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On Tech Talk this week, I had a great conversation with Troy Otilio from @AiraVI about their new Access AI feature, which has recently been released as a beta in the Aira Explorer app. We spoke about where this feature came from, the impact the use of AI has on privacy, and so much more about AI and Aira in general. Have a listen here or wherever you get your podcasts
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/…
@rnib #aira #AccessAI #AI #chatGPT #gemini #blind #accessibility #podcast
RNIB Tech Talk: Tech Talk 508: Access AI, WelcoMe In Currys, RNIB Gamer Survey on Apple Podcasts
Show RNIB Tech Talk, Ep Tech Talk 508: Access AI, WelcoMe In Currys, RNIB Gamer Survey - 16 Apr 2024Apple Podcasts
Slides from my Notes on synthetic speech talk at #GAconf today:
decks.tink.uk/2024.html
And the original blog post from 2021:
tink.uk/notes-on-synthetic-spe…
Also gnome is very likelly to pioneer #accessibility innovations in upcoming releases so for me the answer is clear. I'm on @GNOME since v3.4 and v3.6 days and I am not going to change that.
Glidance | Glide your way to independence
A new era of independence for the visually impaired Glide is the world’s first self-guided primary mobility aid designed to further your independence andGlidance
If we get this sorted, we will have a fully accessible notification daemon for all wlroots based compositors, which will soon include XFCE. This could be the Wayland equivalent of notification-daemon for X11, but even better if the GTK notification centre list can be fixed up too. #Linux #accessibility #a11y
Regression in accessibility with the Orca screen reader · Issue #404 · ErikReider/SwayNotificationCenter
Please read through the README and the Man pages before submitting Please also make sure that there isn't any prior issue describing this bug Describe the bug The Orca screen reader is seeing group...GitHub
Starting with version 3.1.12, #pandoc-generated #EPUBs conform to the EU Accessibility Act. w3.org/TR/epub-a11y-eaa-mappin…
Relevant metadata fields are listed in the "EPUB metadata" section of the manual: pandoc.org/MANUAL#epub-metadat….
EPUB Accessibility - EU Accessibility Act Mapping
The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is an EU directive that establishes accessibility requirements for different types of products and services.www.w3.org
A little accessible and inclusive content creation hot tip:
Instead of just linking directly to xkcd, consider linking to the relevant entry on explainxkcd.com instead (or as well as linking to xkcd).
There, each xkcd comic has a full, descriptive transcript, and the hover text is printed as plain text, making the comic much more accessible for your blind (or otherwise screenreader-using) followers and for mobile users alike.
Plus, the joke explanations are helpful!
explain xkcd
Explain xkcd is a wiki dedicated to explaining the webcomic xkcd. Go figure.explainxkcd.com
Remember these guys? They were the ones who, when approached, said #accessibility wasn’t a high priority on their road map. So, bye bye. Post News, the a16z-funded Twitter alternative, is shutting down
tetralogical.com/blog/2024/03/…
by Henny Swan via @TetraLogical
#webdev #webdesign #a11y #accessibility
Accessibility foundations - TetraLogical
Our **foundations** series provides an overview of core accessibility considerations. They are a good starting point for visual designers, content designers, interaction designers, and developers when designing and building accessible products and s…TetraLogical
Here's a neat exploration of the curb cut effect for accessibility in @gnome - using accessibility tools to aid in testing automation! Has pros and cons identified in the article, but interesting nonetheless.
➡️ fedoramagazine.org/automation-…
#Fedora #Gnome #accessibility #a11y #Linux #OpenSource
Automation through Accessibility - Fedora Magazine
Using Accessibility as an automation testing tool. Learn about DesktopQE's automation stack to test Desktop Applications.Michal Odehnal (Fedora Project)
👉🏼 Building a culture of accessibility
“Accessibility isn't solely important in the final product; it's crucial at every step of the process. Adopting accessible practices from the outset unlocks your team's full potential.”
‘When security and accessibility clash: why are banking applications so inaccessible?’
nicchan.me/blog/when-security-…
I once did a presentation for a bank client explaining all the ways preventing paste disables users.
The response: “But we have to, for security.” No ability to justify beyond that, no consideration of user impact, no offer of supporting data.
Security theater is often used to abrogate #accessibility requirements. #a11y
When security and accessibility clash: why are banking applications so inaccessible? - Nic Chan
A quick exploration of accessibility anti-patterns in banking applicationsNic Chan
Or maybe Matt Mullenweg, head of the multi-billion dollar WordPress corporate entity, could honor his prior commitments to #accessibility and sponsor this.
