We've just received a new manufactured prototype of a nickel metal hydride battery charger that handles the charging from 1 to 6 cells from a standard USB-C cable.
https://codeberg.org/bcecoop/bce-pcb-bq25172dsgr
#blind #a11y #accessibility #fosh #foss #pcb #ee #bce #pensee
Everything you never wanted to know about visually-hidden. 
@dbDavid Bushell 🪿 digs into the two-decade history of the visually-hidden CSS pattern, examining whether just position: absolute and clip-path: circle(0) suffice in 2026. The article explains why the platform still lacks a native alternative and why standardizing the hack might encourage misuse rather than address underlying design problems. #a11y #css
An interesting issue on the Github repo of Mastodon : https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/37881 What should be the size limit for an alt text on an image?
The current limit of 1500 chars is fine by me, as an alternative text should stay short. If a long description is needed, it can always been done in the toot or a thread of toots.
Isn't there a risk of encouraging very long alt texts by increasing this limit?
What do you think?
#a11y #mastodon
An update on GNOME Calendar: Georges livestreamed himself reviewing and merging parts of merge request !598, making the month view easier than ever to navigate with a keyboard!
This merge request introduces a coordinate-aware navigation system in the month view, which computes the coordinates of relevant event widgets and finds the nearest widget relative to the one in focus when using arrow keys. When tabbing, focus moves chronologically, meaning focus continues to move down until there are no event widgets overlaying that specific cell, which then moves focus to the topmost event widget found in the next cells or rows; tabbing backwards goes in the opposite direction.
To illustrate the sheer complexity of navigation in a calendaring app, here is Georges's live reaction:
"Wow, congratulations, this is looking INSANE, Hari... The hell is going on here"
— Georges, maintainer of GNOME Calendar - https://youtu.be/smofXzVwNwQ?t=1h24m6s
#GNOMECalendar #GNOME #GTK4 #libadwaita #accessibility #a11y #FOSS #OpenSource #Linux
Everyone, rejoice 🙌
Georges livestreamed himself reviewing and merging accessibility contributions in GNOME Calendar again, specifically the entirety of merge request !564, which introduces keyboard-navigable month cells. This means, as of GNOME 50, GNOME Calendar's month view will be fully navigable with a keyboard for the first time in its history! The only high-level goal that needs work now is conveying these information with assistive technologies properly.
Do note that the screen recording attached won't have any alt text, to avoid redundancy. Everything written below is a detailed explanation of the experience, and the recording is essentially a visual demonstration:
- When tabbing between events, focus moves chronologically. This means that focus continues to move down until there are no event widgets overlaying the current cell. Then, focus moves to the topmost event widget in the next cell or row. Tabbing backwards with Shift+Tab moves in the opposite direction.
- On the last event widget, pressing Tab moves the focus to the adjacent month cell. Conversely, pressing Ctrl+Tab on any event widget has the same effect.
- Pressing an activation button (such as Enter or Space) displays the popover for creating an event. Additionally, pressing and holding the Shift key while pressing the arrow keys selects every cell between the start and end positions until the Shift key is released, which displays the popover with the selected range.
Both merge requests !564 and !598 took us almost an entire year to explore various approaches and finally settle on the best one for our use case. Everything was done voluntarily, relying solely on support from donors and those who share these posts, without any financial backing from other entities. In contrast, most, if not all, calendar apps backed by trillion-dollar companies still don't offer proper keyboard navigation across their views. In many cases, they haven't even reached feature parity. If it is not too much trouble, please consider funding my accessibility work on GNOME. Thank you! ♥️
#GNOMECalendar #GNOME #Accessibility #a11y #Calendar #GTK #libadwaita #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #OSS #Linux
"Wow, congratulations, this is looking INSANE, Hari... The hell is going on here"
— Georges, maintainer of GNOME Calendar - https://youtu.be/smofXzVwNwQ?t=1h24m6s
An update on GNOME Calendar: Georges livestreamed himself reviewing and merging parts of merge request !598, making the month view easier than ever to navigate with a keyboard!
This merge request introduces a coordinate-aware navigation system in the month view, which computes the coordinates of relevant event widgets and finds the nearest widget relative to the one in focus when using arrow keys. When tabbing, focus moves chronologically, meaning focus continues to move down until there are no event widgets overlaying that specific cell, which then moves focus to the topmost event widget found in the next cells or rows; tabbing backwards goes in the opposite direction.
