this is yet another plea for more alt text. it's super easy to do and will almost certainly improve the reception of your posts!

https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-make-posts-more-accessible-to-blind-people-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/

#accessibility

Hello accessibility friends,

I'm working on gathering information for accessibility bug tickets - our customer supporters would like to know what to ask the people chatting in.

My first concern is how to respectfully find out as much as we can about the customer's setup without outright asking for their disability.

I'm hoping most cases will be clear, like "I can't read that text, it's grey on grey" or "I can't access the [interactive element] with my keyboard"

1/2

#accessibility #a11y

Our schedule for this year's edition is available for reading ahead of the event! Why not check out and see if any talks are of interest to you? #id24 #accessibility #InclusiveDesign https://inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/

At last, all the accessibility improvements on GNOME Calendar are finally available as a stable release. Get it on Flathub while it's hot!!!

https://flathub.org/en/apps/org.gnome.Calendar

#Accessibility #GNOME #GTK #GTK4 #libadwaita #a11y #calendar #GNOMECalendar #Linux #GNU #OpenSource #FOSS #FreeSoftware #OSS

⚠️ Wayland breaks the tools I use to make a living / rykarn

https://rykarn.se/2025/01/26/wayland.html

#wayland #accessibility #opensource

🇫🇮 PyCon Finland speaker spotlight!

🎤 Accessibility-First Development: A New Core Company Value by Katrin Zaks

📅 Friday 17 October 2025, 15:30, Jyväskylä, Finland

🎟 Get your ticket now! https://fi.pycon.org

#Python #PyCon #Finland #PyConFI #accessibility #a11y

"Screen readers do not need to be saved by AI"

TetraLogical's @craigabbott has written a post on his own blog exploring why we shouldn’t expect screen readers to be augmented with AI to fix problems with bad content.

The real problem is producing inaccessible content from the start, such as misusing emojis, poor descriptions, or unclear writing.

https://www.craigabbott.co.uk/blog/screen-readers-do-not-need-saved-by-ai/

#Accessibility #ScreenReaders #InclusiveDesign

I would love to follow more folks who do #webDev #webDesign so I can slowly absorb more knowledge. bonus points for more #accessibility minded folks :)

boosts appreciated

Thank you, TEDx for viewing #accessibility as an important topic and for making it an Editor’s Pick. Thank you Shannah Hayley and TEDxPlano for the opportunity! Thanks to Thomas Logan, Makoto Ueki, and Ashley Coffey for making the talk possible

https://youtu.be/Wx8gGP79QTY

#a11y

Today's Web Design Update: https://groups.google.com/a/d.umn.edu/g/webdev/c/4N3WVQGHxvU

Featuring @deconspray, @a11yMelMelanie, @ozewai, @joedolson, @caztchaKaz Tsuchiya, @craigabbott, @resource11Kathleen McMahon, @SaraSoueidan, @karlgroves, @MerylEvansMeryl Evans, CPACC 🦻, @TPGi, @Una, @argyleinkAdam Argyle, @cferdinandiChris Ferdinandi ⚓️, @j9tJens Oliver Meiert, and more.

Subscribe info: https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/webdev_listserv.html#subscribe

#Accessibility #A11y #WebDesign

📆 25 September 2025

At Inclusive Design 24 #id24 join Shawn Lawton Henry and Kevin White from the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative ( @waiWeb Accessibility Initiative )

They will give updates on WCAG 2, WCAG 3, and #accessibility resources to focus on the user experiences of disabled people.

The session is free online and the recording will be available afterwards.

https://www.w3.org/events/talks/2025/w3c-web-accessibility-initiative-wai-update-whats-in-it-for-you/

I don’t know why, but I never did an #Introduction post. So here it goes…

#Software #developer who works at #Microsoft/#MicrosoftEDU. Makes products work better for #teachers and #students in #k12 #education. I work on #ImmersiveReader and #ReadingProgress. Both help with #accessibility and #LanguageLearning.

I'm #gay, #liberal and live in #seattle. I love #tech, #cooking and #recipes. #Athiest involved in #ReligiousEducation and a member of a #UU church. #ENTJ. #Cat person.

#Me

@GammitinGammitin (Ben) 💾 Did you use that Swiss Army Knife 🇨🇭 to mount the board? 😊 If so, that’s next-level MacGyvering—I love it!

