The 🌱 Green Digital #Accessibility #Conference - ‘Where #Accessibility meets #Sustainability’.

🎟 webs.uab.cat/gda/

“… a platform to bridge work in digital media, communication and environmental studies, with a particular focus on the role of #Accessibility in the green transition.”

I switched to LibreOffice years ago and never looked back.

I understood that many developers had moved to LibreOffice, and OpenOffice had since stalled?

In terms of accessibility, LibreOffice continues to improve their export-to-PDF engine. They can now generate a PDF that is often pretty much compliant with PDF/UA.

Though I still use Microsoft Office for client work.

I'm curious to try OnlyOffice. I wonder how it compares?

#LibreOffice #OpenOffice #OnlyOffice #accessibility

This:

“Scrollbars Are Becoming A Problem”, Artemis Everfree (artemis.sh/2023/10/12/scrollba…).

Via HN: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…

On Lobsters: lobste.rs/s/fhyvyr/scrollbars_…

#UX #Scrollbars #Scrolling #Design #Affordance #Accessibility #GUI

Scrollbars are becoming a problem

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^lobste.rs

I recently discovered a feature for moderators where you can help with accessibility. When moderating a hashtag, you can change its display name to replace lower-case with upper-case letters. This will help both dyslexics and vision impaired people.

If you can afford an extra minute or two to fix these while moderating trends, it will make them easier to read for everybody, especially the really long tags in hashtag games.

#MastoAdmin #MastoMod #Inklusion #BarriereFreiheit #Accessibility #a11y

Some new #accessibility features from #Google. I am especially excited about “Lens in Maps”, currently only on iOS. I think you should be too! :) But you gotta try it out first!

blog.google/outreach-initiativ…

8 ways we’re making daily tasks more accessible

Today, we’re launching new products and features aimed at making daily tasks more accessible for people with disabilities.

^{Eve Andersson (Google)}

Apple and Lenovo are dropping the ball for visually impaired users

theregister.com/2023/10/16/app…

#accessibility

Apple and Lenovo are dropping the ball for visually impaired users

Accessibility features help everybody… and one day, you might need them too

^{Liam Proven (The Register)}

I published a blog post for TPGi about the Digital Accessibility Blogs and Newsletters I follow to keep up with things. And it lets me give some credit to people like @laura_carlson and @a11ynews

tpgi.com/digital-accessibility…

#DigitalAccessibility #a11y #accessibility

Digital Accessibility Blogs and Newsletters - TPGi

Digital accessibility blogs and newsletters

^{Ricky Onsman (TPGi)}

Op Mastodon praat ik wel vaak over #toegankelijkheid, maar bijna nooit over mijn werk (expres). Maar vandaag mag eindelijk het nieuws naar buiten dat het bedrijf waar ik werk, Firm Ground, gekocht is door Swink.

swink.nl/nieuws/swink-en-firm-…

Voor mijzelf was de aanloop hier naartoe nogal stressvol. Ik hoop dat de rust in mijn werkende leven nu een beetje terug kan komen.

Ik heb opeens veel nieuwe collega's en een kantoor in Amsterdam, niet bepaald om de hoek.

Effe wennen!

#a11y
#accessibility

Swink en Firm Ground gaan samen verder

Swink en Firm Ground gaan samen verder als één bureau. Wat dit voor jou als klant/relatie betekent, vertellen we hier.

^Swink

For UK disabled followers and friends:

Google is recruiting people to become members of the #accessibility Trusted Tester Program. So far, members have been from U.S. and Canada. Testing of Talkback and other studies take place through this program. You can be a tester for on-going products like Talkback or take part in research studies that will be posted. You'll be paid for your time for most of the studies.

Signup here to express your interest (UK only). g.co/a11ytt

WCAG 2.2 removed SC 4.1.1, Parsing (Level A). I maintain that valid markup has important benefits despite no longer being required. We may find it possible to write good software without static analysis, construct a building without blueprints, or make an accessible website without validation. They remain good practices.

WCAG’s normative text describes outcomes, not how to achieve them. Validation is but one part of the process of achieving the necessary outcomes.

Let’s not interpret the removal of SC 4.1.1 as permission to ship known errors.

Originally posted on seirdy.one/notes/2023/10/06/wc… (POSSE). #accessibility #WCAG

WCAG 2.2 and validation

WCAG 2.2 removed SC 4.1.1, Parsing (Level A). I maintain that valid markup has important benefits despite no longer being required. We may find it possible to

^{Seirdy's Home}

Hi everyone! I made a an audio game 3D platformer where you can edit the map just by editing the included CSV files. Would love to know what you all think of it as I'm thinking of having other projects have editable CSVs!

ericbomb.itch.io/unseen-platfo…

#GameDev #IndiedDev #accessibility

When someone offers you evidence-based criticism, do you:

A. Respond by making changes/improvements
B. Throw a tantrum and sue your critic

#AudioEye chose B and is suing @aardrian
adrianroselli.com/2023/05/audi…

Makes you wonder, doesn't it? #accessibility

#AudioEye Is Suing Me

On Wednesday March 8, 2023, a man who turned out to be a process server came to my house and delivered a stack of papers — a 30 page lawsuit from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP along with Buffalo-area firm Phillips Lytle LLP, both representing Au…

^{Adrian Roselli}