To illustrate the sheer complexity of navigation in a calendaring app, here is Georges's live reaction:
"Wow, congratulations, this is looking INSANE, Hari... The hell is going on here"
— Georges, maintainer of GNOME Calendar - https://youtu.be/smofXzVwNwQ?t=1h24m6s
#GNOMECalendar #GNOME #GTK4 #libadwaita #accessibility #a11y #FOSS #OpenSource #Linux
WE DID IT, WE FUCKING DID IT
WE GOT KEYBOARD NAVIGATION WORKING IN GNOME CALENDAR'S MONTH VIEW
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/merge_requests/564/diffs?commit_id=f1b564c0c6c2fd59bf3fe752407381b6029a2e36 (not merged yet)
Do note that the screen recording attached won't have any alt text, to avoid redundancy. Everything written below is a detailed explanation of the experience, and the recording is essentially a visual demonstration:
- When entering the month view with Tab, focus is set to the first event widget, and pressing Tab will focus the next event widget horizontally.
- Ctrl+Tab will move focus to the month cell located at the focused event widget. Ctrl+Arrow will move focus to the edges of the view.
- When out of boundaries horizontally, the focus moves onto the other side of the view.
- When out of boundaries vertically, the view will automatically scroll to that direction.
- Shift+Arrow will move focus and initiate selection; pressing arrow keys will select ranges of cells, and letting go of Shift will display the new event popover.
- When a month cell has overflowing events (as in, there are not enough event widgets that can fit inside the month cell), pressing tab will focus the overflow button, and activating it will show a list of events.
#GNOME #Calendar #GNOMECalendar #GTK4 #Libadwaita #a11y #Accessibility
Georges Stavracas is reviewing my long-awaited merge requests related to accessibility on GNOME Calendar in his stream 👀
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smofXzVwNwQ
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/merge_requests/598
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/merge_requests/564
#accessibility #a11y #GNOME #Calendar #GNOMECalendar #libadwaita #GTK4
Coloring for Colorblindness via 
@bd103 https://lobste.rs/s/w047bo #a11y
https://davidmathlogic.com/colorblind
RE: https://mastodon.social/@mgifford/116106634552309135
(I asked Mike on LinkedIn.)
Has anyone tried this, measured outcomes?
Asking because:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.11988
It found AGENTS.md “files tend to reduce task success rates compared to providing no repository context, while also increasing inference cost by over 20%.”
Hive mind! My partner has fairly extensive bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and is meant to wear hearing aids but found the NHS ones very uncomfortable.
We’re looking at private options, and I’m wondering if anyone in my network has any recommendations for something comfortable that can be worn with glasses.
We now have two t-shirt designs on our merch shop! Both are unisex, high quality 100% organic cotton, with screen prints of 
@dopatwo's awesome illustrations. You voted for these slogans! "I write alt text" and "My friends are not for sale". We offer free shipping over a certain threshold, shipping from Germany.
https://shop.joinmastodon.org/products/mastodon-i-write-alt-text-unisex-t-shirt-copy
@GargronEugen Rochko @dopatwo Already all sizes sold out? 😱 Will there be restock or pre-order for the next batch? Love the "I write Alt-Text" btw #a11y -> edit: seems this wrong impression was because it was set to my current location in South-East Asia...
RTL: WTF: Read the web like Right-to-Left readers do https://lobste.rs/s/2ng9uk #a11y #web
https://rtl.wtf/
an intro post
This here Fediverse has my mind thinking about conjunctural analyses. So here's my narrative careen, with hastags.
I went to #UCRiverside for a BA & MA in English. There my fellow students & instructors showed me how a #CulturalStudies influenced rhet-comp #pedagogy can be liberatory (+ why it's necessary but insufficient).
From there, I went to a VCS program in Upstate NY. After pursuing more #SoundStudies & #CriticalTheory I received an MA (implied cluster of footnotes here), adjuncted a bit, then went on to #librarianship.
From 2015 to 2022 I was a #CommunityCollege #librarian, mostly focused on instruction with critical #InfoLit & more general #CritLib approaches, along with #OpenAccess & #OER. I also started a part-time PhD program in English & the Teaching of English.
