Ashlee Boyer wrote a top-notch article on why to use PX units for CSS spacing. She’s also looking for work in the new year if you need someone who specializes in accessibility and web development things. ashleemboyer.com/blog/why-you-… #css #a11y #webdev
#Blind #Linux #Accessibility / #a11y folks, I need a #ScreenReader #accessible #email client that supports calendar and contacts integration with #Outlook and #GoogleWorkspace. Thunderbird is out because I cannot find reliable instructions on connecting it to my Outlook contacts. Anyone who suggests that I should either switch back to Windows or use my phone for email will be playfully booped over the head with a pool noodle. Kidding. Seriously though, recommendations welcome. Thanks. #BlindMasto #BlindMastodon #BlindFedi #MailClient #EmailClient
I have been under distress lately due to personal circumstances that are outside my control. I cannot find a permanent job that allows me to function, I am not eligible for government benefits, my grant proposals to work on free and open-source proje…
Hey Fedi, what does everyone think about DuckDuckGo's own browser as an alternative to Firefox? Anyone know how well stuff transfers or how cooperative it is in terms of #accessibility ? #a11y #askfedi
We definitely need more support for the Accessible Canada Act. It is only with political pressure that we are going to see governments actually regulating this. The Act is just the beginning, and is just one tool to make Canada more accessible.
OTTAWA — The federal Office of Public Service Accessibility is in limbo months after it produced a document accusing the government of falling behind on supports for public servants with disabilities.
Before we begin, I want to level set that this is not an article about why you need to make images and SVG elements accessible. There are plenty of great re...
So there are apparently people creating personal voices on Macs, because it's more flexible than on the iPhone. I have heard several times that people have even cloned all sorts of random voices. But since you can't upload audio files for recording, how exactly are you to do this, manipulate the folder, where ever it is, or whatnot? #personal_voice #accessibility #a11y #voiceover #mac
Interesting finding: most of the custom 2FA input forms (you know those with single digit input fields) *do not* work on slow internet. Likely because they require some JS bundle that does not download properly or takes forever. Solution: just use a regular single input field, folks! #accessibility #a11y #openweb #webdev #javascript #2fa #login #web #ux #usability #ui
Question for the Mastodon hive mind: Primer: I have a need to convert, resize, reorient, and transcode video for various stages of our video edit and distribution pipeline. I've been doing all of this in ffMpeg, via command line arguments and custom-coded scripts. However, the needs of this thing just simply don't scale that way. And no one but me gets access to the CLI on these systems. So that's just not feseable. Now finally, to the question. I am looking for an open-source web frontend to ffMpeg that is, if not fully accessible, as that is a very tall order, but at least usable by an experienced screen reader user with the typical tools and hacks learned over twenty years of experience. Just something that doesn't make accessibility a barrier and most importantly, a time waster. Please boost far and wide for reach, with thanks.
@Mike Gorse @Nolan Darilek There are two flavors of @Delta Chat (39c3) . The default one is electron based and it's working fine. The experimental one built with tauri is somewhat lighter when it comes to resource usage but has #a11y issues as it uses webkit-gtk under the hood rather than chromium. So my guess is this will improve the general accessibility of tauri based apps on linux.
Apple products are designed for every student. Accessibility features like Magnifier on Mac, Accessibility Reader, Braille Access, VoiceOver, Sound & Name Re...
Dear #QT toolkit, recently I'm again looking into your #screenreader #a11y into #QML in particular. I'm trying to make one of my favorite apps @Mixxx DJ Software a bit more accessible. Last night I have managed to turn the menu with items such as 4 decks, Library, Effects and more into aria toolbar pattern in terms of keyboard navigation. It only consumes single tab stop when navigating through it and other buttons can be reached using the arrow keys. Of course there is much more to do and I've started a forum topic documenting my attempts.
Just a quick note to explain why I'm transliterating Hebrew instead of just typing it: Eloquence, which is a speech synthesizer used by a lot of blind people who use screen readers, really freaks out with Hebrew, to the point where it just announces characters. So it's a lot easier for screen reader users to read if I just transliterate it. #Chanukah #Mazeldon #Accessibility #A11Y
I’ve built a few Braille-related apps, and I’m learning the hard way how difficult this space really is.
Discoverability is hard, onboarding takes time, and even motivated users often need practice before the apps become useful. Some software concepts are innovative, powerful, but slower compared to hardware tools.
I’m still iterating and listening carefully to feedback.
I’m Stefan, an indie developer working on accessibility-focused apps for blind users.
My current work explores how light, color, and structure can be translated into sound and haptics without being overwhelming. A lot of it is learning by listening — to users, not just to code.
I’m here to learn, exchange ideas, and hopefully contribute something useful.
Happy to connect, and grateful for thoughtful feedback along the way.
1. Focus indicators were added in various places 2. Events are focusable with a keyboard 3. Year/month spin buttons are navigable with arrow keys 4. Calendar grids are skippable with Tab, and cells are wrapped via keyboard focus 5. Calendar list box now behaves like a check box
For screen readers: events and year/month spin buttons have proper semantics!
Is the small market justification for the cost of #AssistiveTechnology still valid in 2025, or is it an easy copout for companies to continue charging high prices? #Accessibility #A11y
Yes, it's still valid (50%, 1 vote)
No, this argument is no longer valid. We have found ways to make these tools more affordable. (50%, 1 vote)
Accessibility poll for people who use screen readers for daily use. I’m writing a guide about alt text.
