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"Regardless of what accessibility conformance level you target, do not arbitrarily open links in a new window or tab. If you are required to do so anyway, inform users in visible text." adrianroselli.com/2020/02/link… via @aardrian #UIDesign #IXD #a11y #links #wcag #tips


#a11y #ios



Just found out that the open source Python library for converting webpages to PDF, Weasyprint, has recently added experimental support for creating tagged PDFs that conform with PDF/UA:
weasyprint.org/

This is really exciting as there aren’t many open source options for doing this. I’m going to have a play and try creating an @eleventy plugin for this!

#pdf #a11y #opensource


I've launched a #Mastodon instance focused on #AudioDescription. This is a space where professionals and fans can come together to learn, advocate, and work together towards the goal of quality AD in all environs. The server is bare-bones right now, so your patience is requested as we build things out. You can also make an impact by boosting this news across your networks. To join, head over to adforward.org/auth/sign_up
#blind #a11y #LowVision


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Would love thoughts on how to improve the #SVG social media icons here (aside from deleting the Twitter link) codepen.io/mgifford-the-typesc…

We really need to make it easier for people to control social media icons and style them to meet their site. This really should be easy, accessible and susainable.

#SustyWeb #a11y #SocialMedia


@Marco Old toot, but... there's now also MathCAT, which is open source and being written by Neil Soiffer (who implemented MathPlayer #a11y) to replace MathPlayer. There's an #NVDASR add-on already, and honestly, it's compact enough that I could see NVDA maybe just bundling it one day. The advantage over SRE is that it's written in Rust, so it's much smaller, probably faster and doesn't require a JS engine. addons.nvda-project.org/addons…


Analyzing the Top 100 Retailers for Digital [web] Accessibility deque.com/blog/analyzing-the-t… #a11y "Across the 433 total pages tested, axe-core found 10,586 accessibility issues."
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Liking the latest #ATBanter #Podcast Episode 310 - #Ableism Part 4 - atbanter.podbean.com/e/at-bant…

Lots of great thoughts on the hierarchy of ability in our society.

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Just learned about this really cool theme park in Texas specifically designed for kids with disabilities. Apparently this guy was having tons of trouble finding a theme park able to accommodate his daughter Morgan who has multiple disabilities. Eventually, he soled his successful business and spent $50,000,000 to build his own.
It's got 25 different attractions, tons of events, thousands of positive reviews ETC.
morganswonderland.com
#accessibility #A11Y #disability #blind #VisionImpaired #VisuallyImpaired #Deaf #DeafBlind #Autistic #Autism #CerebralPalsy #Wheelchair #WheelchairUser #ThemePark #ThemeParks



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As "#accessible" drag and drop (with accessible in quotes as I haven't personally verified the claims) is added to #React Aria and React Spectrum, I'm happy to see drag-and-drop get some #accessibility love at the framework level. However, I'm not convinced that aiming for parity always creates the most efficient, usable experiences in this area.

For many use cases, there are alternative approaches legitimately better suited to how people actually operate their devices, across various assistive technologies and input methods. For instance, dropdowns with type-ahead, offering more of an opportunity to browse before committing, rather than constantly navigating back and forth across drop zones which could be far apart.

The article highlights challenges in finding a preexisting holistic system, without delving into the possible reasons for that being the case until now. User feedback is also not a panacea; are you asking someone to evaluate whether they can use a thing? Or whether that thing is a good idea, and/or if a better thing could theoretically exist?

react-spectrum.adobe.com/blog/…

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It looks like a lot of organizations are going to need to update their #SocialMedia icons, so I decided to put up a few which include #mastodon.

My goal is to produce #SVG images that respect dark mode, can be easily styled with CSS, and also allow either circle, square or no background.

I want to embed best practices of accessibility, and web sustainability in this.

So what can I do to improve these?

codepen.io/mgifford-the-typesc…

#a11y #SustyWeb #DarkMode




Search Engine Land (guest/paying author) is pretty clear that you should not use accessibility overlays (such as #accessiBe, #UserWay, #AudioEye, etc):

“Are you using an accessibility overlay to help disabled users? Don’t!”
searchengineland.com/accessibi…

via @JonAvilaA11y #a11y



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If you are interested in improving the #accessibility of Mastodon, take a look at the issue queue github.com/mastodon/mastodon/i…+

If there are issues you've found that aren't there, are they part of the instance of Mastodon that you are using, or part of the core open source project? Custom themes can get in the way.

Posting #a11y bugs is important in moving ahead any open source project.





If you are working on a project which I might be a good fit for, feel free to reach out to me at LauraKBuzzOfficial@Gmail.com

I am happy to discuss consultancy projects, and see if I am a good fit for your project.

#a11y #accessibility #gaming