Now I'm an #InstructionalDesigner at ISU. I'm trying to weave in #a11y & #MediaStudies / systems thinking, plus working on my diss project on informatics/info systems in post-1945 US novels & media.
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@tempertemperMartin Underhill, 
@ireIre Aderinokun, 
@onsmanRicky Onsman,
@wilco, 
@amberhinds, 
@matuzoManuel Matuzović, 
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The thing that makes me really happy, probably as much as receiving donations themselves, is people are actually donating through Liberapay rather than the proprietary alternatives.
Just a few months ago, I had no idea how to set up Liberapay and gave up on it, because I got overwhelmed. A friend nudged me to reconsider it. I tried to set it up again, and got it properly set up this time. They were the first donor in Liberapay, and eventually, more and more people started to donate via Liberapay, surpassing GitHub Sponsors and Ko-fi.
Seriously, thank you 
@Liberapay for the wonderful platform, and to my friend who motivated me to set it up again!
WE DID IT, WE FUCKING DID IT
WE GOT KEYBOARD NAVIGATION WORKING IN GNOME CALENDAR'S MONTH VIEW
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/merge_requests/564/diffs?commit_id=f1b564c0c6c2fd59bf3fe752407381b6029a2e36 (not merged yet)
Do note that the screen recording attached won't have any alt text, to avoid redundancy. Everything written below is a detailed explanation of the experience, and the recording is essentially a visual demonstration:
- When entering the month view with Tab, focus is set to the first event widget, and pressing Tab will focus the next event widget horizontally.
- Ctrl+Tab will move focus to the month cell located at the focused event widget. Ctrl+Arrow will move focus to the edges of the view.
- When out of boundaries horizontally, the focus moves onto the other side of the view.
- When out of boundaries vertically, the view will automatically scroll to that direction.
- Shift+Arrow will move focus and initiate selection; pressing arrow keys will select ranges of cells, and letting go of Shift will display the new event popover.
- When a month cell has overflowing events (as in, there are not enough event widgets that can fit inside the month cell), pressing tab will focus the overflow button, and activating it will show a list of events.
#GNOME #Calendar #GNOMECalendar #GTK4 #Libadwaita #a11y #Accessibility
Happening in about an hour is our Feb #A11yTalks premiere.
Designing Together: How Design and Development Built Accessible Multi-brand Experiences
https://a11ytalks.com/posts/2026-feb
#A11y #A11yTalks #Accessibility
RE: https://mastodon.social/@accesstive_/116131242683166202
Just a few months ago I found this company might have been fabricating reviews and ratings:
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/07/accesstive-will-get-you-sued.html
Oh, and its #overlay doesn’t work.
So you know, buyer beware because #overlays are not solutions.
💬 Accessibility features only help when people know how to use them.
Clear, in-the-moment guidance removes confusion and lets users adjust settings with confidence, without digging through menus or instructions.
👉 Learn more 🔗 https://accesstive.com/access-accy/
#Accessibility #InclusiveDesign #A11y #DigitalInclusion #AssistiveTech #Accesstive
The first two (pro-genAI) talks at #axecon were not well-received, but 
@annaecook knocked it out of the park.
https://www.deque.com/axe-con/sessions/accessibility-in-the-end-of-deterministic-design-again/
Made a new thing. ZeroClock - time tracker with invoicing. Runs off a single SQLite file on your machine. No accounts, no cloud, nothing phoning home. Nobody else sees your data.
Completely free, not "free tier" free. Portable, CC0 public domain, WCAG 2.2 AAA accessible from the ground up. No VC money, no subscription, no catch.
Whether you freelance or just want to know where your hours go, give it a look.
rango: Voice control for browsers https://lobste.rs/s/3jljw5 #a11y #browsers
https://github.com/david-tejada/rango
Accessibility Is Civil Rights. AI Must Stop Shipping Barriers https://lobste.rs/s/931ohm #a11y #vibecoding
https://conesible.de/wab/
Introducing WebAccessBench, a novel benchmark for AI language models to assess #accessibility quality and WCAG conformance in generated web interfaces under realistic prompting conditions.
I did a bit of research and found that LLMs are incredibly bad at basic digital accessibility tasks. You can compare models and read the full white paper at https://conesible.de/wab.
