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Join Matt Ater and Jennison Asuncion as they recognize Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) and celebrate the 30th Anniversary of JAWS on May 14 at 4 PM ET.

Register today: tpgi.com/webinar-marking-a-mil…

#Accessibility #DigitalAccessibility #A11y #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #GAAD #JAWS #Webinar


Webinar, May 14 at 4pm ET: Marking a Milestone: Celebrating 30 Years of JAWS on Global Accessibility Awareness Day - TPGi

Join us for a webinar where Matt Ater and Jennison Asuncion will celebrate the JAWS 30th Anniversary and discuss the significance of GAAD.
Matt Ater (TPGi)
#a11y #Accessibility #GAAD #jaws #webinar #digitalaccessibility #globalaccessibilityawarenessday

#a11y #Accessibility

#a11y #Accessibility #figma

#a11y #css

#a11y #Accessibility #webdev #github #CLI

Me in 2019:
“A Model for WordPress Accessibility”
adrianroselli.com/2019/05/a-mo…

Mullenweg in 2025:
A plug-in, off-loaded to the community to build and maintain!
therepository.email/canonical-…

#accessibility #a11y


Canonical Plugin Proposal for Accessibility Prompts Concerns from Contributors and Experts - The Repository

WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg has suggested that accessibility improvements could be developed as a canonical plugin to help contributors respond more quickly to the needs of users who rely on assistive technologies.
Rae Morey (The Repository)
#a11y #Accessibility

#a11y #Accessibility #webdesign #usability #uidesign #typography #fonts

#a11y #deltachat @adb @bjoern @treefit @WofWca

More and more I am looking through @Delta Chat apps and resources I believe this should become number one messenger of choice for screen reader users.
The developers are constantly improving its #a11y. It's secure from the start of using.
Additionally the desktop chat has under gone an #accessibility audit and accessibility issues are clearly documented in public.
I am not sure other messenger style app on the planet has such dedicated commitment to accessibility ever.

github.com/deltachat/deltachat…


Issues from Accessibility audit · Issue #4743 · deltachat/deltachat-desktop

We recently got an accessibility quick scan from HAN. They took some time to discuss/test the app with us in a call and gave us a report. treefit and wofwca also made notes during the call, this is...
GitHub
#a11y #Accessibility @Delta Chat

#a11y #Accessibility #mobile

#a11y #Accessibility #CLI

I was happy to attend #DrupalCamp Ottawa today. Lots of great people I was happy to see.

I also presented about #DrupalCMS & #AI highlighting how it can support better #AltText and & #PlainLanguage

It was also exciting to see so many new people join!

docs.google.com/presentation/d…

#Drupal #A11y


DrupalCamp Ottawa : Boosting Web Accessibility with Drupal CMS and AI

Boosting Web Accessibility with Drupal CMS and AI DrupalCamp Ottawa, May 2, 2025 https://drupalcampottawa.com/en/sessions/schedule Web accessibility is a journey—and with the right tools, Drupal can help you get there faster.
Google Docs
#a11y #AI #AltText #drupal #drupalCMS #drupalcamp #plainlanguage

Can anyone recommend a screen-reader-accessible, self-hosted package that provides a web interface that communicates the status of multiple machines? UP, down, maintenance, etc? I think UptimeKuma can do this, so will check that out. But also very interested in any recommendations. Please boost for reach. Much appreciated.
#Linux #OpenSource #Self-Hosted #StatusReporting #WebInterface #ScreenReader #Accessible #A11Y
#a11y #accessible #linux #opensource #screenreader #self #statusreporting #webinterface

Prompting GitHub Copilot Chat to become your personal AI assistant for accessibility
github.blog/developer-skills/g…
#a11y #ai #github #copilot

Prompting GitHub Copilot Chat to become your personal AI assistant for accessibility - The GitHub Blog

GitHub Copilot Chat can help you learn about accessibility and improve the accessibility of your code. In this blog, we share a sample foundational prompt that instructs GitHub Copilot Chat to become your personal AI assistant for accessibility.
Ed Summers (The GitHub Blog)
#a11y #github #AI #copilot

#a11y #Accessibility #inclusion #inclusivedesign #id24

As part of our volunteer-driven accessibility initiative in GNOME Calendar, and for the first time in the 10+ years of Calendar's existence, we finally completed and merged the first step needed to have a working calendar app for people who rely on keyboard navigation. This merge request in particular makes the event widgets focusable with navigation keys (arrow left/up/right/down) and activatable with space/enter. This will be available in GNOME 49.

