This is worth adding to your accessibility audit toolkit. I found its reports a lot more granular than the ones generated by other tools.
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Update: without any outreach, advocacy, or prompting on my part, I received an email from one of the #Jami developers letting me know that they're aware of the #accessibility issues with the desktop application and are working on fixing them. I have updated my original post with the text of the email: stuff.interfree.ca/2025/05/08/jami.html#a11y
Woohoo! So far, we have 62 people pledging 269 hours towards improving accessibility in WordPress this Thursday for Global Accessibility Awareness Day! 🙌 Join us in spending a day working on accessibility issues in WordPress core, plugins, or on your own website!
equalizedigital.com/gaad2025/ #WordPress #GAAD #GAAD2025 #accessibility #a11y
Global Accessibility Awareness Day Pledge - May 15, 2025
In honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, pledge to improve accessibility in WordPress on May 15th. Find out how to get involved.Equalize Digital
New on Substack: my first newsletter is live.
In this issue:
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A preview of the Perspective Voices app
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Waymo accessibility challenges in Austin
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Updates on Rabbit R1 and Notion accessibility
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Paid tiers now open
Read it here:
open.substack.com/pub/taylorar…
#Accessibility #BlindTech #AI #Waymo #Notion #Substack #TechForGood
In this issue:
•
A preview of the Perspective Voices app
•
Waymo accessibility challenges in Austin
•
Updates on Rabbit R1 and Notion accessibility
•
Paid tiers now open
Read it here:
open.substack.com/pub/taylorar…
#Accessibility #BlindTech #AI #Waymo #Notion #Substack #TechForGood
weekly newsletter issue 1
What I'm Working on at Techopolis Online SolutionsTaylor Arndt (Taylor’s Substack)
I could use some #FediHelp .
As my long-running readers are probably aware, I schedule a _lot_ of posts in advance. I use @bufferapp for this, and I am largely satisfied with this, except for one thing:
They have a fixed character limit of 500 for posts, and thus I cannot make use of the full 10,000 characters of my instance.
This is bad, since most of my scheduled posts are German folk tales exceeding this character limit, and thus I am forced to use screenshots instead of plain texts - which is terrible from an #accessibility point of view (yes, there are readers that can identify the text, but I'd rather use plain text in the first place). So I am looking for alternatives. Here are my requirements:
- It must have a web interface I can use on my desktop PC - I grew up with proper screens and keyboards, and while I _can_ use a smart phone or tablet for complex stuff, I do not find the experience enjoyable.
- It must have a calendar view instead of being a simple, scrollable list - I often schedule posts weeks in advance, and I want to be able to keep track of what is scheduled.
- It must make full use of the character limits of each instance.
- It must allow for scheduling threads - quite a few of the tales I am posting exceed the 10,000 character limit.
- It must work with #Mastodon . While I am aware that other #Fediverse systems (such as #Friendica ) have scheduling options of their own, switching to an entirely different system is a drastic step that I only want to explore when all other options have been exhausted.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
New book available for pre-order:
Inclusive Design for Accessibility: A Practical Guide to Digital Accessibility, UX, and Inclusive Web & App Design
packtpub.com/en-us/product/inc…
#books #book #a11y #accessibility #ux #webdesign #UIDesign
Inclusive Design for Accessibility: A Practical Guide to Digital Accessibility, UX, and Inclusive Web & App Design
packtpub.com/en-us/product/inc…
#books #book #a11y #accessibility #ux #webdesign #UIDesign
Inclusive Design for Accessibility | Web Development | Paperback
A Practical Guide to Digital Accessibility, UX, and Inclusive Web & App Design. Top rated Web Development products.Packt
#Development #Reviews
First impressions of Deque Axe Assistant · What to expect from the AI accessibility chatbot ilo.im/163tch
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#AxeAssistant #AI #Chatbot #Accessibility #WCAG #Design #WebDesign #WebDev #Frontend #HTML
I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back
fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-w…
by @fireborn
Read this article! I promise this is not another “I’ve tried Linux but it is too hard” post but a very insightful and well-written piece on accessibility across the Linux landscape.
I strongly suggest reading this well-written blog post about experiences of a blind longtime #Linux user:
fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-w…
Accessibility is not an optional "feature" in GUI. It is a must. We all should feel responsible to make the GUI accessible. Period!
NVDA 2025.1 Beta 5 is now available! Changes since beta 4 include:
- Updates to translations
- Fixes for reading math attributes in PDFs
- Minor improvements to the user experience of Remote Access
Read the full details and download at: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-1b…
We are getting closer to NVDA 2025.1! Thank you to all those who have been trying out betas and giving us feedback, we greatly appreciate it!