It should be embarrassing to him and his company that he doesn’t. That this event has to even *ask* for free labor.
YOWZA
Form Extractor Prototype
“This tool extracts the structure from an image of a form.”
github.com/timpaul/form-extrac…
#ai #LLM #UX #accessibility
GitHub - timpaul/form-extractor-prototype
Contribute to timpaul/form-extractor-prototype development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Microsoft announced their latest round of FOSS fund recipients. We're thrilled to share that @NVAccess are among this quarter's recipients. From: github.com/microsoft/foss-fund
"A project of the Microsoft Open Source Programs Office, the FOSS Fund provides up to $10,000 USD in sponsorships to open source projects as selected by Microsoft employees."
Congratulations also to The GNU Compiler Collection, Urllib3, CLAP & MSW.
#OpenSource, #FOSS #Free #Software #NVDA #ScreenReader #Accessibility #A11y
GitHub - microsoft/foss-fund: The Microsoft FOSS Fund provides a direct way for Microsoft engineers to participate in the nomination and selection process to help communities and projects they are passionate about. The FOSS Fund provides $10,000 sponsorsh
The Microsoft FOSS Fund provides a direct way for Microsoft engineers to participate in the nomination and selection process to help communities and projects they are passionate about. The FOSS Fun...GitHub
“Socks, lies, and accessibility”
janmaarten.com/gaad-2023/
Where @janmaarten shows that just a couple days after #accessiBe’s CEO promised to stop being such a lying liarface it went and used sock puppet Twitter accounts to promote its #overlay.
As I keep saying, past behavior is a predictor of future behavior (side-eyes #AudioEye, #UserWay, #FACILiti).
Socks, lies, and accessibility
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is around the corner. Looking back at last year, I found some troubling things people in this field should be aware of. Because they're likely to be repeated.Jan Maarten (Jan Maarten – Inclusive designer, privacy advocate, writer)
Everette Bacon, Aira’s Vice President of Blindness Initiatives, was featured on the most recent episode of Talking Technology sharing Aira’s history, functionality, and future developments including the new Access AI feature and recent Eclipse event coverage.
#AccessForAll #OnYourTerms #AssistiveTechnology #Accessibility
youtube.com/watch?v=UAQ8YJA1Zb…
Talking Technology with V I Labs Episode 54 – Aira, Voice Dream, and a Solar Eclipse
On the show this week we catch up with Everette Bacon, Vice President of Blindness Initiatives at Aira Technologies to find out about the inspiration behind ...YouTube
...and here we go: #id24 will return this year on 12 September 2024.
The call for presentations is now open inclusivedesign24.org/2024/
#a11y #accessibility #inclusiveDesign
Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)
A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusionInclusive Design 24 (#id24)
GAAD Raleigh 2024
Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day with the Ablr team on May 16th at the Raleigh Union Station in Downtown Raleigh!Eventbrite
Hm. I wonder if I can get any fediverse admins onboard to disable all images on their instance on the World Sight Day in October, so that only alt text shows up.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Si…
#accessibility #a11y #ImageDescription #AltText #FediAdmins #MastoAdmins
Department of Justice just formally set WCAG Version 2.1, Level AA as the technical standard for government sites. ada.gov/notices/2024/03/08/web…
Fact Sheet: New Rule on the Accessibility of Web Content and Mobile Apps Provided by State and Local Governments
The Department of Justice published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on July 20, 2023 explaining how we propose updating the regulations for Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to add more specific requirements about web and m…ADA.gov
Our new Chief Technology Officer, Gerald Hartig, is being interviewed on Vision Australia Radio tonight at 8:10pm AEST (About 1hr 15mins after I post this). You can tune in online at: player.listenlive.co/65731/
#NVDA #ScreenReader #Accessibility #Interview #News #A11y
Vision Australia Radio Adelaide
Accessible news, information and entertainment. Vision Australia Radio offers a range of interesting and informative programs that feature readings from the latest newspapers, magazines and books.Vision Australia Radio Adelaide
Director @tink is quoted in the Financial Times this week discussing the increasing presence of AI in the world of digital accessibility.
