG 2.2 Reference

Your WCAG 2.2 reference for web accessibility guidelines.

^ChatGPT

The Fedora Quality Team is joining Week of Diversity with an Accessibility Test Week!

Much like other Test Days, the goal of this week is to put Fedora through its paces and catch as many accessibility related issues as we can for our disable users. If you want to put your advocacy to action, consider participating!

The Accessibility Test Week runs from Jun 19-25, starting tomorrow.

Learn more: fedoramagazine.org/announcing-…

#Fedora #FedoraA11yTestWeek #FWD #Accessibility #a11y #Linux #OpenSource

Update on Newton, the Wayland-native accessibility project ✨

blogs.gnome.org/a11y/2024/06/1…

Great work @matt !

Looking forward to work with you again next year and ship this!

Thank you @sovtechfund ❤️

#Wayland #freedesk #Linux #GNOME #GTK #Flatpak #accessibility #a11y

As expected, the Chromium intake person was unable to reproduce the issue (it may have been kit this time?), so I got 5 people to confirm and added a video:
issues.chromium.org/issues/342…

I really do hate how hard it is just to get a bug to get taken up.

I mean, I had to re-file this one because the original was closed due to not reading instructions:
issues.chromium.org/issues/342…

Anyway, thanks for those who helped.

#accessibility #a11y #Chrome

Got enough confirmation. Filed a Chromium bug:

Named regions with `tabindex` hide content from TalkBack
issues.chromium.org/issues/342…

Thanks all!

#a11y #accessibility

Chrome / TalkBack bug I first reported in 2020, and which was fixed for a time (?) appears to be back. Looking for confirmation before I file yet another one.

A named region with a `tabindex` does not expose its contents. Chrome / TalkBack only announces its accName and role.

I think I have an ugly workaround (“Shawarma” heading).

Test case:
codepen.io/aardrian/pen/Exzyad…

Similar to issue I filed earlier this month, which I limited to APG tab panels.

#accessibility #a11y

Good news, everybody!

Fix coming in v128, or 20 Aug 2024 (stable release), for this Chrome / TalkBack bug:

Named regions with `tabindex` hide content from TalkBack
issues.chromium.org/issues/342…

There are two related bugs that I am hopeful it will fix but no idea?

Anyway, file bugs. It’s the only way stuff has a chance to get fixed.

#a11y #accessibility

Images without text alternatives is a huge problem. The issue is magnified when the image is a link. Realize that screen reader users receive no valuable information when the image wrapped with a link is missing a text alternative.

Ensure that all images, including those that act as link, provide appropriate text alternatives.

#DigitalAccessibility #Accessibility #A11y #UXDesign #WebDev #WebDevelopment

Oh GitHub.

@sclower filed a discussion item (with @jscholes confirming) and since I was bumping into it during a call today I also made a video:
github.com/orgs/community/disc…

A lot going on here:
• Verbose.
• The instructions sometimes lie.
• Some triggers are a problem.
• Fake-dialog has issues.
• Those are links, not disclosure triggers.
• Verbose.
• Also, verbose.

#a11y #accessibility

Adrian Roselli shares his approach to creating Alt Text.

buff.ly/3VcM6w0

#DigitalAccessibility #Accessibility #A11y

My Approach to Alt Text

I ran across a survey from Tilburg University on the experiences and perspectives of image describers. It asked what process I follow to write image alternative text, and it occurred to me that I don’t use a checklist or guideline anymore.

^{Adrian Roselli}

Congratulations to Oko for winning the Apple Design Award in the inclusion category. Oko uses your phone’s camera and some machine learning to let blind and visually impaired travelers know the status of traffic signals. #a11y

applevis.com/blog/oko-accessib…

I am not the only one to say this:

Please remember that WCAG itself is the bare minimum of #accessibility. Conforming to WCAG does not guarantee something is accessible. It does not even guarantee something is usable. All WCAG does is provide you with a starting point. Lots of WCAG failures suggest the page has not even made it to the starting line.

