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
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 am unfollowing @aral@mastodon.ar.al. No matter my disagreements with GNOME folks in the past, COSMIC and GNOME are going to end up with the same accessibility backend, @accesskit, developed by the amazing @matt@toot.cafe.Fosstodon
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
#A11y
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
This article announce the Accessibility (ally) test week for Fedora Rawhide (F41) and provides instructions to participate.Sumantro Mukherjee (Fedora Project)
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.
Got enough confirmation. Filed a Chromium bug:
Named regions with `tabindex` hide content from TalkBack
issues.chromium.org/issues/342…
Thanks all!
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.
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.
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.
Select Topic Area Product Feedback Body Today, Github rolled out a change to the markup rendered for hover cards. In particular, they all now include the aria-description attribute whose value is s...GitHub
Adrian Roselli shares his approach to creating Alt Text.
#DigitalAccessibility #Accessibility #A11y
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…
Apple has announced the winners of its 2024 Apple Design Awards, which honor excellence in innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement in app and game design across seven categories: delight and fun, inclusivity, innovation, interaction, social …www.applevis.com
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
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.
#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
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…
Discover amazing ML apps made by the communityhuggingface.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.
#QR #QRCodes #Marketing #Accessibility #A11y #DigitalAccessibility
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
Beta3 of NVDA 2024.2 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
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…
A tool for splitting up long posts in to fediverse sized chunks. It's a web page that lives on your computer. - masukomi/fedithreadyGitHub
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-…
Global Accessbility Awareness Day 2024 On-Demand WebinarsRicky Onsman (TPGi)
Access for All: Two friends helping change opportunities for blind people with an open-source screen reader for all. Now on Microsoft Unlocked: unlocked.microsoft.com/nvda/
#NVDA #NVDAsr #Accessibility #ScreenReader #A11y #Microsoft #FOSS #OpenSource #Free #News
Read our Story, An open-source screen reader for all on Microsoft UnlockedMicrosoft
Fully blind person hacking, coding and tinkering while using a screen reader. THM, HTB, accessibility, all the things.Twitch
I have been reading through the State of HTML 2023 results site (2023.stateofhtml.com/) and I am so disappointed in the overall #accessibility efforts — both in the questions and in the code.
This may become a blog post.
I filed 3 issues today, have filed 15 since late 2022, and only 2 have been addressed:
github.com/Devographics/Monore…
But these surveys keep pushing problematic info in problematic UIs, giving the wrong impression of… everything.
The 2023 edition of the annual survey about the latest trends in the HTML ecosystem.2023.stateofhtml.com
Your restaurant has kiosks, and a patron who is blind attempts to use it. Will they be able to make a purchase independently? Is your legal risk low?
Stop by booth #5536 to see the industry-leading and most widely used self-service screen reader software, JAWS for Kiosk.
#Accessibility #DigitalAccessibility #A11y #Kiosks #SelfService #2024RestaurantShow #ADA
2024 National Restaurant Association (NRA) Show from May 18 to 21 in Chicago, IL!Anthony Priore (TPGi)
NVDA 2024.2 Beta 2 is now available!
NVDA 2024.2 includes Sound split, new Synth settings commands & quick nav commands, many Braille features & fixes & more!
Changes since Beta 1
- Disable style navigation in Outlook and non-UIA word
- Disable vertical, style and text
-QuickNav commands in Kindle
- Minor documentation fixes
- Updates to translations
Read the full what's new and download the new NVDA 2024.2 Beta 2 from: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2024-2b…
#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Beta #FOSS #A11y
Beta2 of NVDA 2024.2 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
Are you blind? Have you heard of the commandline, but don't know what it means or how to use it? I recorded a tutorial that shows how to use a popular commandline utility called YT-DLP to download the audio version of a video with a screenreader, and how you can apply this to other commandline applications. This will accomplish jobs more quickly and bypass inaccessible graphical user interfaces. I hope you find it helpful!
#a11y #accessibility #screenreader
There is a really pervasive trend in video these days where people will use (usually auto-generated) open captions (sometimes called “burned captions”), where the text for the narration or the like is baked into the image of the video.beesbuzz.biz
CSUN 2025 returns to the Anaheim Marriott, March 10 to 14, 2025.
#CSUNATC24 #CSUNATC25 #a11y #events
Reference: twitter.com/CSUNCOD/status/177…
With Chrome announcing support for UIA, it might be worth retesting some of your patterns with Narrator, Voice Access, Magnifier: developer.chrome.com/blog/wind…
I didn't think UIA was quite mature, but I am also old enough to forget Windows’ prior but somehow also current #accessibility APIs. So I may simply be wrong.
#a11y
From Chrome 126 the Windows UI Automation framework is supported.Chrome for Developers
This is great but can we please also have Fedora (& Ubuntu, etc.) acknowledge they started shipping operating systems without a functional screen reader when they switched to Wayland and that that’s still the case?
This is not to name and shame. Unless we acknowledge this as an error on par with shipping without monitor support and unless the culture is altered to make accessibility a showstopper, it’ll happen again.
#Fedora #GAAD #Accessibility #A11y #Linux #OpenSource fosstodon.org/@fedora/11245033…
For Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we want to recognize the work being done on accessibility by @matt as part of the @gnome Foundation. He is the lead for @accesskit and is currently working on Newton, a Wayland-oriented solution for assistive technologies that can modernize accessibility on the Linux desktop!➡️ youtube.com/watch?v=w9psDfEFf9…
#Fedora #GAAD #Accessibility #A11y #Linux #OpenSource
Modernizing Accessibility for Desktop Linux - Matt Campbell, GNOME Foundation
Modernizing Accessibility for Desktop Linux - Matt Campbell, GNOME FoundationThe desktop Linux ecosystem has changed dramatically since accessibility was fir...YouTube
Ablr is a full service disability inclusion and digital accessibility organization dedicated to creating a more accessible world for all.Ablr - Full Service Disability Inclusion
