After an amazing long run of stability it has been decided that I am back on the job market and available to work for a new employer. I prefer to remain in the #accessibility space, but I guess beggers can't be choosers and all that jazz. I'm doing my own search but if anyone out here is on a team needing help or has any job leads, I would really appreciate making the connection. #CPWA #WCAG #Salesforce
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Will anyone be updating the NVDA AudioScreen add-on for renewed compatibility with more recent versions of the NVDA screen reader from NV Access? E.g. keyboard shortcuts appear reassigned github.com/nvaccess/audioScree… @NVAccess #blind #a11y #accessibility
Once up-to-date again, I'll gladly add a link to the NVDA AudioScreen add-on in the white paper on brain implants for the blind versus visual-to-auditory sensory substitution artificialvision.com/neuralink… Global accessibility matters.
GitHub - nvaccess/audioScreen: An NVDA add-on that allows you to "feel" images with your ears, while moving your finger around a touch screen on Windows 8 and above.
An NVDA add-on that allows you to "feel" images with your ears, while moving your finger around a touch screen on Windows 8 and above. - nvaccess/audioScreenGitHub
I'm considering sellign my BTSpeak. As much as I wanted to, I never got to tinker with it. So, other than a few things I did on the Linux end, it's been sitting there. I'd rather have it be used by someone.
It's a pro.
If one of you wants it, make me a good offer. I'll consider it. It's in an excellent case. If the offer is good, I might even throw in a 512 GB storage card. If no one wants it (with a good offer), I'll put in a clasified on Blind Bargains or something.
@brucelawson @Alison For many things it works really, really well.
Just quite limited in the options and defaults for #accessibility
Has anyone written up best practices for #accessibility with #GoogleSheet's charts & graphs? I'm struggling to deal with the best of bad choices. Text isn't legible or it is hard to differentiate between dark bars.
I wish they had patterns, but someone must have written some guidance on this. #a11y
Question for people using #screenreaders: Do I need to retype the text of a page into the accessibility box for a pdf? I am assuming yes since it sees the page as an image, correct?
#LowVision #accessibility #BlindFedi
For some reason I thought pdfs were automatically better for accessibility, but now I wonder if that was false information.
I remain a fan of consuming my news via RSS feeds. There are #accessibility and time-saving benefits to getting all your news in one accessible app, and there are no naughty algorithms trying to filter your view of the world.
For many years, I've used Lire as my RSS reader on my iPhone, in conjunction with a feed aggregator service called The Old Reader. Sometime last year, The Old Reader hit a rough patch, but it seemed to have come right, until a couple of months ago.
At that point, I began experiencing serious issues accessing The Old Reader from Lire. Most of the time, Lire would time out. I worked out that if I tried to access the service repeatedly, it usually succeeded on the third or fourth attempt, but that was time-consuming and frustrating. One other person contacted me to let me know he was experiencing the same problem.
I contacted The Old Reader, and they seemed uninterested in pursuing the issue, apparently because they weren't receiving many reports of it.
I contacted the developer of Lire, who couldn't have been more helpful. He asked for my credentials for The Old Reader so he could test with the app, and he duplicated my findings right away. He was able to identify the issue with The Old Reader API that was causing the time-out, and gave this information to The Old Reader, who didn't even acknowledge his message, let alone commit to resolving the issue.
So over the long weekend, I resolved to find a better service. After doing some deep research with ChatGPT, I settled on Bazqux Reader. The website has a few rough edges from an accessibility point of view, but I was able to export my feeds from The Old Reader, import them into Bazqux, and log in via Lire.
The one thing that is very different is the speed. Retrieving article from Bazqux is way faster than The Old Reader ever was, something that my deep research told me I should expect.
So, sadly I can't recommend The Old Reader anymore, but so far so good with Bazqux. Lightning fast and simple setup.
There is a cost for this service, I think about $39 per year, and Lire does support using iCloud to store your feeds. I find that for the large number of feeds I have, a service like Bazqux adds value, but if your requirements are more modest, using iCloud may be sufficient. However you choose to use it, RSS is worth using.