ft.com/content/3c877c55-b698-4…
#FinancialTimes #AI #Accessibility
Blind internet users struggle with error-prone AI aids
Unreliable software installed to comply with rules to help disabled people navigate online has prompted thousands of lawsuitsFinancial Times
Lots of things happening in the AI/LLM space that could have implications for #accessibility
Ferret-UI from Apple:
arxiv.org/abs/2404.05719
ScreenAI from Google
research.google/blog/screenai-…
Ferret-UI: Grounded Mobile UI Understanding with Multimodal LLMs
Recent advancements in multimodal large language models (MLLMs) have been noteworthy, yet, these general-domain MLLMs often fall short in their ability to comprehend and interact effectively with user interface (UI) screens.arXiv.org
Speaking of #overlays, there is yet another one: #WebAbility
I have already made a PR to add it to the Overlay Fact Sheet:
github.com/karlgroves/overlayf…
As with other overlays, it makes WCAG/ADA promises, fails to fix stuff, replicates platform features (poorly) in CSS, and introduces WCAG violations just by adding it to a site.
Cool business model.
Adding WebAbility as an overlay by aardrian · Pull Request #1189 · karlgroves/overlayfactsheet
From Introducing WebAbility.io: Ultimate Web Accessibility Widget for ADA & WCAG Compliance, a press release from Techyweb Solutions INC.: WebAbility.io offers easy, comprehensive solutions for we...GitHub
Jupyter notebooks in 2024 is still not accessible.
In his #PyCascades talk, Venkatesh Potluri (who is blind) noted that popular Python libraries like matplotlib etc still can't embed alt text.
He made a patch for it, but the notebooks still don't pick up alt text.
#accessibility #Python #jupyter
Lost Vault - Accessible Android
Lost Vault is a variation of idle and active MMORPG. Prepare for resources optimisation and performing the actions carefully! Portrait mode played with justAccessible Android
Observations on Squarespace Accessibility
Summary: Squarespace, like other no-code content management systems (CMS), is a common choice for people who want to easily create a website. Choosing Squarespace comes with pros and cons when maki…{the} Amy Carney
"Blind internet users struggle with error-prone AI aids", reports an article in the Financial Times:
ft.com/content/3c877c55-b698-4…
#FT has a paywall but three articles can be accessed for free if you register.
TLDR is that AI #accessibility widgets over promise and under deliver. Repeatedly.
#AI #GenerativeAI #a11y
Blind internet users struggle with error-prone AI aids
Unreliable software installed to comply with rules to help disabled people navigate online has prompted thousands of lawsuitsFinancial Times
#AudioEye has a blog post where its CAO talks about “trust, transparency, collaboration, and innovation.”
Which is code for rebranding its #overlay product without issuing refunds for its prior guarantees.
Anyway, I offer my thoughts in a bit more detail as a comment on the post that got me sued:
adrianroselli.com/2023/02/audi…
#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
#TheOldReader #iOS #accessibility #technology #tech @mastoblind
The Old Reader
Read all your favorite online content in one place. Import your subscriptions in one click, find your friends, and start sharing.The Old Reader
This piece is worth reading if you’re in tech criticism or infosec/cybersecurity and are being asked for commentary on IoT and smart home devices.
People aren’t foolish for using IoT or for wanting things to be easier in their homes. This tech makes positive and meaningful change for people of all kinds of abilities. It’s valid to worry about the privacy or security issues that IoT is riddled with, but don’t draw a direct line from there to blaming the user - some people have no alternatives that don’t involve giving up independent access to their own homes and lives. Everyone deserves to live in ways that fit their needs.
Instead, join the push to hold manufacturers and providers to account for poor security and privacy practices. Advocate for better, more respectful and accessible default configurations. Help people understand how to anticipate and mitigate the worst of these issues when they’re setting things up, and give them power and agency over their home systems.
We all deserve to have tech that works for us, in all the ways that matters.
#accessibility
#a11y #infosec
#cybersecurity
#iot #smarthome
theverge.com/24080201/smart-ho…
How smart home technology made my home more accessible
Using one’s phone or voice to flip a light switch may be convenient since you don’t need to get up. For the author and other disabled people, this makes it accessible.Steven Aquino (The Verge)
I was going to boost this as a good example of a well-written image description, but does this work?
(Don't have access to a screen reader right now.)
mas.to/@swisslet/1121784244902…
#accessibility #a11y #ImageDescription
swisslet (@swisslet@mas.to)
Attached: 1 image Steve Martin is a comic genius. Here’s a ‘personalised’ letter he used to send out to fans. That flip at the end is perfection. #SteveMartin #comedy #lettersmas.to
TalkBack 14.2 has been Released: Here's What you should Know - Accessible Android
Google has made version 14.2 of Android Accessibility Suite,/a> AKA TalkBack, available. However, before going any further, several points are worthEditorial Staff (Accessible Android)