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RE: mastodon.social/@ebassi/115429…

Got nerdsniped around lunchtime yesterday, and ended up implementing a shared "reduced motion" setting for GNOME and the rest of the xdg stack:

- gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/m…
- gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gsettin…
- github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop…
- gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/xdg-des…
- gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-c…

#a11y #accessibility #gnome #gtk #xdg #portals


Add a "reduced motion" preference to the settings portal ¡ flatpak xdg-desktop-portal ¡ Discussion #1839

Under GNOME we're currently abusing the boolean "enable animations" toggle, but this poorly maps to the actual accessibility issue of reduced motion. Ideally, we want to map to the same kind of set...
GitHub

Emmanuele Bassi

2025-10-24 14:28:37

mastodon - Link to source

Time for plumbing a whole new accessibility setting from desktop to toolkit: 3 hours

Time for knowing what to plumb: 20 years

Time for bikeshedding on the type of the setting: Positive infinity


#a11y #Accessibility #gnome #gtk #portals #xdg

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OpenAI / ChatGPT is shit at UI #accessibility:
• html5accessibility.com/stuff/2…
• html5accessibility.com/stuff/2…
• html5accessibility.com/stuff/2…

So its new browser’s (Atlas) desire for ARIA is grounded in misunderstanding and data theft:
• openai.com/index/introducing-c…
• help.openai.com/en/articles/12…

That it considers APG to be “ARIA best practices” is a signal.

#ChatGPT #a11y

What’s next We’ll continue to make Atlas better, and our roadmap includes multi-profile support, improved developer tools, and ways Apps SDK developers can increase discoverability of their apps in Atlas. Website owners can also add ARIA ⁠(opens in a new window)tags to improve how ChatGPT agent works for their websites in Atlas.
What can I do to improve my website performance with ChatGPT agent in Atlas? Making your website more accessible helps ChatGPT Agent in Atlas understand it better. ChatGPT Atlas uses ARIA tags—the same labels and roles that support screen readers—to interpret page structure and interactive elements. To improve compatibility, follow WAI-ARIA best practices by adding descriptive roles, labels, and states to interactive elements like buttons, menus, and forms. This helps ChatGPT recognize what each element does and interact with your site more accurately.

Introducing ChatGPT Atlas

The browser with ChatGPT built in.
openai.com
#a11y #Accessibility #chatgpt

I just published a new piece: “Why Can’t Everything Be Accessible?”
Accessibility isn’t complicated—it’s ignored. We’ve failed to teach, enforce, and value inclusion in tech.
Developers, educators, governments, and companies all have a role to play.
Read and share if you believe accessibility should be for everyone:
taylorarndt.substack.com/p/why…
#Accessibility #Inclusion #A11y #DigitalAccessibility #DisabilityRights #TechForGood #AI #InclusiveDesign

Why Can’t Everything Be Accessible?

Every day, millions of people are left behind by technology that was never built with them in mind.
Taylor Arndt (Taylor’s Substack)
#a11y #Accessibility #AI #inclusion #disabilityrights #inclusivedesign #techforgood #digitalaccessibility

Yesterday’s #AWS outage has led me to wonder, not for the first time, if we all have maybe become too dependent on online services. For instance, I read the story about how the outage wreaked havoc with smart beds. I’m also thinking about people who control their kitchen appliances and thermostats with apps. From an #A11Y standpoint all these things are wonderful, no question. But, as was shown yesterday, glitches would have the potential of throwing everything into chaos. There’s also the issue of too much power being in too few hands, but that’s another subject for another time. Right now Sarah and I have Braille overlays for our appliances, and our thermostat from the now defunct talkingthermostats.com still works fine. I’m just not sure I ever want to put control of my appliances and heating/cooling into the hands of an app. #JMO
#a11y #aws #jmo

I tested OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Atlas browser for Mac with VoiceOver. The built-in AI is impressive—especially Gmail prompts like “Summarize unread emails.” But major accessibility issues remain, from unlabeled buttons to missing feedback when typing.
I believe in Atlas’s potential and want to help make it better.
Read my review: taylorarndt.substack.com/p/acc…
#Accessibility #A11y #OpenAI #ChatGPTAtlas #BlindTech #InclusiveDesign

Accessibility Review of OpenAI’s New Atlas Browser on Mac

What Is ChatGPT Atlas?
Taylor Arndt (Taylor’s Substack)
#a11y #Accessibility #inclusivedesign #openai #blindtech #chatgptatlas