Most of GNOME Calendar's layout and widgets consist of custom widgets and complex calculations, both independently and according to other factors (window size, height and width of each cell, number of events, positioning, etc.), so these widgets need to be minimal to have as little overhead as possible. This means that these widgets also need to have the necessary accessibility features reimplemented or even rethought, including and starting with the event widgets.

We also hope to get other parts of GNOME Calendar accessible before GNOME 49, but I can't promise anything at the moment. We did start working with making the month view accessible: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-c…

#GNOME #Calendar #GNOMECalendar #GTK4 #GTK #Libadwaita #Accessibility #a11y #Linux


Make the event widget accessible (!559) · Merge requests · GNOME / gnome-calendar · GitLab

This implements button functionality to make it able to focus and activate it. This also sets the appropriate accessibility role and labels/descriptions. Related:
GitLab
#a11y #Accessibility #linux #gnome #gtk #libadwaita #GTK4 #calendar #gnomecalendar

When you’re scripting for a screen reader, then you’re scripting for the browser, with exactly the same level of JavaScript support.

However complications can arise with event handling, because screen readers intercept events and don't always pass them on to the browser, and even then, keyboard actions might fire mouse events.

tpgi.com/event-handling-in-jaw…

#accessibility #a11y #javascript


Event handling in JAWS and NVDA - TPGi

Complications can arise with JavaScript event handling in screen readers, because the virtual cursor intercepts or modifies page events.
James Edwards (TPGi)
#a11y #Accessibility #javascript

#a11y #webdev #webdesign

Able to Play, a game repository that helps you find games that match your accessibility needs, just launched!

abletoplay.com

For gamedevs/game requests: Here's some info on how to make a game available on there:
help.abletoplay.com/docs/how-c…

It's still a young platform, so please give them lots of feedback to help improve it!

@games

#Games #Gaming #GameDev #AbleToPlay #Accessibility #A11Y


How can I request a game be available on AbleToPlay?

We prioritize games based on both the volume of requests for a particular game, and the order we receive the request in. If you'd like to request a game be made available on AbleToPlay, please let us know on Discord!
Arman (AbleToPlay)
#a11y #Accessibility #gaming #gamedev #games #abletoplay @Games

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#a11y #events #GAAD #rtp #raleighnc

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#a11y #Accessibility #testing

Fresh off the press: Transition Technologies, the Polish company behind everything with Seeing Assistant in the name, have done it again. Seeing Assistant Go is their brand-new navigation app that improves on the previous Move offering. Most of the features you know are there plus a few additions. There is a simple as well as an advanced mode with a couple more settings and options. You can explore all of the OSM tags for a point which lets you find out pretty useful things e.g. does a pavement have tactile flooring or do the traffic lights have acoustic signalling. The navigation no longer provides instructions based on clock-wise or compass directions but rather you turn around with the phone in your hand and once you hear the assigned sound, you know you have found the direction and then carry on straight. This one will need a bit of getting used to but I was told by an experienced blind tester of the app it actually works once you got the hang of it. As far as I know, a blind developer and user of navigation apps is involved full-time in the project. Happy testing! iOS: apps.apple.com/pl/app/seeing-a…: play.google.com/store/apps/det… #Accessibility #a11y #Blind