For many years, I've used Lire as my RSS reader on my iPhone, in conjunction with a feed aggregator service called The Old Reader. Sometime last year, The Old Reader hit a rough patch, but it seemed to have come right, until a couple of months ago.
At that point, I began experiencing serious issues accessing The Old Reader from Lire. Most of the time, Lire would time out. I worked out that if I tried to access the service repeatedly, it usually succeeded on the third or fourth attempt, but that was time-consuming and frustrating. One other person contacted me to let me know he was experiencing the same problem.
I contacted The Old Reader, and they seemed uninterested in pursuing the issue, apparently because they weren't receiving many reports of it.
I contacted the developer of Lire, who couldn't have been more helpful. He asked for my credentials for The Old Reader so he could test with the app, and he duplicated my findings right away. He was able to identify the issue with The Old Reader API that was causing the time-out, and gave this information to The Old Reader, who didn't even acknowledge his message, let alone commit to resolving the issue.
So over the long weekend, I resolved to find a better service. After doing some deep research with ChatGPT, I settled on Bazqux Reader. The website has a few rough edges from an accessibility point of view, but I was able to export my feeds from The Old Reader, import them into Bazqux, and log in via Lire.
The one thing that is very different is the speed. Retrieving article from Bazqux is way faster than The Old Reader ever was, something that my deep research told me I should expect.
So, sadly I can't recommend The Old Reader anymore, but so far so good with Bazqux. Lightning fast and simple setup.
There is a cost for this service, I think about $39 per year, and Lire does support using iCloud to store your feeds. I find that for the large number of feeds I have, a service like Bazqux adds value, but if your requirements are more modest, using iCloud may be sufficient. However you choose to use it, RSS is worth using.
I watched Envision's community call. If I'm understanding this correctly, I can actually buy the Solo AirGo V glasses from the manufacturer's web site. I haven't looked at it in detail. but, the prices appear to be cheaper. I'm confused by the financing here. I understand the first year's pro sub to be free. But, if I subscribe to the annual pro plan right now, I'd get it for $100 and I'd be grandfathered in for following years.
One of the benefits of eSpeak-NG is that it doesn't make assumptions like reading "CUP" is Cuban Pesos (hello US OneCore voices) - but the flip side is that eSpeak will read the year 1987 as "nineteen hundred eighty seven". If you'd like it to read that as "nineteen eighty seven" & learn a little #regex on the way, then @fastfinge has you covered with the "Correcting Years With NVDA and Espeak" blog post: stuff.interfree.ca/2025/08/28/…
#NVDA #NVDAsr #Tips #Accessibility
If the title of this one doesn't interest you, the contents sure won't! Correcting Years With #NVDA and #Espeak: stuff.interfree.ca/2025/08/28/correct-years-with-nvda-and-espeak.html#regexp#blind#screenreader#a11y#accessibility
In today's episode of #accessibility shit-fuckery, booking.com hides hotel prices from accessibility tools using aria-hidden. Even better, they have an sr-only version of the price, except that is inside an aria-hidden container, so it isn't actually exposed to screen readers.
<div aria-hidden="true" tabindex="0" ... aria-describedby="_36ygf5luf">
<div>
<div ... aria-hidden="true">
AUD 89
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div ... aria-hidden="true">
<span ...>
AUD 72
</span>
</div>
<span class="bui-u-sr-only">
Original price
AUD 89
Current price
AUD 72
</span>
</div>
</div>
<div aria-hidden="true" tabindex="0" ... aria-describedby="_36ygf5luf">
<div>
<div ... aria-hidden="true">
AUD 89
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div ... aria-hidden="true">
<span ...>
AUD 72
</span>
</div>
<span class="bui-u-sr-only">
Original price
AUD 89
Current price
AUD 72
</span>
</div>
</div>
The slides from my last talk (of 3) from #OSSummit can be found below. Adding the W3C’s New ARRM To Improve Your Project’s A11y — Accessible Roles and Responsibilities Mapping
docs.google.com/presentation/d…
#ARRM #W3c #A11y #Accessibility
/c @wai
Adding the W3C’s New ARRM To Improve Your Project’s A11y
Adding the W3C’s New ARRM To Improve Your Project’s A11y Accessible Roles and Responsibilities Mapping Mike Gifford, Open Source Summit Europe 2025, August 27, 2025 4:20-5:00pm CEST G109 (Level 1) Adding the W3C’s New ARRM To Improve Your Project’s A…Google Docs
Oh my god, Pied JUST WORKS!
