Derek attributes his experience with NVDA instrumental to his career success and since working at Google has found numerous ways to improve accessibility, both internally and externally.

"A product built by the community, for the community, is better than one built by some company, simply because the community is in charge of what goes into it." - Derek Riemer

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Accessibility #A11y #ScreenReader #FOSS #OpenSource

GitHub has released an insightful article to accompany the documentary shared earlier showcasing NVDA, OSARA, & REAPER. The article interviews NVDA co-founders, Mick Curran & Jamie Teh, as well as Derek Riemer, who has used NVDA since 2011. Derek has contributed to NVDA itself & written over 20 add-ons. He also now works as a software engineer at Google.

Find the full article (& short documentary) here: github.com/readme/featured/nvd….
#NVDA #NVDAsr #Accessibility #A11y #ScreenReader #FOSS #OpenSource

Coding accessibility: Software by the blind, for the blind

NVDA and OSARA provide access to information, employment, community, and more, as well as empower a new generation to build a more accessible world.

^{Mike Melanson (GitHub)}

(Accessibility) #conferences charging participants ~€300/ticket for an online-only (!) conf that doesn't even offer live transcripts or ASL interpretation, but then not paying their speakers?

“We understand that some may not like this, but you can always just not speak at our event” 🤡🤡🤡

You say you support the community by creating this event but at the same time you exploit all speakers and their knowledge to make money? Be honest, you just wanted to jump on the #a11y hype train to profit.

Dark mode & accessibility myth

stephaniewalter.design/blog/da…

#darkmode #a11y #accessibility #webdesign #webdev #UIDesign

Dark mode & accessibility myth by Stéphanie Walter - UX Researcher & Designer.

Dark mode isn't always better for accessibility, you need to let users chose. And if you build a dark theme, make it accessible!

^{Stéphanie Walter (Stéphanie Walter - Senior UX Designer, Mobile Expert, Conference Speaker, Blog writer and Teacher.)}

The folks at TPGuy have finally made a Firefox extension for ARC Toolkit:
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef…

I installed it yesterday. Nothing has caught fire. Appears to work as I recall it on Chrome.

#accessibility #a11y

ARC Toolkit – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Download ARC Toolkit for Firefox. Accessibility testing tool from TPGi

^{addons.mozilla.org}

Something you may not have realised is right-handed: playing cards.

When you pick up a card with your dominant hand and add it to the front of a card you're holding in your non-dominant hand, you create a fan towards your dominant hand.

Standard playing cards have a small version of the number and suit in two corners so that you can see them no matter which way up the card is, *as long as they're fanned right*, and many modern card games follow suit (ha!) without thinking, for the convention or aesthetic

Consider mirroring important summary information in both left and right corners (Ticket to Ride does a great job putting the suits in both corners while maintaining the pleasant asymmetrical feel of having them in one)

It's admittedly only a tiny accessibility issue, but it IS an accessibility issue, so have think about it.

#GameDev #Accessibility #a11y #TableTop #CardGames #BoardGames

If you or someone you love (or even vaguely tolerate) is using #accessiBe, perhaps send them this information about the class action lawsuit against accessiBe for lying about its #overlay:
lflegal.com/2024/07/accessibe-…

#accessibility #a11y

New Class Action Lawsuit against AccessiBe

On June 24, 2024 Tribeca Skin Care, a small skin care dermatology practice in New York City, filed a class action lawsuit against overlay company AccessiBe.

^{Law Office of Lainey Feingold}

Today at 13:55 MDT (19:55 UTC), my colleague Georges Stavracas will talk about bringing accessibility back to WebKitGTK:

events.gnome.org/event/209/con…

#gnome #guadec #guadec2024 #igalia #accessibility #webkit #a11y

You may know Allyant (which I pronounce “alley ant”) is the combined form of CommonLook, TBase, and Accessible360.

You may also now Allyable (which I pronounce “snake oil”) is an #overlay vendor.

Apparently Allyable (overlay) was spamming folks on the #DisabilityIN conference app. This resulted in folks regularly visiting the Allyant (combined company) booth thinking it was Allyable (overlay).

#accessibilty #a11y
There are lessons here.

In 2014, Steve Faulkner wrote an article What ARIA does not do. 10 years later, the message is unchanged.

buff.ly/4cJlV7S

#WebDev #WebDevelopment #ARIA #HTML #DigitalAccessibility #Accessibility #A11y

#DisabilityIN The Evinced CEO referred to the W3C ARIA Authoring Practices Working Group as one of the three pillars of creating accessible content. Using it can guarantee “100% accessibility”.

