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Ich recherchiere gerade zu "KI-Funktionen" in Content Management Systemen. Kennt jemand solche, die bspw. das automatische Generieren von Alternativtexten ermöglichen, oder zumindest welche, die Bestrebungen in diese Richtung haben?
Diese Features sind hochgradig schädlich - ich würde gerne einen Überblick bekommen, wie verbreitet sie bereits sind. #Barrierefreiheit #a11y #Inklusion
Why are my live regions not working? by @patrick_h_lauke
"Live regions have a reputation for being "flaky" and inconsistent. While this can be attributed in part to shortcomings in current implementations, the problem can also be caused by developers misunderstanding how live regions are intended to work."
https://tetralogical.com/blog/2024/05/01/why-are-my-live-regions-not-working/
A few extra seconds of your time it takes to add a good image description can really improve someone's day.
"To a totally blind person like me it means a lot to have a picture in my mind of your images, especially the animal pics."
"I don't know what it is, but as a blind user it's making me emotional to be able to actually interact with content."
#accessibility #a11y #AltText #ImageDescriptions
Alt Text Hall of Fame - Alt Text Hall of Fame
What is alt text? Alternative text (or alt text, in short) is the text you can use to describe an image when you publish it on your website or social media.Alt Text Hall of Fame
https://github.com/khanshoaib3/stardew-access
#stardew_valley #smapi #blind #accessibility #a11y @mastoblind
GitHub - khanshoaib3/stardew-access: An accessibility mod for Stardew Valley with screen reader and keyboard only support!
An accessibility mod for Stardew Valley with screen reader and keyboard only support! - khanshoaib3/stardew-accessGitHub
I keep forgetting to mention that I am doing a workshop at #AccessU in a couple weeks:
https://knowbility.org/programs/accessu-2024/prototyping-accessibility
107 slides (so far), 4 group exercises, 3 hours, pencil and/or paper.
Prototyping Accessibility — Knowbility
An introduction to digital accessibility concepts and approaches, specifying a minimal user interface element for practice. No code or computers needed (nor used).Knowbility
#SocialCoop has been discussing whether to disable images on May 16 and October 10 for #WorldSightDay, as suggested here https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/112275637561897034.
One concern raised about this proposal is that it is symbolic and might not do anything to improve the lives of people with visual impairments.
I would like to hear perspectives from people with visual impairments on whether this kind of action is helpful.
(boosts welcome; please only reply if you rely on alt text)
Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
Attached: 1 image In solidarity with the blind and vision-impaired community, I propose that twice a year, on the World Sight Day and the Global Accessibility Awareness Day, fediverse admins disable images on their servers to highlight the importanc…Stefan's Personal Mastodon Server
If you're #blind, #VisuallyImpaired, or otherwise rely on #AssistiveTecnhologies and #AltText, your thoughts on this proposal to temporarily disable images across the fediverse to highlight the importance of well-written image descriptions would be very much appreciated.
https://social.coop/@dynamic/112349215483683893
Please boost the original post for reach!
dynamic (@dynamic@social.coop)
#SocialCoop has been discussing whether to disable images on May 16 and October 10 for #WorldSightDay, as suggested here https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/112275637561897034.social.coop
Even if you don't code, this is essay presents a solid case on why #AI can't be relied on to replace work requiring any degree of empathy and nuanced understanding
Specifically, if you're building accessible web-based experiences, @hdv explains why "outsourcing" this work create more harm than good and offers some better alternatives to focus on instead (hint: invest in a #DesignSystem)
#accessibility #a11y #InclusiveDesign
https://hidde.blog/ai-for-accessible-components/
“AI” and accessible front-end components: is the nuance generatable?
Are LLMs helpful tools to assist with making accessible front-end components? Let's find out.Hidde's blog
The FFG Austria shared insights into their #a11y monitoring of 2023. The top detected issues, including 2 new ones, were:
1. Info and relationships
2. Non-text content
3. Name, role, value
4. Logical order when using a keyboard
5. Visible focus (new)
6. Text contrast
7. Keyboard (new)
Here is their website with the whole report (in German): https://www.ffg.at/digitale-barrierefreiheit/leistungen-der-ffg/zwischenbericht2023
Or their flyer (PDF in German):
https://www.ffg.at/sites/default/files/allgemeine_downloads/Barrierefreiheit/Top_Issues_2024.pdf
#ATAG
Just rebooted and I’m up and running with Fedora Silverblue 40.
(Just tried reinstalling mozilla-openh264 – so videos work in Firefox – but it failed with the same error. Not a big deal, I’m using @Vivaldi as my main browser these days anyway and I guess the Fedora folks will fix this in time.)
More importantly, I wonder if the screen reader has been fixed yet. (Yes, Fedora ships with a broken screen reader.)