I can't believe my ears! 
I just installed Pied's flatpak package, let it install Piper, then downloaded the best English voice I could find ("Lessac", the basis for most other voices), and told Pied to set it as the Speech Dispatcher voice…
Now Orca sounds natural, and I can stand using it, for the first time in 20 years. 
Video below demonstrates reading this post.
#Orca #SpeechDispatcher #accessibility #Pied #Linux #texttospeech
My eyes are so itchy and watery (presumably due to seasonal allergies) that I haven't been able to get much work done in the past few days. I'm writing this toot with my eyes closed most of the time. 😑
Dear #accessibility hivemind, is there an easy way to have #Orca working with a natural-sounding text-to-speech voice, that is not eSpeak, but rather something like #MyCroft's Mimic3 ?
What's the state of the art for screenreader TTS voices on #Linux and how do I get it in #Fedora?
#a11y
Tonight at 4:30 pm I’ll be streaming a new branching interactive fiction game set in occupied Netherlands during World War II and is inspired by real events. It should be completely accessible and below is the steam link and Twitch is RossMinor!
store.steampowered.com/app/384… sist_Collaborate__a_World_War_2_ChoiceBased_Story/
#Blind #Accessibility #Gamedev
Survive, Resist, Collaborate - a World War 2 Choice-Based Story on Steam
A fully narrated branching narrative game set in occupied Netherlands during World War 2. Every choice shapes the fate of a young Dutch civilian.store.steampowered.com
As of GNOME 49, GNOME Settings will feature a button for configuring the Orca screen reader!
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-c…
#GNOME #Accessibility #a11y #Orca #ScreenReader #ScreenReaders #Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware
Running an online store or small business?
How you structure product displays matters.
Clear product headings make browsing faster, improve accessibility for screen reader users, and help everyone navigate.
Book a free consultation:
calendly.com/tayarndt/general-…
#Accessibility #InclusiveDesign #Ecommerce #SmallBusiness #WebAccessibility #UXDesign
How you structure product displays matters.
Clear product headings make browsing faster, improve accessibility for screen reader users, and help everyone navigate.
Book a free consultation:
calendly.com/tayarndt/general-…
#Accessibility #InclusiveDesign #Ecommerce #SmallBusiness #WebAccessibility #UXDesign
Pride, Shame, and Accessibility
heydonworks.com/article/pride-…
by @heydon
#a11y #accessibility #webdev #webdevelopment
heydonworks.com/article/pride-…
by @heydon
#a11y #accessibility #webdev #webdevelopment
Pride, shame, and accessibility
The relationship between shame and motivation in web development, especially regarding accessibility.Heydon Pickering (HeydonWorks)
This week's In-Process is out. Featuring all the news on NVDA 2025.2, info on the upcoming NVDA 2025.3, a recap on restarting after updating (no we're not about to enforce that!) and a look into the namesake feature of Microsoft Windows... and just how complicated ARE the Windows+arrow key commands? (Very, but we break it down for you!) All that and more, available now: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-2…
#NVDA #NVDAsr #Accessibility #Windows #Desktop #NewVersion #NewRelease #FOSS #News #Newsletter
#NextCloud really drove me angry. They simply choose to ignore accessibility concerns in favor of so-called "security". It's absolutely none of their business to protect users from viruses and trojans, and saying that "We can't allow one-press copy public link because a script can call this API" is total BS, because in this case any attacker script has access to every file on that PC! Great job, NextCloud, great job. Whenever someone tells me once more about "giving up big corporations", I'll point them to this issue. And yes, I really hope someone sues them because their #desktop client is a total accessibility nightmare. github.com/nextcloud/desktop/i… #OpenSource #Accessibility
The public share link has been removed with the 3.15 client version.