Overall data suggests massive implications for society at large, and major discrimination of people with disabilities. #a11y
When you tell AI models on what specifically to look out for in a coding task…
…they repeatedly, consistently, just won't care. At all. Ever.
That's your "vibe coding“ for y'all.
Btw, I’m working on a benchmark for #a11y #accessibility stuff for „AI“.
I used Claude Code and GSD to build the accessibility tool I’ve always wanted https://lobste.rs/s/gc4ygs #a11y #vibecoding
https://www.blakewatson.com/journal/i-used-claude-code-and-gsd-to-build-the-accessibility-tool-ive-always-wanted/
Client explaining spec: “Clicking the drop-down opens a product grid menu with pop-ups to choose colors.”
Me: “Wut.”
Technical pedantry is important in UI and digital accessibility work. As practitioners we have to translate lingo all the time.
Suggestions…
• Drop-down: https://adrianroselli.com/2020/03/stop-using-drop-down.html
• Grid: https://adrianroselli.com/2024/07/be-careful-using-grid.html
• Menu: https://adrianroselli.com/2023/05/be-careful-using-menu.html
• Pop-up: https://adrianroselli.com/2021/07/stop-using-pop-up.html
I built a small prototype exploring how we might publish structured accessibility information about physical buildings:
https://mgifford.github.io/accessible-buildings/
Web #accessibility has standards as does the built environment.
There isn't a good model though to share the work to communicate what has been done via the web.
Serious critique welcome.
• What key #a11y attributes are missing?
• Are there existing standards to align with?
• What might stop adoption?
• What are the biggest risks in this approach?
uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts https://lobste.rs/s/7kjrtz #a11y #browsers
https://github.com/i5heu/ublock-hide-yt-shorts
The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has published the first draft of a Group Note titled W3C Accessibility Guidelines Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) 2.0. WCAG-EM describes a methodology with a step-by-step process to evaluate how well digital products conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.
#WebAccessibility #a11y #WCAG
https://www.w3.org/news/2026/group-note-draft-w3c-accessibility-guidelines-evaluation-methodology-wcag-em-2-0/
This week's career limiting accessibility regression from 
@github is to not show comments in pull request diff any more. There's a separate comment panel which you can look at (but not at the same time as the diff) where there are indications of content replies but these cannot be interacted with using standard accessibility tools.
I review very long pull requests for work and as a volunteer maintainer and I am not sure why we're okay with this constant march of degraded experience. #a11y
Found by Nick Bromley on the A11y Slack:
“In browse mode in web browsers, NVDA no longer treats controls with 0 width or height as invisible. This may make it possible to access previously inaccessible ‘screen reader only’ content on some websites.”
https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-10th-february/
No reason to panic. Just be aware in case your project has legacy / weird hiding techniques
The Accessible Platform Architectures Working Group has published the first draft of the Group Note titled Cognitive Accessibility Research Modules. This set of modules looks at different Web technologies and provides a detailed analysis of accessibility issues for people with disabilities that may require cognitive accessibility supports, user needs, areas for further research and directions for solutions.
#WebAccessibility #a11y
https://www.w3.org/news/2026/group-note-drafts-cognitive-accessibility-research-modules/
The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group published Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.1 as a W3C Recommendation. ACT Rules Format defines a format for writing accessibility test rules. The test rules can be used for developing automated testing tools and manual testing methodologies.
#WebAccessibility #a11y
https://www.w3.org/news/2026/accessibility-conformance-testing-act-rules-format-1-1-is-now-a-w3c-recommendation/
Today's Web Design Update: https://groups.google.com/a/d.umn.edu/g/webdev/c/KWuGKhmlSe8
Featuring 
@waiWeb Accessibility Initiative, 
@hdvHidde, 
@eric, 
@annaecook, 
@TetraLogical, 
@cssCSS by T. Afif 
, @matuzoManuel Matuzović, 
@joshtumath, 
@aardrianAdrian Roselli, 
@GraceSnowGrace, 
@j9tJens Oliver Meiert, 
@SteveFaulkner, 
@yatilEric Eggert, @mgiffordMike Gifford, CPWA @FOSDEM, and more.