#a11y #webdev #html #webdevelopment #webstandards

#a11y #html #aria #webstandards

#a11y #webdesign #uidesign #id24

Just a quick note for the archives and for those of us who have hearing issues and need easy youtube transcripts with #a11y to #screenreaders. I've generally used downsub.com to produce text, but it's becoming less usable, often saying "waiting" for a minute or two before giving an error with no specifics as to what the problem is. I wanted something else and found something similar, if not slightly better, at youtube-transcript.io/ It allows 25 transcripts a month free, though I'm not sure how it tracks usage since I didn't have to sign in. Anyhow, it's quite simple, paste in your link, hit enter, and it comes back with a transcript in English for English videos. It appears to use the captions YT itself generates, since I compared the results with what I got from downsub and saw no difference. You can read the transcript on the page or copy it to the clipboard with a button, again on the page. It has 30 second timing markers by default when it's on the page, but doesn't when you copy it, at least by default. I'm still after an easy local transcript grabber, but this is a step forward when downsub doesn't work for me and I thought people might like to have it. #blind #braille

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#a11y #blind #screenreaders #braille

#a11y #Accessibility #blind

#a11y #blind #inklusion #make @metalab

Well, PyPI uses HCaptcha. So no registration for me. #a11y #python
#a11y #python

I don't know who of you posted this theory but thanks to you and my colleague who helped me test this, I know for sure no that you can use the sound split feature of your screen reader to send just the sound of your other apps, without the TTS, while screen-sharing on meeting platforms. I tested this with NVDA and Jitsi running inside Chrome. When NVDA is on the left and everything else right, only a faint echo of my TTS could be heard most likely owing to how my headset and the jack of my Thinkpad is wired. This must mean that probably Chrome or Windows take the right channel as the mix in case of doubt and when everything has to be mono, but then I might be wrong on all of that so let's goooo! I'll have to test with other platforms. #Accessibility #A11y #Blind
#a11y #Accessibility #blind

@AndrĂŠ Polykanine I know nothing about @Signal but this is great opportunity to remind that @Delta Chat is fuLly encrypted, privacy oriented, puts you as an user in control and has great #a11y
#a11y @Delta Chat @AndrĂŠ Polykanine @Signal

puzzled how differently screenreaders behave 🧐🤯🤷 #narrator #nvda #a11y
#a11y #nvda #narrator

OK #Blind #Linux people, is it really worthwhile to consider dual booting @elementary or at least testing it out in a VM? I’m probably not going to be able to give up windows completely, correct? What can I do natively under Lennox and what can’t I do? How is word processing, spreadsheets, making presentations? How about editing music notation? what works, what doesn’t, and what am I going to be giving up in terms of time and efficiency? Boosts appreciated and input very much welcome. #BlindMasto #BlindMastodon #BlindFedi @mastoblind @blind #OpenSource #ElementaryOS #ScreenReader #Accessibility #A11Y
#a11y #Accessibility #linux #opensource #blind #screenreader #elementaryos #blindmasto #blindmastodon #BlindFedi @elementary @blind 组 @Group 4 Blind & VI people

#a11y #Accessibility #linux #opensource #podcast @Florian

Calling all braille readers and braille providers! Bookshare is conducting an anonymous survey of both Bookshare members and non-members to learn more about how digital braille is used and how we can better support braille readers through Bookshare improvements.

Complete the survey and help us improve Bookshare: nam02.safelinks.protection.out…

#braille #a11y

#a11y #braille

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Shower thought: I wonder if any #blind kids today are growing up on espeak the way we grew up on eloquence? Is there a future where espeak is out of date and ancient, and people are clinging to it with the desperation people today cling to eloquence and dectalk? Honestly y'all, espeak read isn't that bad. I just wish espeak was usable on IOS; the available app is old and littered with bugs. #a11y#screenreader#accessibility
#a11y #Accessibility #blind #screenreader

I always forget.

I am at the stage where even "Larger Text" in GNOME Accessiblity options isn't enough. I have to install Tweaks and scale font up to 1.5. When you remove options essential for accessibility, this is not lean. This is inaccessibility

Still half of the apps ignore it. (Qt)

