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 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…
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.
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
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
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/…
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
The 2025 edition of Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) will take place on the 25 September 2025.
Got an idea for a talk? Our call for presentations is still open until the end of the month (31 May 2025).
#a11y #accessibility #inclusion #inclusiveDesign
A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusionInclusive Design 24 (#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
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
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
Complications can arise with JavaScript event handling in screen readers, because the virtual cursor intercepts or modifies page events.James Edwards (TPGi)
Our latest In-Process blog is out: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-3…
Featuring
- The NVDA 2025.1 Beta
- What’s New in 2025.1
- Updated NVDA Expert Certification 2025
- Gene Empowers New Zealand
- Changes for Developers
- NVDA Add-ons and API Breaking Changes
#NVDA #NVDAsr #Blog #News #Newsletter #ScreenReader #Blind #Accessibility #Update #Changes
📢 Introducing the #UnseenImageChallenge! 📢
What if everyone experienced social media the way screen reader users do? Let's find out together!
Visit our challenge website for more information and examples: micr0.dev/unseenChallenge
Post a solid black square image with detailed alt text describing what would have been there. Everyone will "see" the same way screen reader users see the post! This powerful exercise demonstrates why accessible content matters.
Not sure how to write good descriptions? We've created a comprehensive alt text guide at micr0.dev/alttext with examples, tips, and even an interactive quality checker!
You can also DM me the original image, and I'll help generate alt text you can use! (Make sure you are following me first! Mastodon blocks 'unsolicited' DMs!)
Example: Instead of "My cat" try "My orange tabby cat Whiskers lounging in a sunbeam on the windowsill, looking sleepy with half-closed eyes"
The challenge runs for one full week! Join in on any or all of the daily themes.
I'll be boosting exceptional examples throughout the week and featuring creative descriptions. Your participation helps inspire others!
If you find value in this challenge and want to support Altbot's continued development and accessibility work, you can contribute to the project at ko-fi.com/micr0byte. All funds go directly toward server costs, development, and expanding our accessibility initiatives. However, awareness and participation are the most important contributions!
Every day, blind and low-vision people experience the Fediverse entirely through alt text. This challenge helps everyone understand why detailed image descriptions are so important first hand. Awareness is important!
The challenge begins today! Who's ready to make the Fediverse more accessible while trying something new? Make sure to tag three friends who you think should join in!
#Accessibility #AltText #DigitalInclusion
Become a supporter of Micr0byte today! ❤️ Ko-fi lets you support the creators you love.Ko-fi
Able to Play, a game repository that helps you find games that match your accessibility needs, just launched!
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 #Gaming #GameDev #AbleToPlay #Accessibility #A11Y
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)
Yesterday at the #PlayStation concert, a young, blind man sat next to me.
We got talking and it turns out he is an accessibility consultant for companies, including video game developers and has worked with Sony on God of War and other products!
He goes by his handle: Sightless Kombat.
He is entirely #blind from birth, but loves video games so is passionate about accessibility in the sector.
I told him to come join Mastodon as I think it’s the friendliest social network for visual impairments, he said he was thinking of joining but wasn’t sure which instance was good. I’m not sure if there is one that’s dedicated to visual impairment? I just told him to join mstdn.games 😅
Anyway, here’s his YouTube & Twitch channels, and website if you’re interested in seeing what he has to offer. The dude has platinumed God of War Ragnarok on its hardest difficulty, what a legend!
YouTube: youtube.com/@sightlesskombat?s…
Twitch: twitch.tv/sightlesskombat
Website: sightlesskombat.com/
#disability #disabled #Accessibility
I'm an award-winning, multi-credited accessibility consultant and gamer without sight from the UK. If you ever thought "how can someone with no sight play a videogame?", you've come to the right place for answers! Relax, say hi and see just how I enj…Twitch
https://audio.dev/ -- @audiodevcon---Making Accessible Audio Software - Perspectives of a Blind Music Producer - Trey Culver & Adam Wilson - ADCx Gather 202...YouTube
Screen readers are great, and they deserve a lot of love. But let me give you a better option to start testing with.Erik Kroes - Accessibility Consultant
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
Any accessibility additions is a win for everyone!
Valve announces accessibility tags for Steam - Can I Play That?
caniplaythat.com/2025/04/23/va…
#Valve #Accessibility #Steam #PC #Gaming
Valve announced that accessibility tags are coming to game listings on Steam, making it easier to find games matching players' needs.Marijn / ActiveB1t (Can I Play That?)
It bothers me quite a lot that in the `ariaNotify` explainer, relating to a more robust mechanism for web apps to fire #screenReader messages, #braille is demoted to a "future consideration". Even there, it's listed under a heading of "Braille and speech markup", as though it doesn't even warrant a devoted section of its own.
Braille being treated with the same priority of speech is long overdue. We're clearly not there yet.
github.com/MicrosoftEdge/MSEdg…
#accessibility
Home for explainer documents originated by the Microsoft Edge team - MicrosoftEdge/MSEdgeExplainersGitHub
Be part of the #accessibility resistance. Make your digital shit #accessible
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If you open @smashingmag, you might (or might not) recognize the name on the latest article. 😁
Apologies in advance, it’s a long read, and there’s not a single line of code. But I’m a little bit proud of this one! ☺️
What you think?! #accessibility
smashingmagazine.com/2025/04/f…
While there’s no definitive playbook for building an accessibility culture, Dani shares lessons from his experience in shaping it through habits rather than mandates.Smashing Magazine
“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.
