#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.
@Musharraf :verified: @Cullen Gallagher I think back in the days when @Mozilla was calling it #b2g (Boot to Gecko). They have experimented with #picoTTS voices. The built-in screen reader is called readout. Now I know there are some interesting apps for #KaiOS such as matrix client, xmpp client, telegram client, RSS / podcasts, Youtube playback through invidious, openstreetmap, kodi remote control, ebooks / text files reading app and more. See at kaios.dev/2024/01/kaios-open-s… It would be nice to find out how much #a11y there is with a #screenReader.
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...
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.
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…
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.
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."
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.
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.
Orbit Research partners with Voice Of Specially Abled People (#VOSAP) to offer the Orbit Reader 20 braille display to blind and deafblind individuals in India for just ₹15,000 (66% discount)! Visit orbitresearch.com/product/part… or call +916353512142. #a11y
Introducing Groundbreaking Innovation: Solos' AI-powered Smart GlassesSolos, a front-runner in wearable technology, has unveiled a game-changing product that...
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?
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.
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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.
Accessibility overlays are a peculiar approach to accessibility problems. They make many assumptions that demonstrate a failure to understand assistive
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 ! 🥰
#alttext #ai #accessibility #websites #socialmedia https://youtu.be/CHCK43D0jJ0An Alt-Opinon On Alt-Text. In this conversation, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece...
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Highlights include Sound Split, numerous new keystrokes, new Braille mode & other features, updates to eSpeak, LibLouis & other dependencies & programs.
NV Access is pleased to announce that version 2024.2 of NVDA, the free screen reader for Microsoft Windows, is now available for download. We encourage all users to upgrade to this version. Highlig…
Do any screen reader users have tricks for locating a Youtube video's description? I was viewing this one on the web. He talks about specific audio cables he's ordering from Amazon, and there's a link to them in the description. I've tried with both JAWS and NVDA, but can't find a fool proof way to jump to a video's description, or for that matter, even get to the comments. #a11yyoutube.com/watch?v=I0yFQi4b5c…
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