National parks have a long way to go before they become fully accessible to people that use wheelchairs, scooters and walkers, but there are some adaptive hiking trails. Here are 10 of the best, including the Trail of Time in Grand Canyon National Park and Old Faithful Geyser Loop in Yellowstone, plus how to find info on wheelchair-accessible places in more than 400 parks.

travelandleisure.com/wheelchai…

#Travel #TravelTuesday #Accessibility #Lifestyle

10 Wheelchair-friendly Trails Through the Country's Best National Parks

These accessible national park trails are suitable for people using wheelchairs, scooters, crutches, and walkers.

^{Evie Carrick (Travel + Leisure)}

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for your continued support & input. It’s with your help that NVDA impacts lives across the globe. There are many more blind or visually impaired people who need our help globally. We rely on donations to help keep delivering our users uncompromising, quality, and updated software. You can help us continue our mission by donating at nvaccess.org/support-us/#donat…

Thank you everyone!
#AustralianStory #NVDA #NVAccess #ScreenReader #A11y #Accessibility

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Australian Story was amazing! We loved filming it and we are so grateful to share the story behind NVDA. If you missed the episode it is available on ABC iView here: iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2302Q… or on YouTube:

Audio Description enabled version: youtu.be/3i7gkN-1sAI
Non audio described version: youtu.be/jwHbXh3WzSw

Thank you everyone!
#AustralianStory #NVDA #NVAccess #AccessibleTechnology #ScreenReader #A11y #Accessibility

Australian Story: Series 2023 Blind Leading The Blind - Mick Curran and Jamie Teh

Mick and Jamie bonded over coding as teenagers. Now their brilliant tech idea is transforming lives around the world. Their software might have made them rich but they've kept it free to help their community.

^{ABC iview}

Probably disable Chrome auto-updating to 114 if you or anyone relies on JAWS 2019–2021:
blog.freedomscientific.com/chr…

Chrome / Chromium regressions are an #accessibility scourge. #a11y

[Edited to add Chromium.]

Chrome 114 Breaks Web Page Reading with JAWS 2021 and Earlier

When launching the latest version of Google Chrome, (Version 114), with JAWS 2019, 2020, and 2021, an issue occurs that prevents web pages from being visible in the Virtual Buffer. Though the conte…

^{Freedom Scientific Blog}

The “#a11y is not accessible” discussion wants to get back to the early 2010s.

It’s a signifier, for some users (for example who are dyslexic) it’s easier to type, you need some explanation, like any in-group language. Even accessibility needs explanation.

It’s not a big deal and the energy is better used elsewhere.

a11yproject.com/posts/a11y-and…

#accessibility

(Edit: LOL mistyped accessibility in the hashtag…)

Quick tip: a11y and a brief numeronyms primer - The A11Y Project

The numeronym 'a11y' is shorthand for 'accessibility.'

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Our In-Process blog is out. The big news is that our founders Mick and Jamie are featured on this Monday's episode of Australian Story! Plus we're hiring a software engineer, we share more of your inspiring user stories, and we've got some tips on testing with NVDA and using the Speech Viewer.

nvaccess.org/post/in-process-2…

#NVDA #ScreenReader #Accessibility #A11y #AustralianStory #blog

Devon is offering mentoring to folks new to the digital #accessibility field or looking to enter it:
dpersing.com/mentoring/

Devon is swell.
twitter.com/devonpersing/statu…
#a11y

🔵🟣 Drupal Takes a Step Forward in Accessibility with Automated Testing Integration
by Ben Mullins + Daniel Mundra + @mgifford
at @thedroptimes
#Accessibility #Drupal

thedroptimes.com/30928/drupal-…

The cat is out of the bag! Australian Story is dedicating an episode to our founders, Mick and Jamie. NVDA and NV Access are featured, and we’re excited to share it with you! It airs on Monday, the 5th of June at 8pm on ABCTV, ABC iview or YouTube

#AustralianStory #NVDA #NVAccess #a11y #accessibility #AccessibleTechnology

⌨️ Nielsen Norman Group research on how screen-reader users type on and control mobile devices

“Summary: Users who are blind or have low vision prefer dictation over typing with a keyboard whenever possible. Screen readers on touchscreen devices are restricted to a well-defined set of gestures which makes interaction more challenging than on computers.”

#accessibility #usability #mobile #lowVision #blind

nngroup.com/articles/screen-re…

How Screen-Reader Users Type on and Control Mobile Devices

Screen-reader users prefer dictation over typing with a keyboard. Screen readers on touchscreen devices are restricted to certain gestures which makes interaction more challenging than on computers.

^{Nielsen Norman Group}

.@w3c WCAG should not be developed/designed for the benefit of #accessibility testing vendors. It is there to improve the user experience of disabled people.

#web #a11y #politics #WCAG

I am horrified to say that it is mid-2023 and browsers are moving backward on accessibility support for elements with CSS display properties.

Chrome decided anything with `display: contents` is just text. Safari regressed overall but did tables dirty.

Firefox is the only one to have improved and now has the best support overall.

adrianroselli.com/2022/07/its-…

#a11y #accessibility

It’s Mid-2022 and Browsers (Mostly Safari) Still Break Accessibility via Display Properties

It was late 2020 when I last tested how browsers use CSS display properties to break the semantics of elements.

^{Adrian Roselli}

Oh good! I can't wait to have a prolipheration of images that are not described here.

Some more details on how Instagram is planning to build an ActivityPub compatible service... theverge.com/2023/5/19/2373007…

#accessibility

This is Instagram’s new Twitter competitor

A leaked marketing slide from Lia Haberman gives us our first look at Instagram’s upcoming “text-based” app that’s supposed to take on Twitter.

^{Jay Peters (The Verge)}

Hello, it is Global Accessibility Awareness Day. Here's the piece I promised: Accessibility is More Than Ramps

#GAAD #accessibility #disability #inclusion

juliaferraioli.com/blog/2023/a…

Accessibility is More Than Ramps

Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day. While the day focuses on digital accessibility, I’d like to take the opportunity to talk about an important aspect of prioritizing accessibility in the technology that we build: creating environments that …

^{julia ferraioli}

Today's Web Design Update:groups.google.com/a/d.umn.edu/… Subscribe info: d.umn.edu/itss/training/online… #Accessibility #A11y #WebDesign

Featuring @SteveFaulkner, @LFLegal, @MerylEvans, @knowbility, @aardrian, @chriscoyier, @shadeed9, @schalkneethling, @vitalyf, @codepo8, @theadamsilver, @michelle, @cferdinandi, et al.

Please, please do not do this under any circumstance, if you care about your instance being accessible to the #blind and visually impaired (hint, you should).

#HCaptcha is a horrible example of how not to implement a #captcha solution, forcing people to register their email address and store a cookie, as well as disable cross origin restrictions on their devices in order to pass validation.

There are much better alternatives, such as the no-hassle github.com/mCaptcha/mCaptcha, which does not need any user input other than checking a checkbox. Alternatively, use captchas that provide text versions, e.g. via solving a math question or at the very minimum, provide an audio version, knowing that it is not ideal for the hearing impaired.

HCaptcha is NOT the future. #accessibility #a11y

GitHub - mCaptcha/mCaptcha: A no-nonsense CAPTCHA system with seamless UX | Backend component

A no-nonsense CAPTCHA system with seamless UX | Backend component - GitHub - mCaptcha/mCaptcha: A no-nonsense CAPTCHA system with seamless UX | Backend component

^GitHub