#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Beta #PreRelease #Testing #Accessibility #NewVersion
fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-w…
»Linux “just works”—if you can see.
If you’re blind?
You boot into a live image and get nothing.
No speech. No braille. No login prompt feedback. Maybe Orca starts, maybe not.
Maybe you know the shortcut (Alt+Super+S?) but does that even work in this session type?
Is it Wayland? Is it X11? Is the screen reader bound to a key combo that doesn’t exist on your keyboard?
You open the installer?
“Next. Button. Button. Button. Button.” That’s all Orca says.
Ubuntu MATE 12.04 had a working, labeled, navigable installer.
Ubuntu MATE 24.04? It’s garbage.
No headings. No structure. No sense of where you are. Just unlabeled buttons and blank space.
This isn’t a bug.
This is neglect.«
Thanks for writing this article, @fireborn
My @TetraLogical colleague @craigabbott has tested the Deque accessibility chatbot and provided his initial impressions
#a11y #AI #accessibility
craigabbott.co.uk/blog/deque-a…
Deque Axe Assistant - First impressions
Testing Deque's axe Assistant for accuracy and ability.Craig Abbott (craigabbott.co.uk)
This post on the #accessibility of #Linux is heartbreaking.
So sad seeing systems going from good (or even just okay) to absolutely non-functional because of neglect in the name of progress.
If you’re leaving people behind, it’s not progress. It’s exclusion.
“Linux ‘just works’ – if you can see.
…
This isn’t a bug.
This is neglect.”
– @fireborn
fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-w…
(And its ableist culture will sooner make you the villain for criticising it rather than acknowledging the failing and fixing the status quo. ar.al/2024/06/23/fedora-has-be… There’s a reason I’m back on Mac after six years on Linux. As a developer, it was impacting my ability to make what I’m building accessible. And I reject the unspoken premise that the source being open is somehow more important than the human right to universal access. Ethical technology requires more than just the “four freedoms” web.archive.org/web/2025041809… This is why inclusivity is a core Small Technology principle. small-tech.org/about/#small-te…)
#accessibility #inclusivity #universalAccess #a11y #linux #FOSS #openSource #freeSoftware #freedom
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It doesn't even work with the Mastodon WWW user interface, ironically.
The glyphs aren't in the Roboto WWW font requested by #Mastodon so WWW browsers fall back to whatever font is set locally.
Not only does that in itself make posts look like bad movie ransom notes, but it gets worse: because some fonts intentionally try to make the mathematical symbols distinct from truly boldfaced/italic Latin-1 alphabetic characters.
Automated #accessibility test tools find even less than expected (by Robert Dodd via LinkedIn) linkedin.com/pulse/automated-a… #a11y #testing #tools
I find myself increasingly asking what value do I get out of existing commercial accessibility testing tools? What do they catch? What do they not catch? I ask because I want to improve on the results, and I also want to know what exactly I need to manual
I find myself increasingly asking what value do I get out of existing commercial accessibility testing tools? What do they catch? What do they not catch? I ask because I want to improve on the results, and I also want to know what exactly I need to m…Robert Dodd (www.linkedin.com)
This right here is exactly WHY people get so mad when #linux #accessibility comes up. This is why even when people receiving the torch who want to do better get unjustly yelled at. We're dealing with systemic neglect for quite literally decades, and pretty much a big fat f*ck you every single time some new thing happens in this space. Are Windows and Mac worth switching from? Absolutely. In a heartbeat.
Is it worth switching to ... this? ... How masochistic are you feeling? Not just today, but for the rest of your digital life?
Is it worth switching to ... this? ... How masochistic are you feeling? Not just today, but for the rest of your digital life?
To all #OpenSource and #Linux warriors, to all saying "Ditch windows, install Linux", to everyone and every single person: please, spend several minutes and read this. I want you all to read this so you really understand the problem (if you want to understand, of course). And a huge, huge thanks to Aaron @fireborn for starting this post series. fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-w… #Accessibility
So, I'm about to try Slint! Thanks to @JessDail for reminding me about it. Except this time I'm going to try it in a VM because I do not want a repeat of the Fedora incident from a week ago. Ugh.
For my disabled followers, what do you consider when thinking about inclusive swag? Swag in this case meaning t-shirts, coffee mugs, backpacks, stickers, etc. that you acquire through conferences, work, or other places.