Hi, The public share link has been removed with the 3.15 client version. Could it be possible to bring back this feature ? Below, a screen from a right click on a folder/file with the 3.14.3 client...SebjuFrab (GitHub)
Following a discussion in the user group, which essentially revolved around "After updating to a new version of NVDA, it should FORCE you to restart the PC", I thought I'd just ask here: SHOULD NVDA force you to restart the PC after updating? (The argument being, that sometimes we see quirky behaviour after updating but before restarting. Currently we simply advise you to restart if you encounter something unexpected).
#NVDA #NVDAsr #Accessibility #Poll #Update #Updates #Question
- Yes, NVDA should force you to restart after updati (14%, 12 votes)
- No, don't make me restart after updating. (85%, 73 votes)
Accessibility Terms Every Content Creator Should Know
digitalaccesstraining.com/page…
#webcontent #webdev #webdesign #a11y #accessibility #terms
digitalaccesstraining.com/page…
#webcontent #webdev #webdesign #a11y #accessibility #terms
Articles - Digital Access Training
As the leading provider of accessibility training, Digital Access Training is proud to offer on-demand courses that make it easy for you to learn at your own time and convenience.Digital Access Training
Have you completed the 2025 NVDA Satisfaction Survey? It's a short 3 question survey, but it's a great chance to have your say on the most popular free screen reader for Windows! What are we doing well? What can we improve? Please let us know: nvaccess.org/survey
#NVDA #NVDAsr #Survey #Feedback #Accessibility #Input #HelpUs #WhatDoYouThink?
NVDA Satisfaction Survey 2025
At NV Access we are always interested in understanding the satisfaction of our NVDA users. Plus, we like to understand clearly what is important to you and also identify what we can do more effectively.Google Docs
Check out an Applevis forum post and an associated podcast that I put together about a cool guitar gadget called Tonewood Amp. If you are an acoustic guitar player,, you may really love it! :)
applevis.com/forum/ios-ipados/…
#guitar #accessibility #iOS #Android
Tonewood Amp: A Cool, Accessible Gadget for Your Guitar | AppleVis
Hey everyone, Victor here. Today, I want to show you a very cool product that has just become accessible: the Tonewood Amp.www.applevis.com
Question to #React experts. Where is the problem if the htmlFor attribute (the one used for <label> instead of the "for" attribute to avoid keyword conflicts) — this attribute remains "htmlFor" in the rendered code, not converting to "for"? Like, in the browser dev tools it shows: <label htmlfor="">.
My first idea was wrong casing (htmlFor vs. htmlfor), but I have almost no knowledge in React, so any help is appreciated. #JavaScript #accessibility
My first idea was wrong casing (htmlFor vs. htmlfor), but I have almost no knowledge in React, so any help is appreciated. #JavaScript #accessibility
anyone familiar with VSCode and Jupyter notebooks on here?
we're switching to VSCode in our computer science class this year; my question is, how accessible are Jupyter notebooks to screen readers? are there any pitfalls we need to be aware of? what keyboard shortcuts do we need to know?