🧵 Poll 2 of 2:
I’d like your opinion about long description methods for complex images. What is your preferred approach? (Feel free to comment if you want to elaborate.)
my siblings in dionysus, when you're posting an image, don't just write whatever text is in the image as alt text. alt text is (primarily) for accessibility and that means describing the image
if you're posting a screenshot, say that
if you're posting a photo of something, say so
anything else is just half assing it to get around whatever warning your client is saying, acting like people who care about that are stupid, and most importantly completely ignoring people the needs of people who rely on alt text to know what you posted. in fact, when you do this i think the only player who wins from this move is AI scrapers who wanna improve their computer vision models
Accessibility, The Origin of Innovation: In this article, I will discuss the details of 10 innovations throughout history that were only possible through unlocking the power of accessibility and including the voices of people with disabilities. In the #disability community, it is a deeply believed and often repeated fact that improving #accessibility leads to innovations that improve the world for everyone. Necessity is the mother of invention is, after all, a proverb so frequently quoted that it has become a cliché. And yet, people with disabilities still find ourselves left out of research and design, and all too often we don’t get a seat at the product development table. This leaves our inventions overlooked, unrecognized, and sometimes unrealized. stuff.interfree.ca/2025/12/16/origins-of-accessibility.html#a11y#InclusiveDesign#pwd#blind
Web Design References: News and info about web design and development. The site advocates accessibility, usability, web standards and many related topics.
Officially going to ditch my Matrix account thanks to the poor accessibility experience with the Element X mobile app and the Element web app… neither of these options play nicely with screen readers in their current form, and my level of frustration has reached its breaking point. I’ll be removing all links to my Matrix account from my website in the near future, but all other links to my social media and messaging apps are still valid. Basically, accessibility is my primary roadblock using more apps on the Fediverse as it seems most of them, don’t take accessibility for screen reader users into account in their design, or if they do, it’s not a serious commitment. #A11Y #Accessibility #Fediverse #Matrix #ElementX #ElementWeb
On complex forms, add an error summary for forms so users know what to fix at a glance. If the form is long, add contextual errors near the field. #accessibility #a11y
Vojtux - Accessible Linux distro which is almost pure Fedora
Vojtěch Polášek has put together a technical preview of a version of Fedora that should work well for blind or visually impaired users. While his goal is explicitly to see these improvements and changes become part of Fedora itself, for now you can use this implementation based on the Fedora MATE spin. :)
Hey, I've been under distress lately due to personal circumstances that are outside my control. I can't find a permanent job that allows me to function, I'm not eligible for government benefits, my grant proposals got rejected, paid internships are quite difficult to find. Essentially, I have no stable monthly income that allows me to sustain myself.
Nowadays, I work mostly on accessibility throughout GNOME as a volunteer, improving the experience of people with disabilities. I helped make the majority of GNOME Calendar accessible with a keyboard and screen reader — still an ongoing effort with !564 and !598 —which is an effort no company ever contributed financially. These merge requests take thousands (literally) of hours to research, develop, and test, which would have been enough to sustain myself for a couple of years if I had been working under a salary.
I would really appreciate any kinds of donations, especially ones that happen periodically to bump my monthly income.
These donations will allow me to sustain myself while allowing me to continue working on accessibility throughout GNOME, potentially even 'crowdfunding' development without doing it on the behalf of the Foundation.
I accept donations through the following platforms:
There is no calendaring app that I love more than GNOME Calendar. The design is slick, it works extremely well, it is touchpad friendly, and best of all, the community around it is just full of wonderful developers, designers, and contributors worth …
I feel like the android keyboard is really bad with talkback at the moment. Like, really bad. This morning when I was in the car I had an issue with my Pixel Buds. I wanted to google it, but this is where the issue appeared: As you may know, typing on Android devices with Talkback is already a quite slow experience even using direct touch. But imagine even if your finger is on the proper letter, if you lift it it chooses one that is next to it basically every third letter. If you have at least some bit of imagination, this will probably be very bad in said. And let me tell you, it infact is as crappy as it sounds. I sincerely hope this is something which gets fixed as soon as possible. I already noticed it two or three days ago. If this won't be fixed, my phone simply isn't workable with and I will need to use voice messages and dictation for everything. #accessibility #a11y #google #android #pixel #googlepixel #talkback #blind
📣 Aktualisierung: Start um 17:00; Sei #A11y und unterstütze den Zugang zum !@metalab für Menschen mit Sehbehinderung oder Blindheit! Komm zum Do-It-Blind (DIB) Treffen 🛠️ am Montag, 15. Dezember, Treffpunkt metalab um 17:00; Ende 20:00 metalab.at/calendar/event/8268… #make #blind #inklusion
I was able to co-code another audio game with ChatGPT: introducing Arcane Audio Archer! I'm still working on difficulty shifts later on in gameplay, but it was fun coming up with all the sound effects, the styling and design, and the ballistics model, all while wrangling the AI to stay on target and fixing the output for overall #A11y and usability. Another project by the #blind for the blind! Go shoot some targets! marconius.com/fun/audioArcher/
Früher zeigte das #NextCloud Symbol in der #ubuntu Desktop-Statusleiste vollflächig durch grün, gelb und rot an, wie der aktuelle Stand der Syncronisation ist.
Seit einiger Zeit wurde es durch das Logo ersetzt, welches eine Art mini winzigen Badge, wahrscheinlich ein grünes Häkchen trägt, wenn die Sync i.O ist.