I struggle to name what I look for in swag for it to be inclusive as a blind person; I think the most I'd look for is cool tactile design on t-shirts and perhaps embossed designs on stickers. But even that's a stretch; I've never felt strongly enough to remotely consider this, and that's why I'm here! I also consider things like Braille to be a novelty, and don't feel excluded when it doesn't exist. In a nutshell--I don't really care. But I'm sure someone out there does. Surely there's at least one of you.
Please boost for reach.
#disabled #accessibility #blind #swag
I struggle to name what I look for in swag for it to be inclusive as a blind person; I think the most I'd look for is cool tactile design on t-shirts and perhaps embossed designs on stickers. But even that's a stretch; I've never felt strongly enough to remotely consider this, and that's why I'm here! I also consider things like Braille to be a novelty, and don't feel excluded when it doesn't exist. In a nutshell--I don't really care. But I'm sure someone out there does. Surely there's at least one of you.
Please boost for reach.
#disabled #accessibility #blind #swag
Hello #gnome people, are #gui tests still done through the #accessibility #api? I found discourse.gnome.org/t/how-do-y… but havent yet a chance to use #openQA or #dogtail. Im asking mostly because Im planning on making some small application, and I would like to add at the end of the CI pipeline some #end2end #test to make sure there are no regressions when attempting on some #datadriven #dynamic layout generation. Or in GNOME case e2e tests are generally not done for specific applications, and they are mostly for the shell, and applications are tested (mostly) by hand? (not trying to belittle #QA people, just I feel the common use cases should be automated to lessen the burden on them)
How do you test a GUI application?
This topic was automatically closed 14 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.GNOME Discourse
Tired of scrambling to find Zoom links 2 minutes before a call? 😩
Perspective Meetings keeps all your video links (Zoom, Google Meet, FaceTime & more) in one place—so you’re always just a tap away.
✅ Quick join
✅ Smart folders
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📲 Download: apps.apple.com/ca/app/perspect…
🌐 Web version coming soon!
#Accessibility #Productivity #Zoom #TechTools
Perspective Meetings keeps all your video links (Zoom, Google Meet, FaceTime & more) in one place—so you’re always just a tap away.
✅ Quick join
✅ Smart folders
✅ Cross-device sync
✅ Free & accessible
📲 Download: apps.apple.com/ca/app/perspect…
🌐 Web version coming soon!
#Accessibility #Productivity #Zoom #TechTools
Perspective Meetings
Tired of searching through emails, calendars, and messages to find the right meeting link? Perspective Meetings makes it easy to keep all your video meeting links in one convenient place.App Store
Now and then, I always see videos coming from an instance of #peertube and the screen reader #accessibility of the embedded player just gets better. I heard before that it also works for #audio now, I am seriously thinking of hosting an instance here if it's lightweight enough for this system.
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)
“Do Not Publish Your Designs on the Web with Figma Sites…”
adrianroselli.com/2025/05/do-n…
Figma announced Figma Sites, letting you publish your Figma designs directly to the web like it’s 1997.
Do Not Publish Your Designs on the Web with Figma Sites…
…Unless you want to fail all the WCAGs, create litigation risk, close off opportunities in Europe, engage in reputational harm, and oh yeah, throw up barriers to your customers and users.Adrian Roselli
According to NVAccess, there are over 2,000 #NVDA open issues and if seeing one fixed is "particularly important" to me, they would "encourage hiring someone to work on it."
So how about it, #blind programmers? Your serious quotes for fixing this bug on a freelance basis:
github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issue…
Can't review/spell text of accessible names applied with aria-label/labelledby in focus mode · Issue #15159 · nvaccess/nvda
When a control on a web page is given an accessible name via aria-label or aria-labelledby, and NVDA's focus mode is active, the text of the control's name cannot be spoken or spelled with the "rep...GitHub
I see #Figma has decided to reincarnate FrontPage, but worse:
figma.com/blog/introducing-fig…
Sample 1, with 269 axe issues:
config.new/
Sample 2, with only 184 axe issues:
practice-type.com/
No mention of #accessibility in the announcement, so I guess none expected?
Anyway, get ahead of this, folks. We’re going back to 1999!
#a11y
Config 2025 Highlights
Catch up on all the new products and features we announced at Config 2025.www.config.new
For 17 years, I have been using Skype weekly. Where others phone their loved ones to talk, I use Skype.
darice.org/2025/05/07/the-demi…
The Demise of Skype an Accessibility Tragedy / Darice de Cuba
Since day one that I lost the rest of my hearing, I have been using Skype to video call my mom, who lives in Aruba. I am fortunate that I can lipread our native language, Papiamento, well enough to…Darice de Cuba
I bought the Rabbit R1 — even though it’s not for me
As a blind tech user, I knew the R1 wouldn’t be accessible.
