Request to Google on accessibility

“I’m asking this massive company to stop releasing features & products & ideas that are obvious barriers.
And I want them to stop expecting free labor from the community.
It’s tiring, frustrating, and disrespectful.”

adrianroselli.com/2025/05/my-r…

#a11y #accessibility #web #Google #GoogleIsEvil

My Request to Google on Accessibility

Hey, Alphabet or Google or Chrome or whomever in that illegal monopoly continues to release things to the web platform that are full of accessibility barriers, I have what I think is a straightforward request.

^{Adrian Roselli}

“My Request to Google on #Accessibility”
adrianroselli.com/2025/05/my-r…

I’m asking this massive company to stop releasing features & products & ideas that are obvious barriers.

And I want them to stop expecting free labor from the community.

It’s tiring, frustrating, and disrespectful.

#a11y

My Request to Google on Accessibility

Hey, Alphabet or Google or Chrome or whomever in that illegal monopoly continues to release things to the web platform that are full of accessibility barriers, I have what I think is a straightforward request.

^{Adrian Roselli}

Join us next week for “Color in CSS” with Aubrey Sambor, Lead Front End Developer.

Mark your calendars: May 29, 12pm ET.
a11ytalks.com/posts/2025-may
#A11y #Accessibility

As we are making good progress on #accessibility for GNOME Calendar lately (big thanks to @TheEvilSkeleton there) I have now rewritten and updated the description of this meta ticket to reflect the current status: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-c…

15 of 28 checklist items completed as of May 22nd, 2025, based on what issues I've been able to find so far.

#a11y #GNOMECalendar #GNOME #keyboardnavigation #screenreaders #Linux

Improve keyboard navigation and annotations throughout the app for better accessibility (a11y) (#1036) · Issues · GNOME / gnome-calendar · GitLab

GNOME Calendar is not known to be very accessible nor keyboard-friendly. This is a list of currently known

^GitLab

By June 28, 2025, all emails sent to EU audiences must comply with the #EuropeanAccessibilityAct. Accessible emails aren't just legal requirements - they boost engagement and inclusivity. Are you ready? 🇪🇺

#EmailAccessibility #EAA2025 #DigitalAccessibility #a11y #Accessibility

emailexpert.com/industry-news/…

Are Your Emails Ready for the European Accessibility Act? 2025 Is the Deadline » emailexpert

The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is no longer a future consideration. By 28 June 2025, all businesses offering digital products and services in the

^emailexpert

#OpenTalk habe ich bereits erfolgreich für Aufnahmen und Konferenzen mit blinden Menschen eingesetzt.

Jetzt wurde nach eigener Aussage die Nutzung mit #ScreenReader weiter verbessert.

opentalk.eu/de/news/opentalk-u…
@OpenTalkMeeting@social.opentalk.eu #a11y #Inklusion #digitaleTeilhabe #blind #Video #VideoKonferenz

OpenTalk Update: Verbesserte Sicherheit & Benutzerfreundlichkeit

Die digitale Kommunikation entwickelt sich stetig weiter – und mit ihr auch OpenTalk. Das Update unserer Videokonferenzlösung auf die Version 25.1.3 bringt wesentliche Verbesserungen.

^OpenTalk

Today's Web Design Update: groups.google.com/a/d.umn.edu/…

Featuring @tink, @deconspray , @ozewai, @onsman, @amberhinds, @mgifford, @SteveFaulkner, @intopia, @TPGi, @jensimmons, @matuzo, @heydon, @j9t, @matthiasott, @zeldman, and more.

Subscribe info: d.umn.edu/itss/training/online…

#Accessibility #A11y #WebDesign

Hey, ich möchte wieder Artikel zu #Barrierefreiheit unter #Linux machen. Ich suche Linux-User*innen mit Behinderung, die mir zeigen, wie sie Linux verwenden und wo da Barrieren für sie sind oder sogar Lust haben, selber einen Artikel zu dem Thema zu schreiben. Mein erstes Interesse gilt, ob und wie moderne Linux-Desktops für blinde oder sehbehinderte Menschen bedienbar sind.

Schreibt mir gerne an ktn@ct.de oder kontaktiert mich via DM/Private Erwähnung.

#accessibility #OpenSource #a11y

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Vielen Dank für den ausführlichen Bericht!
Ich bin damit bisher auch sehr zufrieden.
Dein Schwerpunkt liegt auf Sicherheit.

Mir ist auch wichtig, wie es mit der #Barrierefreiheit aussieht.

Zumindest das web #accessibility evaluation tool bewertet meine Seite ganz gut und das sollte grundsätzlich auf alle Publii-Seiten zutreffen, wenn man an die Alt-Texte denkt:
wave.webaim.org/report#/pilger…
#Publii #a11y

I think it's very telling that from all corners of the Fediverse, #FLOSS developers come screaming "I do it for free in my spare time, I can release whatever I want, and you can change it if you don't like it!"

As if that was the point.

I you release it as a broken hobby project, fine. Just don't call it a "fully functional" or "community driven" audio editor / encryption utility / mail server / file explorer / chat client if it's completely unusable to a reasonable part of the audience who just happens to be blind, or otherwise impaired.

#Accessibility #a11y

What do you get when you let (overwhelmingly white, overwhelmingly male) able-bodied developers build an operating system?

Well, you get an insightful display of structural #ableism.