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
Anyone who is blind, or who has worked with the blind, knows how expensive our technology can be. This couldn't be more true with relation to braille displays. Even the cheapest costs at least $799, and it's already behind the newest in that line, at $899. This is the Orbit Reader 20 and 20+. Now, a student in India wants to change that by creating a display that is truly affordable (under $50)! Please pass this on, so that we can give him greater recognition within the blind community. Even if it costs a bit more than he initially suspected it would, there is no excuse for the $2,000 to $5,000 average price of such technology when cheaper alternatives can be designed! He is determined to bring this to market, so let's help him do it and show our appreciation for his hard work on this life-changing project!
forbes.com/sites/kevinanderton…
#access #ACB #accessibility #affordability #blind #braille #BrailleDisplays #children #education #employment #independence #India #learning #NFB #ocr #parent #reading #science #school #students #teachers #technology #work #writing
#COSMIC is not even out of alpha and there's lots of #accessibility features already available!
There's more work to be done, for sure, but this is a very nice to see!
In-Process is out, featuring a hint on 2025.1 beta timing, details on the updated Basic Training for NVDA training module, our recent server updates, AND what you need to know about reading info in a command prompt. Read now: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-1…
And don't forget to subscribe to get the next edition (AND notification when the beta comes out) via email: eepurl.com/iuVyjo
#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #News #Newsletter #Blog
We are getting close to a beta for NVDA 2025.1. We are on track for 2025.1 Beta 1 to be released early next week. Please do subscribe to be notified by email as soon as it is available! In the mean…NV Access
I made that thread from yesterday into a brief post.
“Automated WCAG Testing Is Grrreat!”
adrianroselli.com/2025/04/auto…
I’m a big fan of using automation in WCAG testing. I use bookmarklets, dev tools, browser features & reporting, and a pile of third-party products from assorted vendors. These save me time and effort, letting me focus on more tricky cases.Adrian Roselli
REMINDER: Your resistance goes faster, harder, and further without the use of ableist language. Fascists won't give a fuck, but a whole lot of folk who have been called 'crazy’, ‘insane’, 'stupid’, ‘idiot’, ‘moron’, and so forth hear you every time you do this, and make themselves a little smaller.
The same goes for body-shaming of any kind. It hurts your allies, not your enemies.
Update your vocabulary.
And check for alt text before you post, or boost.
I'm super excited to have Ben Ritner from KadenceWP joining me live on YouTube tomorrow to talk about building accessible websites with Kadence. Tune in at 3 PM central. #WordPress #a11y #accessibility
Join Amber Hinds and special guest Ben Ritner, Sr. Director of Product at StellarWP and the founder of Kadence WP, for a conversation about how to build acce...YouTube
Chat GPT with video! Here is my experience using it in different situations and how it can possibly help with accessibility for someone who's blind or visually impaired!
It's finally here- Chat GPT with video! Here is my experience using it in different situations and how it can possibly help with accessibility for someone wh...YouTube
I figured I should make this into a poster. A4 size, but can easily be scaled to fit onto Letter size, for you non-standard Americans out there.
Reuse encouraged, public domain!
Still relevant today.
“A web of anxiety: accessibility for people with anxiety and panic disorders” #accessibility
tpgi.com/a-web-of-anxiety-acce…
UI/UX design can contribute to feelings of anxiety and panic. Read how urgency, unpredictability, powerlessness, and sensationalism play a role.David Swallow (TPGi)
Massachusetts is looking for 4 (four!) IT Accessibility Officers. Boston/hybrid.
a11yjobs.com/jobs/MLyP9-it-acc…
#GetFediHired
#jobs
#A11yJobs
#a11y
#AccessibilityJobs
#accessibility
Discover top jobs in digital accessibility, including web accessibility, ARIA, WCAG, Section 508, ADA compliance, and more. Join the A11y community with roles on a11yjobs.com.a11yjobs.com
Friday bookmarklet time! This is one I created AGES ago, and use frequently in my testing, but clean forgot to add to the site.
Grouped Fields - visually highlights fields that are programmatically grouped using either fieldset/legend elements or their ARIA counterparts.
a11y-tools.com/bookmarklets/so…
#testing #a11y #accessibility #devtools
If you want to know how a spoon, ai, Matrix and accessibility are connected, then check out the #btconf talk description by @tink with the title “There Is No Spoon” beyondtellerrand.com/events/du…
#a11y #ai #accessibility #presentation #tellerrand
Léonie is a Director of TetraLogical; Chair of the W3C Board of Directors, and co-Chair of the W3C Web Applications Working Group. Shebeyond tellerrand Events
Kevin Powell has an #accessibility intro video:
“Quick accessibility wins that are easy to implement”
youtu.be/pJ0GPI7BMIs
This isn’t for practitioners; this isn’t new stuff.
This is for folks who are new to it, who learn better with videos, who know his name and will believe him more than us, who want recent examples, etc.
#a11y
Accessibility can be a deep topic, but there is a lot of low-hanging fruit that so many people get wrong when there really is no excuse.🔗 Links✅ axe dev too...YouTube
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