Which I say at the end of this post comparing free automated WCAG testing with manual testing:
adrianroselli.com/2023/01/comp…

#a11y

Comparing Manual and Free Automated WCAG Reviews

Automated accessibility testing tools cannot test 100% of WCAG. This position is not controversial. Other than overlay vendors, no automated tool maker makes that claim.

^{Adrian Roselli}

aria-label is one of a number of secondary methods to label native HTML UI elements. It works in some scenarios, less well or not at all on others. Get the details on it's proper and effective usage.

buff.ly/3R7yZLv

#HTML #ARIA #WebDev #WebDevelopment #DigitalAccessibility #Accessibility #A11y

In this 5000+ word tome, I walk you through every button, toggle, and slider in Overcast. I’m hoping that @marcoarment checks my work and tells me if I made any egregious errors (and doesn’t mind my editorializing as I do the walkthrough.) Also - it's accessible with VoiceOver!

How to Use Overcast as Your Podcatcher of Choice podfeet.com/blog/2024/05/overc…

#a11y

How to Use Overcast as Your Podcatcher of Choice - Podfeet Podcasts

This post was updated after it was published when I realized I hadn’t gone through Settings and I’d forgotten to test with VoiceOver. Sometimes an app or service is in such widespread use that it doesn’t occur to me to tell you how it works.

^{podfeet (Podfeet Podcasts)}

This generative model allows you to sketch out a scene with a few words, it then leverages an LLM to flesh out the details, with the ultimate goal of feeding those details to a downstream visual image generation model.
It is almost, but not quite, entirely the inverse of image captioning models.
This offers the closest experience to an image generation tool that's usable by people with visual impairments.

huggingface.co/spaces/lllyasvi…

#a11y #genai #llm

Omost - a Hugging Face Space by lllyasviel

Discover amazing ML apps made by the community

^{huggingface.co}

You may think that QR codes are great for securing your login, or letting users read more online about a product marketed in a news paper ad. But there is a high risk you are creating barriers for people with disabilities, unless you use QR codes correctly.

buff.ly/4bP0QYI

#QR #QRCodes #Marketing #Accessibility #A11y #DigitalAccessibility

Accessible QR Codes - The Ultimate Guide

^{Daniel Göransson (Axess Lab)}

NVDA 2024.2 Beta 3 is now available. As well as all the amazing things already announced, changes in Beta 3:
- Disable style navigation in Microsoft Word
- Add section on Add-on Store to Quick Start Guide
- Fixes for using Poedit with all plural forms
- Minor fixes for sound split
- Minor documentation fixes
- Updates to translations

Read the full what's new and download from: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2024-2b…

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #News #FOSS #Update #Accessibility #A11y #Beta

I've just pushed a bunch of #accessibility changes for screen readers to the main branch of FediThready. ( It makes long texts into post sized chunks)

I've run through it with #VoiceOver and it _seems_ ok. HOWEVER it all feels like it's "usable" instead of "good".

If there's a #a11y geek out there who uses screen readers regularly I would REALLY appreciate some suggestions on how to make this actually feel good for folks who rely on screen readers.

github.com/masukomi/fedithread…

GitHub - masukomi/fedithready: A tool for splitting up long posts in to fediverse sized chunks. It's a web page that lives on your computer.

A tool for splitting up long posts in to fediverse sized chunks. It's a web page that lives on your computer. - masukomi/fedithready

^GitHub

There were a lot of #webinars for #GAAD 2024, too many to attend them all. But a lot of them were recorded, so I rounded up links to 30 or so #OnDemand webinars and videos and put them into a blog post.

tpgi.com/global-accessibility-…

#Accessibility #a11y #TPGi

Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2024: On-Demand Webinars and Videos - TPGi

Global Accessbility Awareness Day 2024 On-Demand Webinars

^{Ricky Onsman (TPGi)}