As a developer, I feel ashamed about this state of affairs, reading the excellent blog series by @fireborn . We can do better, and we deeply need to.

dragonscave.space/@fireborn/11…

#Linux #Accessibility #a11y #FLOSS

aaron

2025-05-10 10:56:42

The state of Linux accessibility in 2025. This started out as a rant but became a series. Please feel free to leave feedback, comments, and subscribe via rss or email for more stuff as I release it. fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-w…

I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back: Post 1 – Built for Control, But Not for People — fireborn

^{fireborn.mataroa.blog}

What is my stance on the Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses? It's good, helpful, and a more affordable assistive technology device than what's currently available... but it has it's challenges... I have never thought of connecting it to WhatsApp and using ChatGPT with it! Thanks Tim Dixon for sharing lots of insights! ⬇️
timdixon.net/blog/2025/04/blin…

#Accessibility #Meta #A11y

Blind Meta Ray Ban Review 2025 - TIM DIXON

A Blind Meta Ray Ban Review 2025 covering new AI features, WhatsApp bots, and how they support the blind and low vision community.

^{Tim Dixon (TIM DIXON)}

Also totally forgot to talk about this yesterday.
As a part of global accessibility awareness day, we put out a new update for the Be My Eyes app for Windows that is completely rebuild from the ground up. Along with giving us a better base to build amazing new features for desktop in the near future, this new app also fixes a lot of the accessibility issues that people have reported over the last 1.5 or so years.
In addition Chat History is now also available on Desktop, so you can start a conversation from mobile and continue it on desktop (and vice versa).

#a11y #bemyeyes #gaad #globalaccessibilityawarenessday
#blind #bme #tech
#disability #assistivetech

it's global accessibility awareness day and georges stavracas has posted a lovely celebration of all the work that's gone into gnome #a11y so far - and a look to the road ahead:

feaneron.com/2025/05/15/in-cel…

a lot of work to do but there's also a lot of solid work already underway 💙

A commitment to disabled users deserves more than one day a year.

Subscribe to the Accessibility Weekly email newsletter! Every Monday you'll learn the latest scuttlebutt from expert disabled users and digital accessibility professionals.

a11yweekly.com

#GAAD #DigitalAccessibility #A11y

Welcome to Accessibility Weekly

A weekly newsletter that helps you bring accessibility into your everyday work.

^{Accessibility Weekly}

Be My Eyes and Innosearch Join Forces to Bring Seamless, AI-Powered eCommerce to Blind and Low Vision Users

‍Be My Eyes announced today – on Global Accessibility Awareness Day – a strategic alliance with Innosearch.ai, an AI-powered eCommerce portal. The alliance will provide super-accessible online shopping to the users of the Be My Eyes app,, without the clutter and noise present of many other websites.

Be My Eyes users will benefit from an exclusive 2% cashback credit into their Innosearch account for use against future purchases made through the Be My Eyes app. The service is currently available in the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia, with more regions to follow.

The alliance represents a significant step and new direction for Be My Eyes, as it lays the foundations of the Be My Eyes app and the underlying technology platform becoming the de-facto access-tech of choice for people who are blind or have low vision, wherever they are – at home, at work or at play.

bemyeyes.com/news/be-my-eyes-t…
#globalaccessibilityawearnessday
#gaad #a11y #bemyeyes #innosearchai #innosearch #blind #shopping #disability #assistivetech

Be My Eyes to Provide In-App Accessible Shopping for Blind and Low Vision Users with InnoSearch AI - Be My Eyes

Be My Eyes and Innosearch Team Up to Bring Seamless, AI-Powered eCommerce to Blind and Low Vision Users

^{andyb (Be My Eyes)}

Für die neuen Versionen der @joplinapp@mastodon.social wurde nicht nur die #ScreenReader Kompatibilität für #Desktop und #Mobile verbessert, es gibt auch eine #Accessibility #Hilfe.seite für #Entwickler, die neue Komponenten ergänzen oder alte ändern möchten:

joplinapp.org/help/dev/accessi…
#a11y #Joplin #ToDo #Inklusion #digitaleTeilhabe #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay

Best kept secret: the IBM accessibility checker, blows other #a11y testing tools out of the water
✅ open source and well maintained
✅ Free and ad free
✅ multiple rulesets
✅ export results to excel

ibm.com/able/toolkit/tools/#de…

I wasn't going to post anything about #linux #a11y today, but some things keep coming up, and I think it's time I took a break from yelling.

So an interlude, then. Lets look at some of the good that's happening.

As always, feedback is welcome, and subscribe via email or rss for more of what I write.

fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-w…

#linuxAccessibility #blogging #accessibility #linuxDesktop

Matthias posted an update on the current state of Accessibility in GTK and GNOME on the development blog: blog.gtk.org/2025/05/12/an-acc…

#gtk #gnome #accessibility #a11y

This is worth adding to your accessibility audit toolkit. I found its reports a lot more granular than the ones generated by other tools.

ibm.com/able/toolkit/

#a11y #accessibility

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}

PSA - Sonos is seeking free labor to improve the accessibility of the app for their commercial products,, both in the form of finding accessibility bugs in a production app, and unpaid UX research opportunities.

From an email they just sent to their beta community:

[...]We are putting together a pool of testers to provide ongoing feedback about the quality and comprehensiveness of accessibility features in the Sonos mobile app. Enrolled participants will be asked to use the app as they normally would, but provide us feedback about opportunities to improve our accessibility features via our beta community platform. At points in the future we may also send structured surveys to get more focused feedback on particular components of the app. These surveys will not
be required, but we will greatly benefit from as many testers taking them as possible. This program will rely on the generally available mobile app and does not require you to download beta software. If you're interested in participating please click the link below. Thanks!

#accessibility #sonos #a11y

I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn't Love Me Back

fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-w…

Discussions: discu.eu/q/fireborn.mataroa.bl…

#a11y #linux #unix

I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back: Post 1 – Built for Control, But Not for People — fireborn

Lack of accessibility for the blind

#a11y, #linux