#Fedora #fedora40 #Silverblue #upgrade #mozilla #OpenH264 #rpmOstree #error #a11y
Just checked and yes, the screen reader is still broken in Fedora 40. (Cannot be controlled; keyboard shortcuts/modifier key doesn’t work.)
So this is yet another release where the screen reader is broken by default.
It’s amazing to me that this is not a showstopper.
#accessibility #a11y #fedora40 #fedora #linux
Slides from my Notes on synthetic speech talk at #GAconf today:
https://decks.tink.uk/2024.html
And the original blog post from 2021:
https://tink.uk/notes-on-synthetic-speech/
If we get this sorted, we will have a fully accessible notification daemon for all wlroots based compositors, which will soon include XFCE. This could be the Wayland equivalent of notification-daemon for X11, but even better if the GTK notification centre list can be fixed up too. #Linux #accessibility #a11y
Regression in accessibility with the Orca screen reader · Issue #404 · ErikReider/SwayNotificationCenter
Please read through the README and the Man pages before submitting Please also make sure that there isn't any prior issue describing this bug Describe the bug The Orca screen reader is seeing group...GitHub
Starting with version 3.1.12, #pandoc-generated #EPUBs conform to the EU Accessibility Act. https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/
Relevant metadata fields are listed in the "EPUB metadata" section of the manual: https://pandoc.org/MANUAL#epub-metadata.
EPUB Accessibility - EU Accessibility Act Mapping
The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is an EU directive that establishes accessibility requirements for different types of products and services.www.w3.org
https://tetralogical.com/blog/2024/03/18/accessbility-foundations/
by Henny Swan via @TetraLogical
#webdev #webdesign #a11y #accessibility
Accessibility foundations - TetraLogical
Our **foundations** series provides an overview of core accessibility considerations. They are a good starting point for visual designers, content designers, interaction designers, and developers when designing and building accessible products and s…TetraLogical
Here's a neat exploration of the curb cut effect for accessibility in @gnome - using accessibility tools to aid in testing automation! Has pros and cons identified in the article, but interesting nonetheless.
➡️ https://fedoramagazine.org/automation-through-accessibility/
#Fedora #Gnome #accessibility #a11y #Linux #OpenSource
Automation through Accessibility - Fedora Magazine
Using Accessibility as an automation testing tool. Learn about DesktopQE's automation stack to test Desktop Applications.Michal Odehnal (Fedora Project)
‘When security and accessibility clash: why are banking applications so inaccessible?’
https://www.nicchan.me/blog/when-security-and-accessibility-clash/
I once did a presentation for a bank client explaining all the ways preventing paste disables users.
The response: “But we have to, for security.” No ability to justify beyond that, no consideration of user impact, no offer of supporting data.
Security theater is often used to abrogate #accessibility requirements. #a11y
When security and accessibility clash: why are banking applications so inaccessible? - Nic Chan
A quick exploration of accessibility anti-patterns in banking applicationsNic Chan
Microsoft announced their latest round of FOSS fund recipients. We're thrilled to share that @NVAccess are among this quarter's recipients. From: https://github.com/microsoft/foss-fund
"A project of the Microsoft Open Source Programs Office, the FOSS Fund provides up to $10,000 USD in sponsorships to open source projects as selected by Microsoft employees."
Congratulations also to The GNU Compiler Collection, Urllib3, CLAP & MSW.
#OpenSource, #FOSS #Free #Software #NVDA #ScreenReader #Accessibility #A11y
GitHub - microsoft/foss-fund: The Microsoft FOSS Fund provides a direct way for Microsoft engineers to participate in the nomination and selection process to help communities and projects they are passionate about. The FOSS Fund provides $10,000 sponsorsh
The Microsoft FOSS Fund provides a direct way for Microsoft engineers to participate in the nomination and selection process to help communities and projects they are passionate about. The FOSS Fun...GitHub
“Socks, lies, and accessibility”
https://janmaarten.com/gaad-2023/
Where @janmaarten shows that just a couple days after #accessiBe’s CEO promised to stop being such a lying liarface it went and used sock puppet Twitter accounts to promote its #overlay.
As I keep saying, past behavior is a predictor of future behavior (side-eyes #AudioEye, #UserWay, #FACILiti).
Socks, lies, and accessibility
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is around the corner. Looking back at last year, I found some troubling things people in this field should be aware of. Because they're likely to be repeated.Jan Maarten (Jan Maarten – Inclusive designer, privacy advocate, writer)
...and here we go: #id24 will return this year on 12 September 2024.
