1 week left until the #axecon speaker application deadline! Join amazing speakers like Gene Kim, Steve Saylor, Jutta Treviranus, Aaron Gustafson, and Elle Waters at this amazing, free, virtual, digital accessibility extravaganza. deque.com/axe-con/call-for-spe… #a11y
Accessibility Acceptance Criteria - "Automatically generate test cases for Web, iOS and Android components…" magentaa11y.com/ by T-Mobile's Accessibility Resource Center #a11y
Folks, I want to boost your lovely posts, I really do but I won’t if you don’t write image descriptions (alt text) so people who use screen readers can also experience them.
It doesn’t take long to write one.
And if you’re posting an image of text and you have an iPhone, you can select the text from the image with a long press and copy/paste it.
Sara, do you or anyone else know of a way test VoiceOver on Mac if we don't have access to a Mac? One of the perennial frustrations in the web industry is the assumption we're all on Macs. For many, Macs are well out of our budget ranges, but we still want to do the best we can with the tools at hand. Any advice?
New study: "Using a random sample of 300 English language open access journals, we assessed author guidelines to understand image requirements for submissions…We found that most open access journals do not include disability accessibility elements in their guidelines…While over half the journals had required parameters for image submission, none of them required alt text." osf.io/preprints/metaarxiv/zsj…
There is a non-zero chance that WCAG Success Criterion 4.1.1 Parsing will go away in WCAG 2.2. This isn’t a problem for users, regardless of the problems it may pose for the WCAG process, ACT rules, automated testing tools, or ossified testing proces…
I do find it mildly ironic that I just got a marketing email about a accessibility book with an unsubscribe link with a contrast of 2.35 and so not accessible at all. #a11y #darkpattern
Typefaces are the foundation of accessible visual reading experiences, so choosing a performant typeface that enhances legibility and readability for people with poor vision, learning disabilities…
This tutorial describes how to build an accessible main navigation of a website. You learn about semantic HTML, accessibility, and how using ARIA attributes can sometimes do more harm than good.
Learn how Google's Project Relate is breaking down #a11y barriers related to atypical speech patterns. This is SO important! Communication is a critical human right! Thank you Google for all you are doing! blog.google/outreach-initiativ…
Although Apple stock is down roughly 23% year to date at the time of writing this article, the $2 trillion company is now valued at more than Amazon, Alphabet and Meta — combined. Could the reason be…
Accessibility folks know about keyboard access and screen reader accessibility, but what about mouse accessibility? Users of a mouse and other pointing devic...
Please consider completing the 2022 Accessibility Skills Gap Survey (by Dec 16) teachaccess.org/accessibility-… To "accurately reflect the #accessibility skills that currently exist within the workforce." from TeachAccess & PEATWorks #a11y
So I recommended this resource again on the complexity of custom selects, etc. "<select> your poison" by Sarah Higley. Includes CodePen examples. sarahmhigley.com/writing/selec… #a11y #webdev #aria
Like it or not, even though content can be made to adapt to different viewport sizes and zoom levels by use of CSS media queries, sometimes the end result ca...
"Stop creating products and platforms that exclude people with disabilities." "This message from Noam Bardin, one of the founders of the new social media platform Post, is awful and just plain baffling." accessiblesocial.substack.com/… Yup! #a11y #socialMedia #prodmgmt
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Inaccessible websites lose $6.9 billion a year to their accessible counterparts, yet digital inclusion remains under-addressed. We look at how brands can benefit from placing accessibility at the heart of their strategy.
Wow. Someone raises millions for a Twitter alternative (Post.news) and says he’s “Not focused on accessibility.” You mean you ARE focused on exclusion? On ignoring the security and privacy of disabled people (yes- accessibility is privacy and security) Accessibility is a civil right. You can’t “let everyone in” and THEN do accessibility because accessibility IS the door. C’mon Noam Bardin do better H/t @blakereid #a11ypost.news/article/2I8KY7PphGpE…
Going through the posts this morning, seeing lots of feature requests and questions about our priorities, I thought I would share what we are focused on and why we are making certain decisions.
While many are praising him for his transparency, it reveals a major problem and hurdle with building accessible products. Not to mention the ableism in stating several times, the need to "let everyone in" while choosing not to make sure the application is accessible. Statements like "Our number one focus is letting in the 300K+ users on our waitlist" assume that none of those people have a disability and/or all use technology in the same way.
Going through the posts this morning, seeing lots of feature requests and questions about our priorities, I thought I would share what we are focused on and why we are making certain decisions.
Here's post.news's founder Noam Bardin, declaring in the same breath "we are not focused on . . . accessibility" and "We want to do it all but first, let's get everyone in." In other words, "everyone" does not include people with disabilities. This kind of discrimination is not uncommon from tech companies, but it's a pretty unusual for a founder to state it this explicitly. #a11y must be an MVP expectation for digital startups.
Going through the posts this morning, seeing lots of feature requests and questions about our priorities, I thought I would share what we are focused on and why we are making certain decisions.
I hand't thought of the RT as part of a call/response culture.
My main concern with the piece is that we cannot control whether or not Twitter implodes. Monopolies are inherently fragile & we know it is being run by a benevolent dictator.
Twitter had a good run. We have to adapt. That means building in better means to protect marginalized users. #a11y