‎Seeing Assistant Go

‎The Seeing Assistant Go app supports the spatial orientation of blind and visually impaired people. It provides information about the surroundings using synthetic speech, sounds, vibrations and pointing in the direction of the top of the phone.
App Store
#a11y #Accessibility #blind

So, Latest misadventure in my attempts to install a Linux distro other than Debian. I've used Debian for years and like it a lot, but I've wanted to give something else a try. Sadly, almost everything else has weird #a11y issues. Latest example, Installing Fedora. I get to the city search screen. I type "det", it fills in Detroit. But now what? If I tab, I only see the Previous button. Space deletes my selection and enter does nothing. So far as I can tell, I'm stuck. What am I missing? Thanks!
#a11y

#a11y #blind #inklusion #make @metalab

Hi guys, I'm a totally #Blind woman interested in learning French to start with. In coming back to #Duolingo, I found that the first thing you have to do right off the bat is "choose the correct image". You can choose based on the audio you are hearing, absolutely, but you have no way of actually knowing what the so-called correct image actually is, making it pretty much impossible from an accessibility standpoint to know what words are being introduced and/or what they mean in English. Does anyone know of a good language learning app that is actually accessible? #A11y #technology #Language #French #Learning #Screenreader
#a11y #blind #technology #screenreader #language #french #learning #duolingo

I am always configuring mikrotik devices using command line interface connecting using SSH. A few days ago I was explaining something to a friend and I have discovered its web UI in Mikrotik OS v7 has working keyboard navigation and some aria stuff in there. I find it positive and surprising. #a11y
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Does anyone know where to report #a11y issues with the #Ubuntu Mate installer? I just tried to install ubuntu-mate-25.04 and sadly, it's pretty much a no go with Orca. Alt+Windows+S works to bring up the screen reader. The first screen of the installer appears to be the language selection screen; but after that, Orca is pretty much dead in the water, utterly unable to read anything else except "next" buttons. Pretty sad. Looks like they're not a11y testing this at all.
#a11y #ubuntu

#a11y #webdesign #uidesign #icons

#a11y #email #usability #att

Today in #ChatGPT attempting to be helpful with a thing I'm building: "Consider bumping the font size in your CSS so NVDA/VoiceOver don’t make you squint your ears." I, uh, I'm not sure #AI is ready to do #accessibility yet. I mean, I should bump the font size for #a11y reasons...those just aren't the right reasons. I can't wait until we have completely #blind designers building CSS with nothing but AI. Anyway, back to squinting my ears!
#a11y #Accessibility #blind #AI #chatgpt

#a11y #testing #tools

“Hacking Accessible Pedestrian Signals is Not a Joke: It’s a Civil Rights Violation” from @LFLegal lflegal.com/2025/04/aps-hack/

Yeah, not only is this bad form it’s also potentially deadly. Lainey does a good job of laying out the history and what went into originally getting these in place. These jerks undermined it all.

#accessibility #a11y


Hacking Accessible Pedestrian Signals is Not a Joke: It's a Civil Rights Violation

On April 12, 2025 the top story on the Palo Alto (California) online news site was "Silicon Valley Crosswalk Buttons Apparently Hacked to Imitate Musk, Zuckerberg Voices" It told the story, covered by other media too, of how someone hacked into audi…
Law Office of Lainey Feingold
#a11y #Accessibility @Lainey Feingold

We should have a relay for all the blind owned and operated instances to join. @adam it feels like you could maybe make this happen? Could we get @admin and @admin@caneandable.social interested in joining? It'd be a way to make sure everyone's accessibility related timelines are as complete as possible. Happy to kick in a few bucks if there's interest. #a11y
#a11y @DragonsCave Administration @Adam MacLeod

#a11y #DEI

#a11y #Accessibility

#a11y #Accessibility #wordpress

If I decide to start blogging again (it's been years), what's more #screenreader#accessible: ghost or micro.blog or something else? Don't even mention #wordpress; my desire to run a PHP app for any reason is zero. Plus the gutenberg stuff. #a11y
#a11y #accessible #screenreader #wordpress

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