#a11y #gnome

#a11y #gnome

The Japanese Blind ICT Network (JBICT) is currently running their fifth annual survey on Assistive Technology usage preferences of users with visual impairments. As I discovered it only this year, naturally I read through the results of the 2024 edition with the help of Google Translate. Some interesting patterns: 1. The survey was distributed through many channels including mailing lists, Line chat groups (the leading instant messaging app in Japan(, X and, if I understand correctly, a local Braille magazine. Most respondents were in their 40's and 50's with a stark difference even towards respondents in their 30's and 20's. 2. PC Talker, the locally manufactured screen reader with some 30 years of history, is still the leader, however NVDA and Narrator are winning some ground too. Most respondents admit to using a combination of two or three screen readers, the most popular combo being PC Talker, NVDA and Narrator. Interestingly enough, the reason most given for sticking with their primary option is being used to it rather than added features or exemplary app support. 3. iPhone definitely dominates the market which cannot be said about the Mac. Two users are still running Raku F-03, an early smartphone manufactured by Fujitsu in the 00's with a screen reading capability, compatible with I-Mode, the predecessor of current Web but with many modern features we associate with smart technology such as video, payments etc. I might have gotten the model wrong in which case, my apologies. One of those users owns this phone alone while the other uses it in parallel with an iPhone. 4. The adoption of Word as a text editor is super marginal compared to some local options, many of which are linked so can be tested. Outlook is the second email client next to a local option. Browsing email from the provider's website is more popular than Thunderbird and Becky was used by just a couple users. 5. OCR and image recognition apps are used primarily on mobile devices for reading mail, product packaging and social media photos rather than books. The apps we all know like Seeing AI, Envision and Be My Eyes are far more popular than Japanese products. jbict.net/survey/at-survey-04 - I'd be happy about insights, feedback and corrections from Japanese users - I'm just a geek exploring whatever can be found with the means available to me. #Accessibility #A11y #Blind #Japan

第4回支援技術利用状況調査報告書

掲載：2025年3月9日 更新履歴 2025年5月21日 「Windowsで利用しているスクリーン・リーダーの数」の集計結果の表およびグラフ直後のコメントが誤っていたものを修正しました。 修正前：Windows用のスクリーン・リーダーを利用している210名のうち、128名（60.95パーセント）が複数のスクリーン・リーダーを併用していることが分かりました。 修正後：Windows用のスクリーン・リーダーを利用している199名のうち、137名（68.
jbict.net
#a11y #Accessibility #blind #japan

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#a11y #Accessibility #webdev #webdesign #events #conference #uidesign

#a11y #Accessibility #screenreader #python #nvda #grpc

#a11y #tools #wcag @lloydi

#a11y #Accessibility #webdesign #uidesign #inclusivedesign #id24

“A threat model for accessibility on the web”
alice.boxhall.au/articles/a-th…

A deep, well-researched & cited piece from @sundress detailing systemic failures down the web stack (standards bodies, browsers vendors, etc) which marginalize #accessibility and its voices — but with proposed solutions.

#a11y


A threat model for accessibility on the web - Alice

A explanation of the primary threat to accessibility on the web, and a call to action for the web standards community
alice.boxhall.au
#a11y #Accessibility @Alice Boxhall

It's wild (and unsurprising) to me that journalists act tough when they have ample opportunity to negatively comment on accessibility, but don't ever mention accessibility wins.

Despite all the noise I made with accessibility on GNOME Calendar, no journalist has gone further than "better screen reader support and keyboard navigation", meanwhile most didn't even mention it whatsoever.

#accessibility #a11y #journalism #GNOME #GNOMECalendar #GNOME49

#a11y #Accessibility #gnome #journalism #gnomecalendar #gnome49

Even though I have spoken publicly on the topic of digital accessibility before, many of those instances weren't streamed online so whoever wasn't there where it happened, couldn't catch it. Next week I am presenting at the Wagtail Space 2025 in a talk entitled "Who's that code snippet? A Screen Reader guessing game", alongside Laura Wissiak who came up with this amazing idea at this year's A-Tag in Vienna and has agreed to take me for this fun ride as well. Expect tricky ARIA and HTML code and lots of Pokemon. Can you catch them all? wagtail.org/wagtail-space-2025… Our talk is on Thursday, Oct 9 at 3:30 PM CET. See you there! #Accessibility #A11y #Wagtail

Wagtail Space 2025 | Wagtail CMS

Wagtail Space is a a free, flexible, three-day virtual event for people who are improving the world through code and content.
Wagtail CMS
#a11y #Accessibility #wagtail

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2 / 2: Did you know @GNOME Files aka #nautilus has a nifty feature where it can move selected files into a newly created folder? #ScreenReader #a11y is preserved.
In order to use it just select multiple files and find Move to new folder item in the shift+F10 popup menu.
#a11y #screenreader #nautilus @GNOME

1 / 2: Did you know @GNOME Files aka #nautilus has a nifty feature where it can batch rename files? Advanced features include adding sequential numbering, using placeholders and doing search and replace on the names of selected files. #ScreenReader #a11y is preserved.
In order to use it just select multiple files and find Rename item in the shift+F10 popup menu or simply press F2. Also... Don't be shy to press the add button in the batch rename dialog.
#a11y #screenreader #nautilus @GNOME

#a11y #Accessibility #wcag

#a11y #webdesign #uidesign #ixd

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