#OpenAccess journals, please take heed.
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…
#accessibility #a11y #images #alt
With WCAG SC 4.1.1 Parsing maybe going away in WCAG 2.2, I wrote how I think other SCs will (already) cover for the narrow 4.1.1 bits:
“The 411 on 4.1.1”
adrianroselli.com/2022/12/the-…
This is *not* my opinion on the current wording nor argument for removal. #a11y
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…Adrian Roselli
RT @vick08@twitter.com
Writing your first app with #Flutter — now with screen reader references / demo included: docs.flutter.dev/get-started/c…
#a11y
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…Gareth Ford Williams (The Readability Group)
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.web.dev
Project Relate, a new app available in closed beta, helps people with non-standard speech communicate and interact with Google Assistant.Julie Cattiau (Google)
Register for the 'How to Find and Fix the Top 3 Accessibility Issues' webinar.accessibility.deque.com
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.You Don't Need ARIA For That - HTMHell
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…Eric Chung (UX Collective)
Accessibility folks know about keyboard access and screen reader accessibility, but what about mouse accessibility? Users of a mouse and other pointing devic...YouTube
Great SVG Data Visualization Examples from VISA visa.github.io/visa-chart-comp…
#SVG #Data #Accessibility #a11y
The omnibus guide to understanding and making select components and comboboxesSarah Higley
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...www.scottohara.me
Join us online Nov 29–Dec 2 for The Design + Accessibility Summit, the essential HOW-TO event for design professionals who need to master accessibility.CreativePro Network
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.Matthew Keegan (Campaign Asia)
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.post.news
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.
#a11y
post.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.post.news
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.
(H/T @jaspar; cc @LFLegal) post.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.post.news
Fascinating to think through #Mastodon & #Whiteness within this #TechPolicyPress #Podcast featuring @shengokai
techpolicy.press/the-whiteness…
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
A conversation with Dr. Johnathan Flowers about Elon Musk's changes at Twitter and the dynamics on Mastodon, the decentralized alternative.Justin Hendrix (Tech Policy Press)
An interesting experiment in turning 💯 data and 📈📊📉 graphs into 🔊 audio.
“… one aim is to make our data journalism more #Accessible for vision-impaired people.”
theguardian.com/news/datablog/…
#DataViz
#Accessibility / #A11Y
#Inclusion
Rising carbon dioxide and the slump in the pound have been frequently graphed. Now we’ve turned the data and graphs into audioNick Evershed (The Guardian)
TL;DR: 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.Adrian Roselli
It's too bad that more and more games are not written for #ios and #a11y!
5 Games for Blind and Visually Impaired Players
caniplaythat.com/2021/10/21/5-…
Wondering what our top 5 games for blind and visually impaired players are? Here are the games we think make the cut for different reasons.Can I Play That?
A question I get asked a lot in my role as an accessibility developer consultant is 'What framework c...Mark Steadman (DEV Community 👩💻👨💻)
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
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Henny Swan presents for the 2022 Web Accessibility in Mind Conference hosted by WebAIM and Pope Tech.YouTube