But I bought it anyway. Why?
Because if we aren’t testing and speaking up, accessibility won’t improve. Inclusion starts with showing up.
In my latest blog post, I explain why blind voices are essential in AI—and what I hope comes from this.
📖 Read:
open.substack.com/pub/taylorar…
#RabbitR1 #Accessibility #BlindTech #AI #Inclusion #FediTech #DisabilityJustice
As a blind tech user, I knew the R1 wouldn’t be accessible.
But I bought it anyway. Why?
Because if we aren’t testing and speaking up, accessibility won’t improve. Inclusion starts with showing up.
In my latest blog post, I explain why blind voices are essential in AI—and what I hope comes from this.
📖 Read:
open.substack.com/pub/taylorar…
#RabbitR1 #Accessibility #BlindTech #AI #Inclusion #FediTech #DisabilityJustice
Why I Bought the Rabbit R1 (Even Though It's Not Accessible)?
When the Rabbit R1 was first announced, it generated a lot of buzz—this tiny, stylish device promised to reinvent personal computing with the help of artificial intelligence.Taylor Arndt (Taylor’s Substack)
Building a more accessible GitHub CLI
github.blog/engineering/user-e…
#github #cli #accessibility #a11y #webdev
github.blog/engineering/user-e…
#github #cli #accessibility #a11y #webdev
Building a more accessible GitHub CLI - The GitHub Blog
How do we translate web accessibility standards to command line applications? This is GitHub CLI's journey toward making terminal experiences for all developers.Ryan Hecht (The GitHub Blog)
On one hand, I'm glad that screen readers can do something with this new API out of the box. On the other, long-standing bugs exhibited by using live regions are still present with this new API, such as #NVDA not interrupting a normal-priority message when a high-priority one comes in. #accessibility
Following today's post on the Microsoft Edge blog, I've started a page of ARIA Notify examples that currently only function in Edge Canary:
jscholes.github.io/ariaNotify.…
The blog post:
blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/20…
#accessibility #screenReader #screenReaders
Creating a more accessible web with Aria Notify
We're excited to announce the availability, as a developer and origin trial, of ARIA Notify, a new API that's designed to make web contentMicrosoft Edge Blog
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-…
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)
Thin Fonts Are a Usability Nightmare—And Finally, Designers Are Waking Up
webdesignerdepot.com/thin-font…
#UIDesign #webdesign #a11y #fonts #usability #accessibility #typography
Thin Fonts Are a Usability Nightmare—And Finally, Designers Are Waking Up
Thin fonts may look sleek, but they’re a usability nightmare—hard to read, inaccessible, and especially frustrating on mobile.Noah Davis (Web Designer Depot)
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
Viewpoint is a Windows program that uses Gemini AI to make user interfaces that aren't accessible, pretty accessible! I was able to navigate the PPSSPP interface with it pretty well! So yeah, it's starting to happen, the use of AI for more than just image descriptions.
I don’t usually share my work #a11y stuff here for various reasons. But I’ll make an acception as this article might be of interest to some of my followers here: makeitfable.com/article/mobile-usability-reality-check-for-inclusive-ux/#mobile#accessibility
Uncover the untold story of Apple VoiceOver! Join us as we reveal fascinating insights and genius ideas behind this groundbreaking technology. Despite valid criticisms, we acknowledge Apple's transformative impact on the industry. Discover the real story today! youtube.com/watch?v=5tLSycbey6…
#AppleVoiceOver #Accessibility #TechHistory #Innovation #BehindTheScenes #TechInterview #Apple #Technology #Inspiration #DesignThinking
Clicks Keyboard, Ember Mugs & AirPods as Hearing Aids?
What do the Clicks Keyboard, Ember Mug, Monarch braille display, and AirPods Pro 2 all have in common? They’re all in the inbox this week on Double Tap!Steve...YouTube
github.blog/engineering/user-e… #cli #accessibility #a11y
Building a more accessible GitHub CLI - The GitHub Blog
How do we translate web accessibility standards to command line applications? This is GitHub CLI's journey toward making terminal experiences for all developers.Ryan Hecht (The GitHub Blog)
🤔 Why is it acceptable to some that #WCAG can be used to test PDF's, but not native iOS or Android apps?
Note: I think its legit to use WCAG to test native iOS or Android apps
tetralogical.com/blog/2024/07/…
Does WCAG 2.2 apply to native apps - TetraLogical
A big question for many organisations is if WCAG 2.2 applies to native apps. In this post we explore what does and doesn't apply.TetraLogical