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#a11y #Accessibility #AI #AIhype

I am looking forward to going to the @w3c 's #TPAC in Kobe Japan. I will be hosting a breakout group on #ARRM — Accessibility Roles and Responsibilities Mapping — November 12th, 16:15 JST w3.org/events/meetings/76eeff8…

More about ARRM here:
w3.org/WAI/planning/arrm/

#W3C #accessibility #roles


Accessibility Roles and Responsibilities Mapping (ARRM)

ARRM helps you assign responsibilities for digital accessibility to appropriate roles (UX designer, content creator, developer) early in projects.
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) (Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI))
#Accessibility #w3c #arrm #tpac #roles @World Wide Web Consortium

#a11y #Accessibility #accessible #blind #screenreader

#Accessibility #jaws

Speaking on my behalf only, here are my two cents:

I’ve heard screen readers go at an astonishing number of words a second, much faster than I could read myself or process audibly.

To me, this indicates that it’s easier for a screen reader user to read larger texts than a “regular” reader, and thus can dive into longer threads in the same amount of time.

I have also noticed on Fedi that blind folks do not divide their texts into paragraphs.

While a screen reader needs no paragraphs, it is hard for (some, most?) visual readers to process a big blob of text without newlines.

As an ADHD person with information processing issues, I rarely even begin reading such walls of text.

Sighted users might also be less focused on retrieving information from text alone, but that is speculation on my part.

Perhaps it comes down to different ways of processing information, leading to various types of threads on Fedi.

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#Accessibility research study wants "to engage a diverse pool of participants." Great!

The same study is limited to "Native English speakers residing in the United States." Not so good.

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#a11y #Accessibility #html #memes

How is the state of PDF #accessibility on macOS for #screenReader users? If I gave someone a PDF that was prepared in a fully #accessible way, what would they use to read it with #VoiceOver, and to what extent would the accessibility be retained?

Note that I'm specifically not interested in applications that strip out all of the text to essentially make a plain version. Those can be useful when you just need to read something and don't care how, but the degree to which accessible semantics like headings, tables, lists, etc. are kept at that point is usually zero.

I'm also not asking about applications that reinvent the accessibility for PDFs and ignore what's already there, as many browsers do.

#Accessibility #accessible #screenreader #voiceover

#a11y #Accessibility #html #css

#Accessibility #linux

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

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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

Interesting, when a modal dialog (nested within a `<main>` element or some sectioning content) opens in Chrome it seems to disregard its context, so elements like `<header>` and `<footer>` will have `banner` and `contentinfo` roles as if they were scoped to `<body>`. When opened non-modally, they have `sectionheader` and `sectionfooter` (new ARIA roles + mapping) which means that it is computing the roles based on the dialog’s context.

Safari and Firefox keep the context is both scenarios (i.e. modal and non-modal). I have no idea what is correct. Need to read more.

Anyway, here’s a playground for the bug: knowler.dev/demos/MR4JmQW

#HTML #ARIA #accessibility

“main+header+footer nested in a dialog nested in main with adjacent header+footer” demo by Nathan Knowler

Demonstrates a browser inconsistency for the computed ARIA roles of header + footer within a modal dialog.
knowler.dev
#Accessibility #html #aria

#Zed editor on #Windows is, as expected, absolutely, one hundred percent inaccessible. I created an issue but, honestly, I'm quite pessimistic. Splendors and miseries of #OpenSource.
github.com/zed-industries/zed/…
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Windows: Screen reader accessibility missing completely

Summary Zed is absolutely inaccessible for screen reader users on Windows. Tested with latest JAWS and NVDA versions. Description Steps to trigger the problem: Install Zed on Windows 11. run Zed wi...
Menelion (GitHub)
#Accessibility #opensource #Windows #zed

