Social visual alt text browser extension now with Mastodon support!nickdenardis.com
These magnetic USB C adapters are truly fantastic! Recommended for anyone blind or visually impaired.
Available from Amazon, eBay, and AliExpress.
✅ Makes fitting a USB cable easy - the magnet pulls the cable into place.
✅ Saves wear and tear on the USB C port.
✅ Can be used with chargers, wired earbuds and data sync cables.
✅ Acts as a quick release if the cable gets yanked.
✅ They work well with phones, laptops, and tablets.
Given by Vint Cerf at Computers, Freedom, and Privacy on April 7, 1999. How easy to say – how hard to achieve! Where are we in achieving this noble objective? The Internet is in its 11th year of annual doubling since 1988.Internet Society
Glad <dialog> focus is finally being implemented/defined in a reasonable way after a torturous years long, largely pointless, discussion.
“1. Make the dialog focusing steps look at sequentially focusable elements instead of any focusable element.
2. Make the dialog element itself get focus if it has the autofocus="" attribute set.
3. Make the dialog element itself get focus as a fallback instead of focus being reset to the body element.”
#HTML #WebStandards #a11y
github.com/whatwg/html/commit/…
This implements the changes proposed here: https://github.com/whatwg/html/wiki/dialog--initial-focus,-a-proposal#dialog-draft-text Specifically: 1. Make the dialog focusing steps look at seq...GitHub
I'm in a hotel room with a visual-audible doorbell. Twice staff has come and knocked instead of used the doorbell. It's both good and bad. Here's why I'm grateful they're not using the doorbell.
Don't watch if flickering lights are a problem.
Can't upload captions. Here they are.
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[Silence]#Accessibility #A11y #UX
Kelsey H., Head of Accessibility, shares her career journey leading the accessibility team and three pieces of encouragement.achiu (ADP Tech Careers)
The following contains the shared document for the development of the Social Media Policy Toolkit, a shared service of the Federal Social Media Community of Practice lead by teams including The Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Po…Digital.gov
L’Oréal today at CES® 2023 unveiled two new technology prototypes that expand access to beauty expression: HAPTA, the first handheld, ultra-precise computerized makeup applicator designed to advance the beauty needs of people with limited hand and ar…L'Oréal
Currently, the editor find-replace dialog only provides visual labels as placeholder text. When text is entered into these fields, there is no visual indication of their purpose. There are non-visu...GitHub
Update: MuseScore 4 is OUT NOW! Blind users seeking to install it should follow the links labelled "MuseScore without Muse Hub" on the Download page, or follow…MuseScore.org
In this article, Thomas Bohm shares strategies and methods to tackle some common graphic communication problems and gives you insights into how to improve accessibility and usability and make your designs much better.Smashing Magazine
The accessibility acceptance criteria testing checklist generator by T-Mobile - Accessibility Resource CenterMagentaA11y
A comprehensive list of accessibility tools and resources for designers to achieve accessibility from start.Raghavendra Satish Peri (DigitalA11Y)
In a new short series of posts, we highlight some of the useful tools and techniques for developers and designers. Recently we’ve covered HTML Emails and SVG Generators.Smashing Magazine
Learn how to create accessible links and text in your web content.Whitney Lewis (Pope Tech Blog)
Understanding data has become critical to everyday life. You need data to decide which products to buy, which health choices to make, and whom to vote for. People spend hours reading...interactions.acm.org
Have you thought about your user stylesheet lately? I cannot blame you if you have not, especially if you have no idea what I mean when I write “user stylesheet”.pxlnv.com
That’s how people behave on the web in 2023. Some observations from real usability testing on what people do and what they don’t do on the web. From disabled copy-paste to magic link sign-in.Smashing Magazine
My work aligning UX heuristics and the WCAG has been added to Civic Actions Accessibility data reference. Thanks @mgifford
github.com/CivicActions/access…
Reference data files around WCAG, and VPAT. Contribute to CivicActions/accessibility-data-reference development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Our journey towards born accessible products continues to accelerate. We’re learning and growing, and we’re committed to accessibility.Atlassian
Accessibility consultancy with a focus on inclusion. We can help you with knowledge, experience, strategy, assessments, and development.TetraLogical
Learn how Lighthouse generates the accessibility score for your page.Chrome Developers
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...itch.io
Marketing is a fun topic that’s not talked about a lot in the accessibility space. Often, marketing teams are focused on the product, the code, and making it accessible. They neglect to think…Equal Entry
Combining sophisticated speech synthesis technology with a talented team of linguists, quality control specialists, and audio engineers, Apple Books is producing high-quality, digitally narrated audiobooks.authors.apple.com
Jim Ryan takes the stage at CES 2023 to reveal a brand new controller codenamed Project Leonardo. PlayStation teamed up with incredible organizations and acc...YouTube
Aims to be the biggest checklist of inclusive design considerations ever - GitHub - Heydon/inclusive-design-checklist: Aims to be the biggest checklist of inclusive design considerations everGitHub
Learn about the digital accessibility trends from 2022 and how the legal landscape for ADA lawsuits has changed since 2018.Jason Taylor (UsableNet Inc.)
A utility for configuring a GoXLR on Linux. Contribute to GoXLR-on-Linux/goxlr-utility development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
ARIA roles and attributes can make your website more accessible, if you know what you're doing.www.oidaisdes.org
