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CSUN 2025: ImaginAble Solutions Guided Hands - Podfeet Podcasts
Allison interviews Celeste D’Costa from Imaginable Solutions about their Guided Hands assistive device for people with limited hand mobility. The device enables anyone with limited fine motor skills to write, paint, draw, and access technology.Steve Sheridan (Podfeet Podcasts)
Sunday, Oct 12, Raleigh, NC USA
"Improving the accessibility of open source software"
2025.allthingsopen.org/open-so…
#opensource #oss #a11y #accessibility #events #event #raleighNC
Open Source Accessibility Summit • All Things Open 2025
About the Open Source Accessibility Summit The Open Source Accessibility Summit will be a one-day in-person event that brings together members of the disability, accessibility, and open source communities to define a roadmap for improving the accessi…All Things Open
1972175 - When focusing the chat input in Thunderbird 128.11.1 (for Matrix or IRC), NVDA freezes with watchdog errors until a message is sent.
UNCONFIRMED (nobody) in Chat Core - General. Last updated 2025-06-14.bugzilla.mozilla.org
Effort To Roll Back Federal Disability Rights Protections Alarms Advocates - Disability Scoop
The Trump administration is quietly working to fast-track changes to a key disability rights law by circumventing typical procedures, advocates are warning.Michelle Diament (Disability Scoop)
Incidentally, the company unleashing a new wave of contrast problems on the web (see today’s Codepen Spark for liquid glass copycats) is also the company that seems uninterested in supporting `prefers-reduced-transparency`:
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/do…
#CSS #Safari #accessibility #a11y
prefers-reduced-transparency - CSS | MDN
The prefers-reduced-transparency CSS media feature is used to detect if a user has enabled a setting on their device to reduce the transparent or translucent layer effects used on the device.MDN Web Docs
⚠️ JAWS bug and no apparent support with NVDA when aria-label/labelledby used on table headers
github.com/FreedomScientific/s…
JAWS ignores aria-labelledby on TH · Issue #909 · FreedomScientific/standards-support
Summary Navigate to https://stackblitz.com/edit/stackblitz-starters-bsnuekeb?file=index.html or run locally. Tab to the two buttons in the table'sGitHub
Apparently the Department of Energy is trying to eliminate accessibility/nondiscrimination regulations. If you live in the U.S., please take a few minutes to comment on DOE-HQ-2025-0015 and DOE-HQ-2025-0024:
regulations.gov/document/DOE-H…
regulations.gov/document/DOE-H…
#a11y Experts, I've a question:
How is the the state of #hidden #content support in 2025?
That seems outdated:
stevefaulkner.github.io/HTML5a…
I wish to display a list of words only for #screenreader users.
It will be the real text content for a canvas element (wordcloud). I hope, I can it make #accessible for #blind users.
Or is there a better way to provide the word list?
Maybe @SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social have an idea?
Apple’s ‘liquid glass’ contrast hilarity is now a bullet on my post “I Don’t Care What Google or Apple or Whoever Did”
adrianroselli.com/2020/03/i-do…
Please please PLEASE do not copy Aero, er, Glass in your Figmas.
#accessibility #a11y #UX
I Don’t Care What Google or Apple or Whoever Did
Please do not use this post as an excuse to beat up the devs at Apple or Google. If you are doing that, you have missed the point of this post and you are being unnecessarily mean to individuals who may have no control over broader organizational dec…Adrian Roselli
Are you sure that table isn’t a list?
tempertemper.net/blog/are-you-…
#A11y
Are you sure that table isn’t a list?
We often reach for a tables when a list would be much more user friendly, and avoid potential WCAG issues.tempertemper
Quick #accessibility tip: Rather than writing an alt text that says nothing but "image", you might as well just write one that says "fuck you".
ARIA/HTML relationship Severence
"You could use standard HTML controls without all that stinking DOM darkness and encapsulation fandango fucking up your relationships."
#HTML #ARIA #a11y #WebDev #WebStandards
@Winter blue tardis🇧🇬🇭🇺 @Jayson Smith @Nick Giannak III If you are still testing deltachat, I managed to run my #chatmail relay and it's working for a few weeks for me.
