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This is a great initiative to help advance accessible sports: derekriemer.com/posts/2025/01/… While this is an inspirational idea for now, it definitely deserves sharing around. #accessibility #sports #disability


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The #BBC is looking for a Head of Digital #Accessibility, with the role only open to #deaf, #disabled, and/or #neurodivergent applicants. Hybrid working, based at any UK BBC hub. Salary up to £110,000.

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#jobs #a11y


Too many blindness technology companies: Blind people need dumbed down, simple technology that they've used for 20+ years and need everything to look like either DOS or Windows, and they format documents like they do in Microsoft Word. Also we're stuck on Android cause we're tired of making our own apps for MSN Messenger and AIM and all that fangled new Inter Net stuff.

Meanwhile:

People on the BT Speak email list: I'm enjoying writing in Markdown!

On a Linux computer with a Braille input keyboard that's a Raspberry Pi with 8 GB RAM and both a traditional mode and Linux desktop mode, with real Firefox, Thunderbird, and any other Linux program that works on Debian.

Okay so I know this isn't much. But I'm serious when I say, I think this company, @BlazieTech is making Linux, and some Linux concepts, a lot more mainstream as far as the blind community. I mean, navigating Markdown headings? Only Ulysses for Mac and iOS, and Emacs, could do that before, oh and Word with an addon. When they get Braille support going, or release a Braille model, I'm getting one.

Also did I mention this is an actual general-purpose computer? I was just struck by that yesterday, and then boom people were just, picking up Markdown! Now I think it's just a matter of time before we get link support, and writing Markdown in emails, which I'm sure would take a bit of linking programs together. A Markdown verifyer to be sure the typed Markdown is good for HTML conversion, maybe a optional linter for fixing stuff like headings without a space after the number signs, and Pandoc to convert before sending through SMPT or whatever. Not sure what can be done in desktop mode though. Anyway, exciting stuff!

#accessibility #blind #notetakers #btspeak


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Also, because we might really need this right now, I thought I might try to post more unique accessibility practice examples from all around the world. Can't promise this being a regular thing as I don't have nearly as many examples at hand but as long as I've got the ideas, I'll try to post one every day. Here's one. While researching something else, I came across the "Plan an accessible journey" guide of the Transport of London where I have learnt that it is possible to order live updates on bus arrivals by text message. Not sure how practical this is or how many people use it but I love examples of accessibility being implemented in times where it wasn't just a matter of adopting an app according to common guidelines and you had to be creative to find a way of accommodating your customers. tfl.gov.uk/transport-accessibi… #Blind #Accessibility


My first contribution to #NoonScrolling: the 200th birthday of Louis Braille is being celebrated this year. On that occasion, the Braille working group of the European Blind Union hosts a year-long project, where each day a Braille-related piece is featured. Want to learn about a German man who's learnt 400 poems by heart by reading them in Braille first? They've got you covered! Looking for that Spanish summer hit of 2018 with millions of Youtube displays that references Braille? OK, that one is a bit far-fetched but still meets the filter so right you are. I love the advent calendar style of this, there is one new story to discover every day. I don't think they would say no to your contribution if you had one still: livingbraille.eu/ #Braille #Blind #Accessibility


TalkBack 15 on Galaxy S25 phones is compatible with Braille displays that use HID, thus saving users from additional set-up steps. TalkBack on the new devices will also use Gemini models for more detailed image descriptions. Not sure when these features will extend to older Samsung devices - hopefully soon: androidfaithful.com/android-ac…
#Accessibility #Android #Samsung


Executive Order (EO) 14035: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) in the Federal Workplace

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It's sickening to see that what's left of it is a "404 page not found" on the whitehouse.gov website.

#DEI #Accessibility #inclusion #employment


I recently bought an LG TV and was happy to discover that it had a screen reader that even automatically began at startup! This video goes over the different accessibility features and my experience setting it up.

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#Accessibility #A11y #Blind #LowVision


In-Process is out - featuring news on NVDA 2024.4.2, our new add-on survey, a very successful SPEVI 2025 conference, and a User's guide: What to do if your add-on breaks?

Read the full issue now at:
nvaccess.org/post/in-process-2…

and remember, you can now subscribe to receive In-Process via email at: eepurl.com/iuVyjo

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Blog #News #Newsletter #WhatsOn #ScreenReader #Accessibility


Free Scout appears to be an open source version of Zendesk. They openly mention accessibility and screen reader support in their documentation and right there on the homepage, which is good! Their demo is here and their main website is the second link. Stuff is deleted after a short while, but this is decently accessible! Could use some improvements but far more accessible and screen reader friendly than Zendesk! demo.freescout.net/login

Main page. freescout.net/

#Accessibility #A11y #OpenSource


Chrome, as of 132, finally has keyboard support for scrolling containers:
adrianroselli.com/2022/06/keyb…

This assumes it doesn’t get rolled back again, as it has every other time it was deployed since 2018.