I've been using IndentNav for a while to write Python. Recently I installed BrowserNav and now get way more positional info about HTML elements. It took some getting used to, but now the beeps and tones help me get an idea of the physical layout of a site or electron interface.
It's similar to IndentNav, but it has more rules and works with web browsers instead of being focused on code in a text editor. Positioning is one of the pieces of information that I forgot how much I miss from my sighted days. It's especially helpful with API reference docs that rely on positional encoding. Since there's more info in the browser, I only have beeps instead of precise indentation levels to get a general idea of the structure
#blind #nvda #nvaccess #browsernav #indentnav #accessibility #code
#Accessibility #blind #code #nvda #nvaccess #browsernav #indentnav

#Accessibility #drupal #eaa @Drupal Association

#a11y #Accessibility #chatgpt

One reason I really really love running Gemini in Chrome is that it helps me to deal with many of these pesky dashboards. A press of a shortcut key, a quick prompt, and an accessible easy-to-follow summary. How is that not #accessibility? :)
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Our In-Process blog is out! This time featuring:

- NVDA 2025.3.1 Release Candidate
- See Differently Tech Fest
- Typing Tutors
- Single Key Navigation Poll
- Featured Add-on: Screen Wrapping for NVDA

All this and more available to read now: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-2…

Don't follow us on social media and never saw this post? Then sign up to receive the blog via email! nvaccess.org/newsletter

#NVDA #NVAccess #Newsletter #Blog #News #ScreenReader #Accessibility #PreRelease #Typing #Poll

Quentin and James at Tech Fest Adelaide, 2025, in NV Access tshirts at a table with an NV Access banner, brochures, and a computer with NVDA running and the training material on show.

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#Accessibility #blog #screenreader #News #poll #newsletter #nvda #nvaccess #prerelease #typing

To #blind people with experience with #PowerPoint, I need help! My school wants me to create a #presentation with speaker notes and graphics, and I'm having extreme trouble even getting started. My info text box with my name, school, and date covers everything up, and I can't figure out moving it or how to get to speaker notes. I normally create assignments with #LaTeX, but I kept running into issues making a presentation that way. I'm on #Windows using #NVDA. Disability services made this sound doable and even easy, but so far that doesn't seem to be the case.
#accessibility #MicrosoftPowerPoint #BlindStudent @mastoblind @main
#Accessibility #blind #Windows #nvda #presentation #latex #powerpoint #microsoftpowerpoint #blindstudent @Blind Main @Group 4 Blind & VI people

I know there is even a group about 3D printing as a blind person, but I don't know the address, unfortunately. #Accessibility
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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

"The #Orca screen reader now announces caps lock state changes, and screen readers will now describe the Shortcuts and Autostart pages more optimally. A new grayscale color filter for people sensitive to colors, developers have done a full pass to eliminate bright flashes in the UI, and the desktop zoom feature will now follow the text insertion point. Keyboard navigation has been improved, and a few other small changes have been to improve #accessibility."

mstdn.social/@osnews/115413333…

#KDE #Linux

OSNews (@osnews@mstdn.social)

KDE Plasma 6.5 released KDE is on a roll lately, and keeps on rolling with today's release of KDE Plasma 6.5.
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#Accessibility #linux #KDE #orca

#Accessibility #linux #opensource #blog #writing #burnout #boundaries #creatorculture

I've just read: "Orca screen reader now announces CapsLock state changes". So... hm... emmmm.... it didn't before? till 2025? I mean... #Accessibility #Linux
#Accessibility #linux

#Accessibility #podcasting #recording

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

This is a perfect example of how nebulous #screenReader #accessibility is, and why it confuses so many laymen. I am looking at a web page right now that has a "Download" button. The button is an a (anchor) tag, with a div inside of it with the CSS class for a download button.
Obviously this is awful HTML, but it works fine, if you can see. There's a big fat button with "DOWNLOAD!" in all caps on the screen. Clicking this button starts the download. Seems good, no?
Well, no. This div has no actual textual content, and the anchor tag has no href or text either. So this huge honking button is entirely invisible to screen readers. How do I even begin to explain this to, say, a customer support rep? :)
#Accessibility #screenreader

Interesting. So the latest Mastodon web UI is not as accessible as previous versions. I can't turn off brows mode with NVDA and read posts with just the arrow keys anymore. #accessibility #NVDASR
#Accessibility #nvdasr