I have created a groupchat where I'd like to invite other screen reader users.
As I have posted a few times recently, #deltachat people do really care about screen reader #a11y so while testing and something is not working the way you would expect lets describe it in details, and report it properly.
Here's the link to that group chat I'm talking about
i.delta.chat/#6FE1642916908F1A…
Heute ist #Sehbehindertentag!
Der @DBSV thematisiert #Touchscreens
Oft sind sie der einzige Weg, um an #Informationen und #Dienstleistungen zu gelangen. Es ist deshalb wichtig, dass Touchscreens auch von Menschen mit #Seheinschränkung #barrierefrei genutzt werden können.
Ein #sehenswertes #Video des #DBSV gibt es dazu (bisher leider) nur auf YouTube:
youtube.com/watch?v=SVCmMV0Y4d…
#a11y #Inklusion #digitaleTeilhabe
Die verflixten Touchscreens!
Mit diesem Film macht der *Deutsche Blinden- und Sehbehindertenverband (DBSV)* auf die Probleme aufmerksam, die viele Touchscreens für sehbehinderte Menschen...YouTube
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WordPress may be run by… that guy, but it still has a massive user base. They all need better accessibility documentation.
@rianrietveld wants to improve it, but needs sponsors:
rianrietveld.com/2025/05/19/wp…
Rian is good people and I’d love for her to be able to do this.
#a11y #accessibility #WordPress
WordPress needs documentation about accessibility, help me work on it - Rian Rietveld
The goal During my 25 years working as a web accessibility specialist I noticed the biggest hurdle to create an accessible web, is the lack of knowledge.Rian Rietveld
Edit, vu que malgré suppression du raccourci dans LibreOffice, ça ne marche toujours pas.
Du coup, nouvelle question : est-ce que le raccourci NVDA + F7 est valable dans LibreOffice pour ouvrir la liste des éléments ?
Si non, y'a un autre raccourci ? Un truc particulier à faire ?
Jeter ma Surface ?
(Je vous vois les libristes 🙄)
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Hm, est-ce que chez vous, dans #LibreOffice writer, le raccourci pour l'orthographe c'est aussi F7 ? [Eu la réponse déjà]
Ça entre en conflit avec le raccourci du lecteur d'écran #NVDA pour voir la liste des objets, et je ne sais pas si c'est "normal" (pas possible sous LibreOffice alors que c'est dit possible sous Microsoft office ?), ou juste que ma surface pro arrive pas à bien gérer quoi contrôle quoi...
J'ai tenté en prenant un clavier normal aussi, parce que la touche NVDA sur le clavier surface est relou à faire, donc je pensais que c'était p't'être ça, mais non.
Et pourtant quand j'active l'aide à la saisie, ça me dit bien que c'est le bon raccourci avec F7🤷♀️
#a11y
fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/hel…
Just published a blog post tearing into hCaptcha’s so-called “accessibility” mode.
It’s not accessibility. It’s a cookie. And to get that cookie, you now have to submit your email and send a code via SMS to an U.S. phone number. It fails silently. It doesn’t confirm anything. You click “Confirm Code” and get “An error has occurred.” No cookie. No fallback. No support. And if you somehow get it? It’s a third-party cookie your browser probably blocks, and it expires. Then you get to do it all again.
Meanwhile, hCaptcha’s text-based challenge — the only mode that might actually work with a screen reader — isn’t tied to the cookie at all. It only shows up if the website owner specifically enables it. Most don’t. So even if you’re blind, even if you’re using assistive tech, you get the same unusable image grid as everyone else.
This isn’t accessibility. It’s exclusion wrapped in PR.
The blog post breaks it all down: how the cookie flow works (or doesn’t), why the system is broken by design, how developers got misled, and what real alternatives look like. If you care about accessible design or just want to understand how bad this gets, read it.
Link: fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/hel…
#Accessibility #a11y #BlindTech #hCaptcha #HellCaptcha #UX #WebDev #ScreenReaders #Disability #TechRant #DevTools #Ableism #Privacy #FOSS #Inclusion
Einfach ist manchmal schwer!
Welche Kriterien gelten für barrierefreie Apps und wie gestaltet man eine solche?
