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The Access Text Network (a US platform where some publishers share accessible PDFs of their books on demand to authorized users) has gradually been coming back online after it collapsed this spring as a result of some kind of disagreement between Georgia Tech and the Association of American Publishers.🤔
My work was only granted access to the new AccessText today, and the collection has to be built back up over time book by book.
accesstext.org/about-us
Our In-Process blog is out! This week, we feature NVDA 2024.3.1, Mykael making it happen in Brazil, RACQ's Road Ahead article, NVDA 2024.4 Beta 4 and Which reference is right for me?
Read it all here: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-2…
#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #Blog #News #Newsletter #FOSS
📣 New Webinar Recording + Tech Note Alert!
We just published the webinar recording that walks through learning and using R with screen readers—and it's bilingual (English & Turkish)! with subtitles in English.
📹 Webinar video featuring @lizhare
and Alican Cagri Gokcek: vimeo.com/1008631708
📝 Also, don't miss the detailed technical note on our blog with the resources you need to get started. By Liz: ropensci.org/blog/2024/09/05/s…
The Fedora Linux 41 Beta is here!
As exciting as the new features are, please remember that this is primarily for testing. Help us make this release as smooth as possible by directing your feedback to the Fedora Quality Team (info in the article).
Please also help to circulate this in the accessibility community as we want to catch any bugs related to their needs as soon as possible.
Happy testing!
We love hearing wonderful success stories from our users. This week, we are very pleased to present to you Mykael, who is busy making it happen in Brazil!
nvaccess.org/post/mykael-makes…
Thanks Mykael! Would you like to share how you are using NVDA with us? We'd love to hear from you! Please do drop us a line at info@nvaccess.org
#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #Employment #Software #FOSS #Success #GoodNews
I just learned (from Reddit, of all places) that there is a whole website dedicated to accessible builds for Guild Wars 2, created by gamers with accessibility needs.
Sharing for reach:
NVDA 2024.4 Beta 4 is now available for download & testing.
Changes introduced in Beta 4:
- Fixed the visual layout of NVDA’s Braille Settings page.
- Fixed an issue causing text not related to shortcut keys to appear in the Commands Quick Reference.
- Updates to translations.
Full information and download at: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2024-4b…
#NVDA #NVDAsr #FOSS #PreRelease #Software #Beta #ScreenReader #Accessibility
The TTRPGs for Accessible Gaming Bundle on Itch is live. This supports a partnership between the DOTS RPG Project and Die Hard Dice to produce commercially avaliable high quality Braille dice for BVI players. DOTS RPG dice are super amazing quality. I was able to beta test their newest design and cannot say enough good things. Find the Bbundle here to support an amazing cause: itch.io/b/2623/ttrpgs-for-acce… #TTRPG #Braille #Blind #Accessibility #A11y #RPG
In just a few minutes, Inclusive Design 24 will be getting underway... 24 hours of #free talks about everything related to inclusive design:
inclusivedesign24.org/2024/
#accessibility #design #code #UX #XR #gaming #disability #a11y #id24
#id24 starts in a few hours; are you ready?
Join a global community of accessibility and design experts for 24 hours packed with live talks, advice and strategies.
We're proud to be a Gold supporter of the conference and have several of our team involved including @tink, @IanPouncey, @patrick_h_lauke and @JoeLamyman.
Explore the full line-up: inclusivedesign24.org/2024/sch…
#id24 #Accessibility #InclusiveDesign #AccessibilityConference
For now this "#deltachat_web" project is merely meant as proof that the deltachat desktop frontend/UI has no dependency on electron anymore.
With a few nice side-benefits:
It allows us developers to use other browsers dev tools to improve #accessibility for example and to bring back automated ui #testing.
Last but not least this serves as a stepping stone to make a #tauri version of #deltachat_desktop
Stay tuned for the #nlnet funded #delta_tauri project.
Speech to Text on Linux?!?!
I just found "Speech Note" when searching the Software app.
Installed it via flatpak.
flathub.org/apps/net.mkiol.Spe…
Used the "English (Vosk Large)" and "English (Vosk Small)" language model with very decent results. There are loads of models to choose from.
All processed locally. No network needed!
This is great!
#accessibility #SpeechToText #Linux #debian #flatpak #flathub #SpeechNote
The twelfth edition of @inclusivedesign24 #id24 is just over 2 days away.
Free, online, no registration, no product pitches. Just show up (on time or not).