Now #YouTube stopped sending emails even for comment replies. Given that the new notification experience is a mess ("Important" vs. "other"), finding new replies became an #Accessibility problem.
#Accessibility #youtube

#a11y #Accessibility #blind

The Zed code editor is now available for Windows. To save anybody else wasting their time trying it with a #screenReader, it isn't #accessible so don't bother. #accessibility
#Accessibility #accessible #screenreader

#Accessibility #AI #inclusion #techethics #facerecognition

Many people still misunderstand screen readers — who uses them, how they work, and what inclusive design really means.

Ela Gorla has unpacked the most common myths and what they reveal about digital accessibility on the TetraLogical blog:

tetralogical.com/blog/2025/10/…

#Accessibility #InclusiveDesign #ScreenReaders

The title “Common misconceptions about screen readers” is overlaid on a pink background with the TetraLogical logo. Ela Gorla’s headshot sits above her name in a small circle on the bottom right hand side

Common misconceptions about screen readers - TetraLogical

Screen readers are familiar to many in digital, but how they work in practice can be less clear. In this post, we shed some light on the topic.
TetraLogical
#Accessibility #screenreaders #inclusivedesign

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

There’s an accessibility bug on Mastodon: you cannot add custom alt text to your profile or header image. This means people using screen readers can’t know what these images show, so important info is missing for visually impaired users. ♿

Please help by upvoting and commenting on the issue so it gets more attention from developers 👇

github.com/mastodon/mastodon/i…

Let’s make Mastodon more inclusive for everyone! 🤗

CC @Mastodon

#Accessibility #Mastodon #Inclusion #OpenSource


Accessibility bug: Cannot add alt text to profile and header images

Pitch In the public profile edit section of the Mastodon web interface, it is not possible to set alternative text (alt text) for the profile picture and header image. Right now, both images have a...
pauloxnet (GitHub)
#Accessibility #opensource #Mastodon #inclusion @Mastodon

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

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Zoom just continues to impress in the worst way with their desktop screen reader #accessibility.
Here's the label for a button at the top of the calendar view on Windows. no, this is not copied speech. This is the actual label of an actual button. There is no ARIA on that button except for the label. Are you sitting down?
Okay, here goes:
"Select Calendar Date, Combo box, Today, Oct 8 collapsed, October 8, 2025".
Again. That is the *label* of a button according to NVDA. I copied that text directly off the page.
So, given that we've just been told this is a collapsed combo box, and Zoom considered this information so important that they put it in the label when they couldn't figure out how to use ARIA or semantic HTML correctly, which of the following statements do you think are true?
A. If I press the arrow keys in focus mode, the date will adjust.
B. If I press alt+down arrow, the combo box should open so I can pick a date without refreshing the page.
C. None of the above.
Yeah, it's C. This isn't a combo box at all. It's a button which pops up a standard calendar view. No combo boxes in there either, and the buttons use the words "Selected" or "Not selected" at the *end* of their labels, and the escape key won't close it.
What kind of person calls something a combo box when it doesn't have one single bit of resemblance to a combo box? The same kind of person that can figure out how to put an ARIA label on a button but can't figure out how to use roles, states, and expanded properties, I suppose?
Congratulations, Zoom. you make over a billion dollars per quarter and managed to hire a web accessibility guy who did everythin wrong and nothing right.
#Accessibility

We’re not living in our new house until mid-November, giving us time to make modifications and get things moved in.
But already, we have great security, and the ability to issue keys to the house that live in Apple Wallet. It’s incredibly configurable. For example, if we have a cleaner who agrees to visit on a Wednesday from 1 to 3 PM, we can issue them a key that only works during those hours, then revoke the key entirely if needed. Talk about living the dream.
For those in MD, I’m working with a company called Project IOT. It’s a small family company and Patrick, the guy who owns it, is enjoying the challenge of geek maximization alongside #accessibility maximization. And we’ve only just begun this journey. We have a clear pathway mapped out and an understanding of how to get there.
#Accessibility

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