Silence from Safari.

#accessibility #a11y


#Accessibility challenge: Using the #screenReader of your choice, navigate to today's TV schedule for BBC Two. From the top of the page, what is the minimum number of keystrokes you can find to switch it to the listings for tomorrow instead?

bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl97


I just received Testflight invitation for @surf application. And discovered that VoiceOver, assistive tech for blind people, does not read anything. Just says "bottom sheet" twice, and the app's name, then NOTHING. I hope they fix this mess, because this all means cutting blind people off. I won't keep silent in front of yet another accessibility issue. #ableism #accessibility #blind #inclusion #disability #voiceover #fediverse


For zod's sake, PLEASE stop making progressive communications inaccessible.

If you want to get the word out about your union, etc., please make sure all images have alt text, all PDFs are accessible ones, etc.

It literally helps your words reach more people. #Accessibility #Union #Labor


VO/desktop bug via @elly:
adrianroselli.com/2017/12/twea…

Using this pen:
cdpn.io/aardrian/debug/rNRxZmP

We both experience VO ignoring the start of most sentences when using read-all.

Is this a known issue?

#accessibility #a11y #Safari


Happy birthday to @bemyeyes I’ve just seen that it’s 10 years old now and I vividly remember what it was like to hear about this amazing app on an RNIB tech podcast when I’d only lost my sight a few months and was struggling with the sudden loss of independence. Using Be My Eyes changed my outlook on doing things myself, I didn’t have to wait for someone sighted to come home to get things done! Over the years I’ve learned so many more tools and stopped using it for a while but now we have Be My AI I’m using it every week again for something - taking my own photos and enjoying the ability to access descriptions of photos on social media if I want to. I always recommend this app to anyone just losing their sight as one of the first things to learn to use #blind #PartiallySighted #Accessibility #BeMyEyes


Hey.

Don’t wrap a `<figure>` in a link.

Definitely don’t use a `title` on that link.

adrianroselli.com/2025/01/dont…

#html #accessibility #a11y


Slack has to be the most responsive team if you file an #accessibility bug. They are also really quick to fix said bugs, as documented in their latest release notes from the app store.

Bug fixes • What's in a name? In your audit logs, any mobile users who viewed a PDF were being logged as "Slack User" rather than their official handle. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but the security team needs to know who had access to those documents. Tragedy averted. • With VoiceOver enabled, the button to "Add a reaction" was not selectable. Some would say that "Act, don't react" is a wise maxim, but we believe in both. We hope the action of fixing this bug elicits a positive reaction. • VoiceOver was glossing over usernames when reading out DMs. As intriguing as it might be to play “Guess who wrote that message?” it can also be, frankly, pretty annoying. We’re sorry about that.


Just opened an issue for a serious accessibility obstacle into @Tutanota e-mail app: blind customers like me can't even register to it, due to a visual captcha - at a certain point you must type a given time from a graphical clock, with no audio alternatives. Issue is here github.com/tutao/tutanota/issu… it's 2025 and these barriers should no longer exist #accessibility #blind #disability


We had an amazing, emPOWERing time at #SPEVI2025 ! And it's not over yet. If you're in Brisbane, join us in Post Office Square this morning, for a morning of Braille and music. It's a free event, open to everyone!
#Braille #NVDA #Accessibility #a11y #SPEVI


🌙 Sleep-deprived thoughts...
After a night without sleep, some treadmill time, and lots of thinking, here’s a wild idea: could CS:GO ever be made accessible for blind players? 🎮🤔
It sounds far-fetched, I know, but hear me out. What if there were a mode or addon that used spatial audio to "ping" walls or obstacles (like a sonar effect) and distinct sound cues for player positions? It wouldn’t be the same as how sighted players experience it, but blind gamers have their own ways of navigating fast-paced games.
We already have some incredible audio-based games, and you wouldn’t believe the epic battles we’ve had—all sound, no visuals, just skill and spatial awareness. Making a game like CS:GO accessible might seem impossible, but with the right creativity, who knows?
#Gaming #Accessibility #BlindGamers #CSGO


What is a good, accessible, cross-platform alternative to mozilla-firefox and google-chrome?
I'm asking because I'd like to have something else to switch to in case google and mozilla go down the crapper.
I'm on mac so I have safari which I really like, but I some times have navigation-issues with it on some sites.
#accessibility
#blind


We are back for day 2 of #SPEVI2025. This morning we started with an inspiring keynote presentation by Mr Michael Sheppard, a solicitor who shared his experience growing up blind. The conference is on today and tomorrow at 293 Queen Street Brisbane, Australia

Pictured is NV Access founder Michael Curran chatting with Michael Sheppard after the presentation about how he uses NVDA.