Charlotte Voß und Michael Ahlf sprachen über ihre Vorgehensweise für die #Deutschlandfunk #App.
Die Frage, ob #Code im Sinne von #PublicMoneyPublicCode als #OpenSource bereitgestellt wird, konnte leider nicht beantwortet werden.
Das wäre bestimmt eine Möglichkeit best practice weiteren App Projekten zugänglich zu machen.
luciole-vision.com/en/math.htm…
Auf dem Weg zur re:publica?
Gerne dran denken, die #OpenStop #App bereit zu halten, wenn man am Bahnsteig oder der Bushaltestelle, warten muss:
kom-in.de/170/openstop-haltest…
Mit der App #StreetComplete geht das auch sehr gut...
Damit können #Barrieren oder Barrierefreiheitsdaten eingetragen werden.
Menschen mit #Behinderung hilft dies beim Planen von Reisen und Wegen.
Sind diese Daten für einen selbst nicht relevant, hilft es vielleicht, auch selbst sensibler zu werden für unsere Mitmenschen.
#Achtsamkeit #Solidarität #a11y #Inklusion #ÖPNV #re25 #republica #digitaleTeilhabe
OpenStop - Haltestelle an der Datenautobahn?
Die Erfassung von Daten zur Barrierefreiheit von Haltestellen des öffentlichen Verkehrs ist notwendig.www.kom-in.de
🌟 Excited to share Thorsten-Voice's YouTube channel! 🎥 🗣️🔊 ♿ 💬
Thorsten presents innovative TTS solutions and a variety of voice technologies, making it an excellent starting point for anyone interested in open-source text-to-speech. Whether you're a developer, accessibility advocate, or tech enthusiast, his channel offers valuable insights and resources. Don't miss out on this fantastic content! 🎬
follow hem here: @thorstenvoice
or on YouTube: youtube.com/@ThorstenMueller YouTube channel!
#Accessibility #FLOSS #TTS #ParlerTTS #OpenSource #VoiceTech #TextToSpeech #AI #CoquiAI #VoiceAssistant #Sprachassistent #MachineLearning #AccessibilityMatters #FLOSS #TTS #OpenSource #Inclusivity #FOSS #Coqui #AI #CoquiAI #VoiceAssistant #Sprachassistent #VoiceTechnology #KünstlicheStimme #MachineLearning #Python #Rhasspy #TextToSpeech #VoiceTech #STT #SpeechSynthesis #SpeechRecognition #Sprachsynthese #ArtificialVoice #VoiceCloning #Spracherkennung #CoquiTTS #voice #a11y #ScreenReader
Thorsten-Voice
Guude! (hi, nice to see you) 👋, i'm Thorsten 😊. You like open source, privacy aware and local running voice technology? Me too 😎. You'll find cooking recipe like tutorials on TTS, STT, Voice Assistants, AI, ML and way more cool stuff here.YouTube
Thanks to @spsheridan, we’ve got CSUN Accessible Tech conference interviews, we’ve got my wish list from 2024 for WWDC, a deep dive into SD card speeds by @zkarj, and Security Bits with @bart, all on this week's NosillaCast.
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#a11y
NC #1046 Be My Eyes at CSUN, WWDC 2024 Wishlist, Dolphin for the Visually Impaired, SD Card Speeds by Allister Jenks, Security Bits - Podfeet Podcasts
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, May 25, 2025, and this is show number 1046.podfeet (Podfeet Podcasts)
GrapheneOS: Where Licenses Matter More Than People
I chose to write this.
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#GrapheneOS #Accessibility #FOSS #Blind #DisabilityTech #Inclusion #GPLv3 #espeak #a11y #Security #FreeSoftware #DisabilityRights #Android #Rant #TechShame
**update**: If you are using this post as some kind of call-to-action to harass and attack the GOS developers, please don't.
That damages everyone. You, them, and myself. It's not helpful.
**Update two**. I have made the decision to pull this post. It is not a good starting-point for a discussion, and just encourages defensiveness on both sides – when there really aren't sides here at all.
As a FOSS contributor, I am deeply ashamed at the way I approached this out of frustration.
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