#accessibility #a11y

#DisabilityIN Very quick demonstration of Microsoft Accessibility Insights run against the Disability:IN home page only. Found no issues! Applause from audience. I *think* the “Needs review” tab listed two issues.

#accessibility #a11y

#DisabilityIN Luncheon Plenary: “Nothing About Us Without Us: Accessibility Innovation, Leadership, and Impact”

Microsoft’s CAO discussed one challenge of #accessibility is non-practitioners creating accessible content. She talked about advances in tooling to solve that, using this slide.

#a11y

😑🆕 What ARIA still does not do

"Use of ARIA is a promise you as a developer make to screen reader users."

#a11y #ARIA #HTML #WebDev

html5accessibility.com/stuff/2…

Accessibility is not a loud, one-time event; it's a quiet revolution. It's also isn't about quick fixes or public shaming.

it's about the power of ongoing action like watering a plant – splash it once, and you'll make a mess; nurture it daily, and you'll watch it thrive.

#Disability #HumanRights #a11y #Accessibility #SDGs #Poverty #Technology

Every time someone who hates the #a11y numeronym says "just say accessibility," I just flash back to all the times I've "said accessibility" to a mid-career developer and they had no fucking clue what I meant.

The numeronym is not the problem. The ignorance is the problem.

Now that the storm has passed — I can share an update on screen reader support under Wayland.

As part of STF; GNOME has been working since the end of last year on resolving the matter.

The main issue is that we currently lack a way to “snoop on” or “grab” key events from the compositor.

We now have a draft protocol and implementation in Orca and Mutter thanks to @matt

We are doing our best to get it ready for GNOME 47.

#GNOME #a11y #Linux #freedesktop #Wayland

I am once again asking you you not to use Web•dev for #accessibility info, but this time with receipts.
adrianroselli.com/2024/07/dont…

#a11y

Don’t Use Web•dev for Accessibility Info

Web.dev is a site from Google Chrome developer relations that provides content both to evangelize Chrome and to more broadly support the web platform.

^{Adrian Roselli}

The City of Boston is going to stop asking people what disabilities they have in favor of asking what accommodations they require. Brilliant!
Via @kellylford
wgbh.org/news/local/2024-07-11…

#accessibility #a11y #disabilities

Boston is changing how it collects data on disability

City departments will ask about accommodations rather than a person’s type disability.

^{Meghan Smith (GBH)}

• Yes, apply (29%, 5 votes)
• No, avoid (70%, 12 votes)

Having a short form for accessibility, that is somewhat universally understood, has helped a lot with mainstreaming the topic. Plus it can be used where there are space constraints or as tags where the shape makes it easy to recognize.

Plus “accessibility” itself is a difficult word. I typo it all the time.

Using “a11y” in a sentence is cringeworthy, but otherwise I think it’s totally fine.

#a11y #accessibility

Ah, like this one from @LFLegal:

“New Class Action Lawsuit against AccessiBe: Overlay Company Sued for Breach of Contract, Breach of the Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing +++”
lflegal.com/2024/07/accessibe-…

#accessiBe #overlays #accessibility #a11y

New Class Action Lawsuit against AccessiBe

On June 24, 2024 Tribeca Skin Care, a small skin care dermatology practice in New York City, filed a class action lawsuit against overlay company AccessiBe.

^{Law Office of Lainey Feingold}

🖖🏽 UPDATED with links to solutions!
💥 WCAG (Level A) BANG for your APP A11Y BUCK

"Does WCAG 2.2 Level A apply to Native apps?

yes, mostly"

#WCAG #developers #a11y #mobile

html5accessibility.com/stuff/2…

The true cost of not prioritizing accessibility: Avoid risk and maximize product ROI

"...if a bug is found in the requirements-gathering phase, the cost could be $100. If the product owner doesn’t find that bug until the QA testing phase, then the cost could be $1,500. If it’s not found until production, the cost could be $10,000."

productledalliance.com/the-tru… #a11y #roi #productmanagement

The true cost of overlooking accessibility in your product

The American Institute for Research (AIR) reports that people with disabilities have a purchasing power of $490 billion. This market controls over $13 trillion in disposable income globally, according to the Return on Disability Organization.

^{David Sloan (Product-Led Alliance | Product-Led Growth)}

In just a couple of weeks, Carie Fisher and Jesse Dugas from the GitHub Accessibility team will be sharing the accessibility features of GitHub Copilot that you can use to enhance your own projects.

Mark your calendars for July 23, 2024, 1pm ET
a11ytalks.com/posts/2024-jul
#A11y #Accessibility #A11yTalks #Drupal #GitHub #Copilot