#spevi #SpeciConference2025 #keynote #Conference #Brisbane #NVDA #NVDAsr #Accessibility #A11y


@brave ok, would you be willing to test that, if the opportunity presents itself? Also, I'm having an #Accessibility issue with Edge. If I open multiple tabs, #Voiceover on #iOS doesn't tell you what they are, when in the tab switcher. It just says, "draggable."


Are you in Brisbane this week? NV Access are at the SPEVI conference at 293 Queen Street. We're talking all things NVDA & Mick is on a panel this afternoon on "The New Frontier of Braille" about multiline displays, chaired by Ben Clare.

#SPEVI2025 #SPEVI #conference #nvda #nvdasr #accessibility #screenreader #blind #blindness #education


Please consider commenting to FTC about the case against AccessiBe for misleading advertising. Deadline Feb. 5.

regulations.gov/commenton/FTC-…

#accessibility #a11y #wcag #accessiBe #accessiBeNot #ftc


Happy to be featured in an article this week in the FNN :

Five takeaways from GSA’s latest Section 508 assessment

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#GSA #Section508 #Accessibility #A11y


In a shocking #accessibility #regression, the TescoGroceries website no longer uses headings to show products, either in search results or on shelves. Without headings, screen reader users like myself can no longer navigate on a per-product basis. We now have to move by focusable control, which provides a lengthy and inconsistent way around that we've not had to use for the last decade. This can mean pressing "tab" or similar up to 5 times per product before adding it to my basket, reducing my efficiency accordingly. It's 2025 and we're still seeing ridiculous and 100% avoidable barriers to something as simple as the weekly grocery shop as blind people. Someone should be held accountable for releasing stupid code.


FTC Catches up to #accessiBe (by @aardrian) adrianroselli.com/2025/01/ftc-… #accessibility #a11y #wcag #accessiBe #accessiBeNot #ftc


Beware of AI Accessibility Promises: US Federal Agency Fines an Overlay Company One Million Dollars

Public can submit comments until February 5th in case against AccessiBe for misleading advertising

lflegal.com/2025/01/ftc-access…

by @LFLegal
#accessibility #a11y #wcag #accessiBe #accessiBeNot #ftc


Happy to have some of my work on #accessibility featured in this #GovTech article govtech.com/network/whats-new-…

Was a real pleasure to work on the #WebAlmanac this year.


The enshittification of AI has lead to the choice of AI used by VLC to be groaned at. I even saw a post cross my feed of someone looking for a replacement for VLC.

VLC is working on on-device realtime captioning. This has nothing to do with generating images or video using AI. This has nothing to do with LLMs.

(edit: There's claims VLC is using a local LLM. It will use whisper.cpp, and not be using OpenAI's models. I don't know which models they will be using. I cannot find any reference to VLC using a LLM.)

While it would be preferred to use human generated captions for better accuracy, this is not always possible. This means a lot of video media is inaccessible to those with hearing impairment.

What VLC is doing is something that will contribute to accessibility in a big way.

AI transcription is still not perfect. It has its problems. But this is one of those things that we should be hoping to advance.

I'm not looking to replace humans in creating captions. I think we're very far from ever being able to do this correctly without humans. But as I said, there's a ton of video content that simply do not have captions available, human generated or not.

So long as they're not trying to manipulate the transcription using GenAI means, this is the wrong one to demonize.

#AI #Transcription #VLC #HearingImpaired #Deaf #Accessibility


Accessibility Update:
After lots of back and forth with OpenAI and several emails, the latest ChatGPT beta for Android (V1.2025.007) has finally fixed many accessibility issues!
Screen reader users can now access Camera, Microphone, and Screen Sharing options in the Advanced Voice window.
Proper window scrolling and Explore by Touch now work smoothly in the main ChatGPT window.
The edit box no longer disappears after the first chat exchange when using TalkBack.
#Accessibility #Android #ChatGPT


I really want to give a positive review to the host of an Airbnb Experience I attended recently. Unfortunately, I'm not sure which of the unlabelled links in their email to choose. Maybe "t3s6S0VG" means five stars? Then again, it could be "fxq2V6ci", "Sc2yVOPh", or even "sABCEL6T". And I'm sure one of those will report them and get them banned. #accessibility


#Screenreader users: in a timed online exam, how would you expect to interact with something telling you the amount of time left?

I think having it regularly announce the time remaining is an obviously bad idea. If you know that it's labelled "Time remaining", would you just search for that text in the page when you want to check the time?

#accessibility #screenreader #VoiceOver #JAWS #NVDA


Is there seriously no way to move a row up or down in Google Sheets with the keyboard? I'd even accept a menu command (reachable either via the menu bar or with the alt+/ menu search), but I can't even find that. Please tell me I'm missing something? #accessibility