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I really feel sorry for the public sector employees working on meeting this #a11y deadline for PDFs.
"PDFs are where services go to die."
No doubt the people working on this will be super under-resourced, and actually meeting this deadline won't be seen as much of a win by anyone, but not meeting it has legal and dire consequences.
To be clear more #a11y is good! Under-resourcing teams is not!
deptcivicthings.substack.com/p…
#Government #PublicInterestTech #CivicTech
The elephant in the new accessibility law: PDFs
If your government agency is typical, you have a lot of PDFs. Probably thousands. They are probably not accessible.Rebecca Woodbury (Department of Civic Things newsletter)
A couple years ago I opened a thread to add #AltText on #Mastodon banners and profile pictures. Now detailed todos are being posted. Is there anyone who could help in this case?
github.com/mastodon/mastodon/i…
#a11y #Acessibility
Add ALT-Tag to banner and profile pictures and make the value editable for acessiblility reasons · Issue #10313 · mastodon/mastodon
Pitch The banner and profile picts on the profile site has no ALT or ARIA tags. Blind people can't get information about the content of this images. Motivation Additional text information for image...GitHub
I have to ask, because apparently a lot of people don’t use the keyboard to navigate websites at all. I do it all the time.
#a11y
- Use Keyboard sometimes (41%, 39 votes)
- Use Keyboard frequently (33%, 31 votes)
- Use Keyboard with assistive tech (4%, 4 votes)
- Only use the mouse/touchpad/pointer (20%, 19 votes)
docs.google.com/presentation/d… #webdev #html #a11y
“Shopify, accessibility lawsuits & ‘Compliance’”
nicchan.me/blog/shopify-access…
Long read that looks at responsibility, content accessibility, the ACR of one theme, and drive-by lawsuits.
This quote tho: “In a way, the Shopify app store and theme store create a parasitic ecosystem.”
Shopify, accessibility lawsuits & 'Compliance' - Nic Chan
Accessibility is your responsibility too.www.nicchan.me
As neither of the current Accessibility team representatives are able to log-in to WordPress.org, team meetings are suspended until further notice. Bug scrubs will continue to run as normal.
Totally fine! make.wordpress.org/accessibili… #A11y
Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS - WordPress.org
Open source software which you can use to easily create a beautiful website, blog, or app.WordPress.org
#Barrierefreiheit #blind
And now this too ...
"neither of the current Accessibility team representatives are able to log-in to WordPress.org "
make.wordpress.org/accessibili…
#A11y
Is it ironic (or just plain hypocritical) how the full legal text of the EAA directive is entirely structured with `<table>` markup (for content that isn't tabular, and it isn't declared as presentational).
#accessibility #a11y #eaa
Oh GPT. You have a lot to learn, even though you've learned knowledge of much of the internet and scraped humanity of its dignity to rights since. Yet here we are. And why people should not rely on it for fullproof #A11y knowledge.
Which elements are put out by which screen reader, how does the output differ?
I've seen such an overview linked within mastodon a while ago. The web site contained a table with elements and their output in the three named screen readers.
Maybe one of you knows where I can find such an overview.
#ScreenReader #jaws #nvda #voiceover #a11y
TL;DR:
1. Probably don’t add `` without guidance from a copywriter.
2. Probably don’t add `` to foreign words without expert guidance.
3. Probably don’t add `` to URLs, email addresses, code blocks, etc.
4. Probably restrict `<wbr>` to URLs, email addresses, code blocks, and similar where technical accuracy is key.
5. Probably restrict `<wbr>` to before periods and dashes and maybe slashes in URLs and emails.
#accessibility #a11y #css #html
One of the themes which came through from the NVDA Satisfaction Survey earlier this year, was to improve Braille support. To help us target the most needed improvements, we have created a short survey. If you use NVDA with braille at least some of the time, please consider completing this survey.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
Please also share with anyone else who may be interested.
#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Braille #Accessibility #A11y #Survey #CommunityInput
It seems time again to remind everyone not to use ARIA `menu` roles for web site navigation:
adrianroselli.com/2017/10/dont…
From a technical perspective, there is no such thing as “dropdowns”:
adrianroselli.com/2020/03/stop…
That imprecise terminology leads to more miscommunication between sales folks, designers, and devs than is necessary. Then weird stuff gets built from scratch instead of leaning on existing patterns.
You should dismiss articles that conflate the two.
A complex and challenging case in accommodations, accessibility and creating healthy, respectful and effective inclusive workplaces.
For all of interested and engaged in accessibility and disability inclusion rights, it will be important and to follow this one through the legal processes.
Bonus: You'll get to work with an amazing nerd such as myself and we'll talk AT and AI all day. lifeatspotify.com/jobs/senior-… #jobs #A11Y
The @thunderbird team just released the first beta of their email client for Android. I've filed two accessibility bugs on GitHub, and within hours one is addressed and will be in the next beta release (with a pleasant thank you note to boot).
If you feel so inclined, please consider downloading the app and reporting accessibility problems. Especially if you're a native TalkBack user.
#a11y #Accessibility #AndroidAccessibility #Android #TalkBack #ScreenReader #Thunderbird
There are two solutions to ARIA Live Region issues:
1. Don’t use ARIA Live Regions (but use focus, dialogs, or other managing of what’s going on)
2. Put the live region in the DOM at page load (They cost nothing. If you need an alert and a status, put two divs in with both roles.)
See more in these slides:
I am glad `<datalist>` saw some fixes in Safari, as spotted by @adactio adactio.com/journal/21445
However, other bugs (such as the ones I link from JAWS and Firefox) are still open as well as voice control challenges and text size issues:
adrianroselli.com/2023/06/unde… (anchor link)
So nothing likely changes in your support landscape. Yes, this still makes me sad.
People on StackOverflow telling people to screw up #accessibility with the HTML dialog element defeats the purpose of using that element in the first place IMO. Please upvote my answer that corrects the numerous wrong answers, including the accepted answer, to this question if you have an SO account.
stackoverflow.com/a/79028606/2…
#webDev #a11y #html #css #javaScript
Reminder: To celebrate our 100th follower on Mastodon we are slashing our prices in half! 50% off all of our courses, just enter code 100-masto-pals on checkout! This code is Mastodon only. Valid until end of September. a11y-collective.com/courses-ov…
(But I can't keep you from sharing this code with anyone who needs a solid foundation in all things Web Accessibility.)
#a11y
#accessibility
The Access Text Network (a US platform where some publishers share accessible PDFs of their books on demand to authorized users) has gradually been coming back online after it collapsed this spring as a result of some kind of disagreement between Georgia Tech and the Association of American Publishers.🤔
My work was only granted access to the new AccessText today, and the collection has to be built back up over time book by book.
accesstext.org/about-us