Many apps are inaccessible for blind/VI people. Developers usually have to implement #Accessibility features from scratch for each platform they develop on, which can scare them away. The good folks over @accesskit are trying to change that with their #Foss project, #AccessKit. Their goal is to create a cross-platform solution for accessibility that only has to be implemented once. I'm posting this to spread the word. Let's help them reach their goals! accesskit.dev/ #Blind #A11Y
The open web's success is built on interoperable technologies. The ability to control animation now exists alongside important features such as zooming
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (#GAAD) is one month from today. Here's my 2022 GAAD article, still relevant today... and throughout eternity, across the galaxy: lflegal.com/2022/05/hitchhiker… #a11y
I finally read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. I thank the Twitter accessibility community for ensuring that I did not miss this 1979 classic.
Emojis are in every corner of the internet. Everyone I know uses emojis, all the way from my grandparents to my friend’s 5 year old brother. Personally, I use emojis daily. I’ll throw a couple of…
It’s hard to believe even with an approximately 80% smartphone penetration globally, most apps are still not accessible. Most companies still deem accessibility-related use cases as “edge cases”, and…
I failed to note WAI’s Pronunciation Task Force nor did I mention its draft spec in my post, so I added them as an addendum as well as a great comment from Brennan Young on an old post of mine that relates: adrianroselli.com/2023/04/dont…
When many devs, testers, and authors first start listening to content through a screen reader, they are surprised to hear dates, pricing, names, abbreviations, acronyms, etc. announced differently than they expect.
The "Report link destination" command in NVDA 2023.1 is very popular. Press NVDA+k to report exactly where a link goes. This is an important #security feature for users. Do you use it? Read more in our In-Process blog: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-6… #a11y #ScreenReader #NVDA
The big news this time around is the release of NVDA 2023.1! But there’s plenty more exclusive news below so let’s get into it: NVDA 2023.1 It’s new release time! NVDA 2023.1 is n…
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Shadi Abou-Zahra, Activity Lead at the W3C's WAI International Program Office breaks down what european accessibility standard EN 301 549 means to US organiz...
When many devs, testers, and authors first start listening to content through a screen reader, they are surprised to hear dates, pricing, names, abbreviations, acronyms, etc. announced differently than they expect.
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Just because someone claims a _thing_ is “accessible” does not make it so.
Failing WCAG, the bare minimum, can be confirmed with a quick automated check: nested interactives (1.3.1/4.1.2), not dismissable (1.4.13), hidden items get focus (2.4.7), state not conveyed (4.1.2), heading mismatch (1.3.1/2.4.6).
Usually. I originally titled this InacCSS-onlyible. I even made this typographically, er, distinct image. Then I realized it was silly and will instead use the neologism in a talk so I can hear the groans IRL.
The Games for Blind Gamers 2 Game Jam is now on going! It goes until April 30th and is all about making blind accessible video games! So please spread the word and join to make this the best jam ever!
A game jam from 2023-04-01 to 2023-05-07 hosted by NightBlade. Welcome to the second Games for Blind Gamers jam! The goal of this jam is to build awareness of blind gaming (and accessibility in general), as well a...
Usually. I originally titled this InacCSS-onlyible. I even made this typographically, er, distinct image. Then I realized it was silly and will instead use the neologism in a talk so I can hear the groans IRL.
Forms have a strong semantic structure from labeling controls to ensuring the states of controls are announced by assistive technology. We look at the basics...
Computers used to be so easy. The screen would give you a menu of options; you picked one using the keyboard. But then graphical interfaces came along and made things more complicated, especially for screen reader users.
What if any modern e-commerce website could be accessed using a simple menu interface? This is the dream of researcher David Cane.
We’ve got a big issue for you this week, let’s get into it! CSUN Last week, the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference was held in Anaheim, California. The NV Access team were there to share informat…
This week's In-Process blog post is out, featuring our wrap-up of CSUN events, the latest on NVDA 2023.1 RC2 with a fix for Kindle users, a new accessible Sudoku game, an update on a web #a11y survey, and a project by an MIT alumni to make online shopping easier, faster and more accessible. Read more here: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-2…
We’ve got a big issue for you this week, let’s get into it! CSUN Last week, the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference was held in Anaheim, California. The NV Access team were there to share informat…