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I'm in Dublin now for the IAAP EU & Vially Accessibility Event today/tomorrow.
https://www.accessibilityassociation.org/iaap-eu-event-2026
On Friday I will be at the National Open Source Innovation Summit
International Image Interoperability Framework https://lobste.rs/s/g6if4p #a11y
https://iiif.io
Intro to CSTML (or: XML meets JSON) https://lobste.rs/s/9esltl #a11y #compilers #javascript
https://docs.bablr.org/guides/cstml/
I'm a software developer with 40 years' professional experience, lucky enough to be considering early retirement. I love writing code and don't want to stop. I'm keen to give something back and contribute to one or more open source projects.
The questions are, to what shall I contribute, and how do I get started?
My skills are mainly C++, having spent much of the past decade programmatically dismantling and reassembling Microsoft Office files. I'm quite happy to learn Rust or Go, but don't really like webby front-endy ux stuff.
Any suggestions for a worthy project to which I could contribute? Please boost if you can.
#SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareDev #OpenSource #FreeSoftware
@daveDave Robinson I am in a similar situation and have decided to work on a variety of projects, some just for learning and fun and some to make a contribution.
My personal passion is improving the accessibility (#a11y) of apps that are job critical. I am starting with #Wireshark which I have contributed to in the past.
I don't have a particular project to suggest but perhaps consider the social causes you want to support beyond the particular tech that might be used.
Colorblind-Friendly Design Guide for Developing Apps https://lobste.rs/s/wmsanp #a11y #design #swift
https://github.com/Terryc21/XcodeResources/blob/main/Colorblind_Accessibility_Guide.md
Just received our first prototype of a Nickel-metal Hydride battery charger with a USB plug. This board is made to charge from 1 to 6 cells in series and supports a thermister for sensing overheating batteries.
This circuit design is planned to be a part of a pen-like stylus with a camera and haptic feedback for blind people to feel visual art.
https://codeberg.org/bcecoop/bce-pcb-bq25172dsgr
#blind #a11y #accessibility #ee #pcb #fosh #foss #bce #prototype #maker #nimh #battery #charger
Looi — A Minimal, Customizable New Tab Page for Firefox, Chrome(with Widgets & GitHub Sync) https://lobste.rs/s/ruibzy #a11y #browsers #javascript #web
https://github.com/prinzpiuz/looi
My 1st talk for #EUOpenSourceWeek is done. Great to present on #a11y #WAD & #EAA at the #Drupal4Gov
I'm enjoying the great talks. Recurring focus on #procurement & drive to #DigitalSovereignty
Looking forward to #FOSDEM on the weekend.
Photo isn't me.
I guess I can do an #introduction post. I'm a web (mostly #WordPress) developer who tries as much as possible to focus on #a11y.
I'm a dad of 3 grown kids and a grandfather to 2 beautiful girls.
I enjoy retro video games, but I'm not obsessive about them.
I love TV and movies, and spend a lot of time watching something.
I enjoy playing trivia, sometimes as many as 3 or 4 nights a week.
I'm a Christian, but not that kind of "Christian".
I'm a lefty, bleeding heart liberal.
blogged: Mozilla Slopaganda
https://dbushell.com/2026/01/28/mozilla-slopaganda/
— I read it so you don’t have to.
@dbDavid Bushell 🪿 It would have been nice if someone at Mozilla had made sure their State of the Browser was navigable via keyboard-only. The main menu is hidden and missing hover styles, which is not accessible and anti-user.
I agree that the web needs Firefox. Though I stopped donating to Mozilla when I found out their CEO made $3 million in 2020 - the same year they laid off 300 employees.
Not sure what their CEO makes now, but the push to AI is not helping!
h/t 
@tante
Today's Web Design Update: https://groups.google.com/a/d.umn.edu/g/webdev/c/piHu9SEO8P8
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@Ted_drake, @onsmanRicky Onsman, @matuzoManuel Matuzović, @wilco,
@ozewai, @SteveFaulkner, 
@brucelawsonBruce Lawson ✅ (quiet time), @aardrianAdrian Roselli, 
@schalkneethling, @mgiffordMike Gifford, CPWA @FOSDEM, and more.
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The state of modern AI text to speech systems for screen reader users https://lobste.rs/s/8i4dwq #a11y #ai
https://stuff.interfree.ca/2026/01/05/ai-tts-for-screenreaders.html
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