#Accessibility #Blind #Python #VSCode #NVDA
In today's episode of #accessibility shit-fuckery, in an article comparing different platforms for hiring support workers on a website for a company which apparently specialises in disability support plan management:
"In the table below, we compare some of the key features of the most popular support worker platforms: Mable, Hireup, LikeFamily, Care Seekers and Find a Carer
image.png"
Wow. That's brilliant. Because surely people with a disability won't actually be reading this, will they? And making a table accessible is just so hard in 2025, so fuck that, we just won't bother.
planpartners.com.au/knowledge/…
"In the table below, we compare some of the key features of the most popular support worker platforms: Mable, Hireup, LikeFamily, Care Seekers and Find a Carer
image.png"
Wow. That's brilliant. Because surely people with a disability won't actually be reading this, will they? And making a table accessible is just so hard in 2025, so fuck that, we just won't bother.
planpartners.com.au/knowledge/…
NVDA 2025.3 Beta 1 is available for testing! Improvements to Remote Access, SAPI5, Braille, Add-on Store, and more! Read the full update and downloaad from: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-3b…
#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #Testing #Beta #PreRelease #News #Update
BudgetBraillerBlog: BudgetBraillerBlog Intro. “A manual brailler costs a little under $1,000 and electric braillers cost significantly more. Given that I was just at a 3D printing festival and you can build a 3D printer for under $200, I decided to try to design one.”
🤑 AI effluential
"There has been no substantive improvement in the accessibility of the ChatGPT UI, its fairly obvious that accessibility is not and never has been a priority for OpenAI."
#AI #money #accessibility
Thank you to everyone who left us comments and questions on our Accessibility post this Tuesday. We'll gather those up and bring them to our design team when we meet with them later this month to record our next community office hours!
Sound cues are important. A huge frustration I have is my fridge having only one touch button that cycles through 3 options and the same sound for each one. I never know which setting it's on-- cubed ice? water? crushed? Just ONE difference would be super helpful.
nimerblogs.blogspot.com/2025/0…
WCAG vs EAA: Understanding where WCAG stops and where the EAA starts
getstark.co/blog/wcag-vs-eaa/
#accessibility #wcag #eaa #a11y
getstark.co/blog/wcag-vs-eaa/
#accessibility #wcag #eaa #a11y
WCAG vs EAA: Understanding where WCAG stops and where the EAA starts
Many teams believe that meeting WCAG standards means their digital products are compliant with the European Accessibility Act (EAA).Stark Blog
NV Access is pleased to announce that version 2025.2 of NVDA, the free screen reader for Microsoft Windows, is now available for download. We encourage all users to upgrade to this version.
Full info & Download at: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-2/
This release includes improvements in Windows 11, browse mode, and Microsoft Word. Plus improved Braille display support, updated LibLouis and eSpeak-NG & more!
#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #A11y #News #Update
For this month's Office Hours, we're talking to members of our Design Team about how we're assessing and improving Accessibility in Thunderbird. We'd love to bring them your questions! Please leave them in a comment to this post and we'll do our best to answer as many as we can in the recording and blog post!
Today I have seen the idea of poisoning image alt text with lies or other nonsense to make data scraping harder. I have little doubt about it working, sounds like something that would prove effective.
However, I will refuse to engage in this behaviour. To me, the function of alt text is not to train AI models. True, it may be a side effect of it. But were I to begin fighting that, I'd lose the main function; I would no longer be providing assistance to the genuine people behind the screen that rely on alt text, for any reason from a list too long to enumerate in this post. Or new ones I hadn't even considered, but should have seen coming.
By all means, fight the good fight. But please remember the people you are doing it for while you are at it. Alt text may not be the medium to take.
I was wondering why I couldn't comment on files in pull requests anymore. Good going, ass hats. #github #accessibility #fail
With agentic AI contributing to the AI hype-cycle, I've been giving it some thought from the point of view of a disabled person, and also as an accessibility specialist who's already witnessing the arrival of the agentic web first-hand:
tetralogical.com/blog/2025/08/…
#AI #agentics #accessibility #a11y
Accessibility and the agentic web - TetraLogical
Imagine being in a department store that sells clothes from multiple brands and having a personal shopping assistant to help you select the clothes you want to buy.TetraLogical
In today's episode of #accessibility shit-fuckery, GitHub have changed pull request reviews so that you have to hover the line of code in order for the add line comment button to appear. I guess they must be using AI for all their code now as their CEO believes is right and proper, and they forgot to disable the AI's ableism.