Countdown timer is on the schedule:
inclusivedesign24.org/2024/sch…
YouTube playlist waiting for you:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn7…
And to add to the joy at least for this hour of this day those of us on the #EastCoast can once again search for replacement items within the #iOSApp using #VoiceOver #Accessibility. It only took them 5 months to fix that one.
Only now learning about Susan Banks, a prominent #accessibility advocate who "regularly interacted with [large game development studios], pushing for better options and designs", "helped to revolutionize games journalism", and even had an award named after her.
Apparently, she never actually existed.
ign.com/articles/a-prominent-a…
#news
A much more detailed post about TalkBack's new Image description feature using #AI #Gemini
Okay just, like right off the cuff here. But why does Vispero, a company making blindness software/hardware want videos for there Big Thing thing? Why not just text? Emails? Like, what? Why? Meh, whatever. I'll submit mine I guess. I'm sure some of you know what I'm gonna suggest. Feel free to submit your own ideas, goodness knows we need more grand ideas for screen readers.
#accessibility #blind #Braille #JAWS #FreedomScientific #ScreenReader
SIDN digitaal toegankelijker sidn.nl/nieuws-en-blogs/sidn-d… Onze missie is ‘een kansrijk en zorgeloos digitaal bestaan voor iedereen’. Daarom zetten we flinke stappen in toegankelijkheid. We willen dat iedereen met of zonder beperking, gebruik kan maken van onze website #accessibility
Join the State of the Browser #SOTB 2024 conference on Saturday, 14 September, at the Barbican Centre in London.
This one-day, single-track conference, organized by the London Web Standards, covers the modern web, accessibility, web standards, and more.
TetraLogical's director, @SteveFaulkner, will be speaking on "No Industry for Old Men," reflecting on key developments in the web accessibility space over the years.
Because I can’t be arsed to re-up my Dragon license, kudos to @siblingpastry for the most recent test of voice control support for wrapped labels:
tpgi.com/should-form-labels-be…
The Promise and Pitfalls of Web Accessibility Overlays for Blind and Low Vision Users
#accessibility #overlays #research
research paper (PDF)
researchgate.net/profile/Garre…
Oh, thank goodness not having a fully functional screen reader isn’t a blocker for Fedora 41. We wouldn’t want them to miss their 10th anniversary of shipping an operating system without a fully functional screen reader, after all.
ar.al/2024/06/23/fedora-has-be…
#Fedora #RedHat #IBM #a11y #accessibility #screenReader #orca #linux #openSource #FOSS #ableism masto.ai/@phoronix/11307885166…
I wrote a @TPGi blog post last year on 20 #DigitalAccessibility books. Since then, quite a few more have been published, so I've blogged about 19 more.
Hear the story of how @AppleVis nearly closed down and our new partnership with @bemyeyes came about, as myself and @Thomas_domville were joined by Bryan and Hans to talk through it all, answer questions, and look to the future. #Accessibility AppleVis Extra 99: Inside the AppleVis Acquisition; A Conversation with Be My Eyes | AppleVis applevis.com/podcasts/applevis…
Of course, I wonder about the #accessibility! Komplete 15 is here - pre-order your bundle now native-instruments.com/en/spec…
Isn’t it interesting how quickly Facebook rolled out a fix for a minor visual glitch, yet doesn’t bother when there are major issues for screen reader users. On iOS, it is still not possible to hear Voiceover feedback when typing a new post, and I believe that problem has existed for months on Android.
I think that sums up FB’s attitude towards accessibility quite neatly, and they are far from alone in this.
#SocialMedia #Accessibility
Facebook says its new app icon was just a glitch after all 9to5mac.com/2024/08/30/faceboo…
I think that sums up FB’s attitude towards accessibility quite neatly, and they are far from alone in this.
#SocialMedia #Accessibility
Facebook says its new app icon was just a glitch after all 9to5mac.com/2024/08/30/faceboo…
Check Out my Latest Guide I wrote for @iaccessibility on Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses!
Discover how these smart glasses are redefining accessibility for blind and visually impaired users with AI-powered features.
iaccessibility.net/ray-ban-met…
#Accessibility #RayBanMeta #SmartGlasses #AssistiveTechnology #VisuallyImpaired #Innovation #TechForGood #Inclusion #WearableTech
Anyone running macOS 15 and want to test to see if this `aria-activedescendant` bug is really fixed?
bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?i…
It’s not that I don’t trust Apple folks, it’s just that I have learned never to take the “Fixed!” assertion at face value.