The call for presentations is now open https://inclusivedesign24.org/2024/
#a11y #accessibility #inclusiveDesign
Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)
A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusionInclusive Design 24 (#id24)
GAAD Raleigh 2024
Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day with the Ablr team on May 16th at the Raleigh Union Station in Downtown Raleigh!Eventbrite
Hm. I wonder if I can get any fediverse admins onboard to disable all images on their instance on the World Sight Day in October, so that only alt text shows up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Sight_Day
#accessibility #a11y #ImageDescription #AltText #FediAdmins #MastoAdmins
We're #hiring a remote, full-stack #Drupal developer! We build Drupal & WordPress websites for nonprofits, with a content strategy & #a11y focus. We have a 35-hour work week, 5 weeks+ paid time off annually to start, & an intentionally-small, sweet, collaborative team. We are woman- and queer*-owned and led.
Must be US-based b/c we're small don't @ me we are doing our best I assure you.
https://devcollaborative.com/full-stack-drupal-developer
*That's me, I'm the queer co-owner.
Full-stack Drupal Developer
DevCollaborative is seeking a full-stack developer who has experience working in Drupal 10 and is based in the United States. This is a fully remote position; our full-time work week is 35 hours.DevCollaborative
When I am leaving my office I am often closing some 15 browser windows, some 10 terminal windows, about 5 different files open in the text editor.
Most used apps on my desktop include #Firefox #Thunderbird file manager (pcmanfm or nautilus), Gedit, VLC media player, electron based apps such as teamsforlinux, losslesscut and gnome-terminal.
Next I'm using @LibreOffice, I am also using #Emacs with #speechd-el a little and finally some other less frequently used apps.
As for the #TTS or the #audio setup I am using #RHVoice, speech-dispatcher and @PipeWire Project .
Finally with @Matt Campbell and @Lukáš Tyrychtr we do have tallented visually disabled developers dogfooding or partially dog fooding so let me finish this post by saying it really is gold era of a linux #a11y and we are looking forward for what it brings us in the future.
Department of Justice just formally set WCAG Version 2.1, Level AA as the technical standard for government sites. https://www.ada.gov/notices/2024/03/08/web-rule/
Fact Sheet: New Rule on the Accessibility of Web Content and Mobile Apps Provided by State and Local Governments
The Department of Justice published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on July 20, 2023 explaining how we propose updating the regulations for Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to add more specific requirements about web and m…ADA.gov
Our new Chief Technology Officer, Gerald Hartig, is being interviewed on Vision Australia Radio tonight at 8:10pm AEST (About 1hr 15mins after I post this). You can tune in online at: http://player.listenlive.co/65731/
#NVDA #ScreenReader #Accessibility #Interview #News #A11y
Vision Australia Radio Adelaide
Accessible news, information and entertainment. Vision Australia Radio offers a range of interesting and informative programs that feature readings from the latest newspapers, magazines and books.Vision Australia Radio Adelaide
Lots of things happening in the AI/LLM space that could have implications for #accessibility
Ferret-UI from Apple:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.05719
ScreenAI from Google
https://research.google/blog/screenai-a-visual-language-model-for-ui-and-visually-situated-language-understanding/
Ferret-UI: Grounded Mobile UI Understanding with Multimodal LLMs
Recent advancements in multimodal large language models (MLLMs) have been noteworthy, yet, these general-domain MLLMs often fall short in their ability to comprehend and interact effectively with user interface (UI) screens.arXiv.org
Content warning: Some idle musings about Linux Accessibility with no real scientific basis for my claims I'm just thinking out loud here
Speaking of #overlays, there is yet another one: #WebAbility
I have already made a PR to add it to the Overlay Fact Sheet:
https://github.com/karlgroves/overlayfactsheet/pull/1189
As with other overlays, it makes WCAG/ADA promises, fails to fix stuff, replicates platform features (poorly) in CSS, and introduces WCAG violations just by adding it to a site.
Cool business model.
Adding WebAbility as an overlay by aardrian · Pull Request #1189 · karlgroves/overlayfactsheet
From Introducing WebAbility.io: Ultimate Web Accessibility Widget for ADA & WCAG Compliance, a press release from Techyweb Solutions INC.: WebAbility.io offers easy, comprehensive solutions for we...GitHub
Wait, what? Safari/iOS/VO does not support role="group"?
FFS.
Neither does Chrome/Talkback.
FFS.
This web is a mess!
#a11y
"Blind internet users struggle with error-prone AI aids", reports an article in the Financial Times:
https://www.ft.com/content/3c877c55-b698-43da-a222-8ae183f53078
#FT has a paywall but three articles can be accessed for free if you register.
TLDR is that AI #accessibility widgets over promise and under deliver. Repeatedly.
#AI #GenerativeAI #a11y
Blind internet users struggle with error-prone AI aids
Unreliable software installed to comply with rules to help disabled people navigate online has prompted thousands of lawsuitsFinancial Times