#a11y #accessibility #Safari #ARIA
It took over a year since I wrote this warning, but I finally found a case in the wild!
Well, *I* didn’t, but someone on the A11y Slack had an issue and I was able to identify it by description alone.
“Brief Note on Popovers with Dialogs”
adrianroselli.com/2023/05/brie…
Well done, me!
[ wrenches arm reaching for his own back]
Here's my new project, a keyboard for one-handed typing. Tens of thousands Ukrainians have injured arms and hands during the war, and my goal is to make an inexpensive keyboard for anyone to assemble at home.
github.com/clackups/qmk_usersp…
#accessibility #onehandtyping #disability #UkraineWar #ukraine #veterans
I forget what the Drama™ was that caused me to stop using Bartender on #macOS, but I've been happily using Ice as a replacement github.com/jordanbaird/Ice
Today I just got Software Update message for the latest version, and it warms my heart because it adds #accessibility support
Whenever you see a good app adding or improving accessibility support, please share the news. We need to normalize adding accessibility to all apps.
I finally got around to linking @lloydi’s post “Context is king: long live the king!” from my own (which he references). Anyway, his post:
tpgi.com/context-is-king-long-…
He also covers a couple variations where you can stack techniques for… an effect.
And he has a mini-tool (buried in a disclosure widget at the end) in there to generate the HTML/CSS for each scenario if you provide it the words.
Very detail. Much comprehensive.
Context is king: long live the king! - TPGi
Want to provide extra context in accessible names for buttons, links and other controls while retaining design integrity? Ian Lloyd shares some techniques.Ian Lloyd (TPGi)
Unmute Presents is now part of Aftersight! Tune in for tech tips several times a week, including Jaws insights and Blind Shell Classic 2 tutorials. Take
a listen at
aftersight.org/audio-publicati….
Call 303-786-7777 ex 2, 5, 14. #TechPodcast #AssistiveTech #Accessibility
a listen at
aftersight.org/audio-publicati….
Call 303-786-7777 ex 2, 5, 14. #TechPodcast #AssistiveTech #Accessibility
Unmute Presents Podcast - Aftersight
Listen to audio podcasts online for free. Content is intended for blind, visually impaired, and print disabled audiences.Aftersight
I really enjoyed @yatil new article on WCAG levels. When the WCAG Guidelines were being created members tried to correlate the different levels (A, AA, AAA) based on how difficult they'd be to implement. It would be helpful if the standards within each level designation were checked again. The standards could be regrouped based on their current level of difficulty. Please check out the full article for more information. #accessibility yatil.net/blog/wcags-a-and-aa-…
WCAG’s A and AA distinction is mostly academic · Eric Eggert
On Mastodon, Steve Faulkner shared a link to a GitHub discussion around the A, AA, and AAA levels of WCAG (Web Content Accessibility …Eric Eggert
Marcus Herrmann shares how you can apply the 80/20 rule to accessibility, and make progress.
#DigitalAccessibility #Accessibility #A11y
80 / 20 accessibility
Many people are confronted with the …marcus.io · Blog of web developer and accessibility consultant Marcus Herrmann
Updated my sortable tables post.
It now notes that NVDA, JAWS, Narrator, and VoiceOver / iPadOS will announce when you sort a table column.
That means VoiceOver on macOS and TalkBack do _not_ announce a sort.
Dramatically better than when I wrote it in 2021 yet still utterly inadequate.
adrianroselli.com/2021/04/sort…
Sortable Table Columns
An accessible sortable table is not necessarily the same as a usable sortable table. Outline: Basics Let The User Know This Thing Has Sorted Screen Reader Announcement Sort Arrows Column Background Column Background via Let The User Know This T…Adrian Roselli
It's been a while since I posted on my other blog "Jen Rohrig Design" which is about disability and accessibility but today I posted about a topic I've been thinking about for a while...
"How we talk about disability"
EDIT because this got boosted again - I combined my two blogs the post is now here:
Warum ist Barrierefreiheit in der Frontend-Entwicklung entscheidend? Oleksii (Aljoscha) Sukhodolskyi gibt Einblicke und teilt seine Expertise im neuen Blogbeitrag.
Jetzt lesen 👉 opentalk.eu/de/news/5-fragen-z…
#Barrierefreiheit #FrontendEntwicklung #DigitaleInklusion #Accessibility #OpenSource
5 Fragen zu Barrierefreiheit in der Frontend-Entwicklung
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