Thanks for sharing your build—it looks great! 💻✨

P.S. Adding an image description would make your post more accessible to folks using screen readers. Here’s a suggestion for alt text if you’d like to use it:
"The image shows a computer motherboard placed on a wooden surface. The motherboard is brown with various components, including a CPU fan labeled 'Cooler Master,' RAM slots, and expansion slots. Visible details include capacitors, resistors, and integrated circuits. To the left, there’s a red Swiss Army Knife and a plastic bag filled with screws and small parts. A printed instruction manual is partially visible in the background, indicating the assembly or maintenance process. The motherboard is mounted in a black metal frame, part of a computer case."

#PCBuilding #SwissArmyKnife #Accessibility #DIYtech

“Are hotel rooms accessible for people who use wheelchairs? NPR wants to hear from you”
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/11/g-s1-86969/hotel-safety-wheelchair-mobility

It’s a form embedded in an iframe, so you have to scroll down to scroll down. 22 questions, all text fields (longer fields to share your experiences).

#accessibility

Reminder: If you properly describe your images, it helps translate any text in them.

Original post: https://fedifreu.de/@chpietsch/113895634046608325

#ImageDescription #AltText #accessibility #a11y #translation

Here’s my #introduction / #introductions post (updated 5/25/24):

Hi! I’m Michael, but can frequently be found online as “djwudi”.

Grew up in #Alaska, now exist just south of #Seattle most of the time.

Currently work in #HigherEducation #a11y #accessibility as the #AccessibleTechnology Program Manager at Highline College.

I’m a #ScienceFiction / #SciFi fan. #StarTrek is my home fandom, and I volunteer for @norwescon, a local regional fan-run con, and for @SeattleWorldcon2025 #SeattleWorldcon2025.

I read a lot of SF #books. Trek novels are my go-to “comfort food”. I’m slowly working my way through all the #HugoAward Best Novel winners, and every year read all of the nominees for the #PhilipKDickAward before the annual award ceremony at Norwescon.

Speaking of the Philip K. Dick Award and #Norwescon, as of #nwc45 (2023), I am the award ceremony coordinator for Norwescon. This means I oversee the award ceremony and work with nominated authors and their agents as we invite them to attend the ceremony.

I’m one of the many Seattleites who “used to be a #DJ”. For me, it was about a decade in #Anchorage in the late ‘90s/early ‘00s, primarily at The Lost Abbey and Gig’s Music Theatre. Focused on alternative genres: goth/industrial/synth pop/ebm/techno/etc. These days I occasionally pop up on Twitch, and semi-regularly DJ the Thursday night dance at Norwescon.

Though recently more on the fringes, I try to be part of the #SeaGoth (Seattle #goth / #gothic) community whenever possible. I used to be a regular at The Vogue (on 12th), and these days try to get out to the Mercury once every month or two.

#Apple #macOS / #iOS user by choice, Windows user if paid.

Oh, and: 51, white, cis, male, statistically straight, healthy, white-collar employed, not rich but comfortably not poor, married, homeowner, neurotypical (as far as I know). In other words, living with a lot of #privilege that I try to be aware of and use for good.

#IDIC - #LLAP - 🖖🏻

Is your website missing out on one of #HTML’s easiest yet most powerful tools? The lang attribute takes just seconds to add, but it makes a massive difference for #accessibility, SEO, and how your content displays. @webi18nW3C Internationalization, i18n

In this video, @xfqFuqiao Xue, who leads @w3cWorld Wide Web Consortium's #Internationalization activity, breaks down exactly what the language attribute does and demonstrate why skipping it can have real consequences. @webi18nW3C Internationalization, i18n

🎬 https://youtu.be/G3OwTPJo_Kw

The Inaccessibility Cycle

#disability #ableism #accessibility

I collected some advice for designing and developing websites for Apple's new design language, Liquid Glass™:

https://medienbaecker.com/articles/the-web-behind-glass

#apple #accessibility #liquidass

Everyone wins!

#AltText #accessibility

W3C WAI invites you to comment on the updated W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0 Working Draft. This in-progress draft has more guidelines, requirements, and assertions ready for review. There are some sections that are not yet updated.

For review questions and how to comment, see the section 'About this draft'.

WCAG 3 Working Draft: https://www.w3.org/TR/wcag-3.0/

For background, timeline, and up-to-date information, see WCAG 3 Introduction: https://www.w3.org/WAI/wcag3

#wcag3 #accessibility #a11y

It's done! Come help us map #WorldOfWarcraft for blind players - now with a video tutorial to get you started!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXOhSlOpplk

#Warcraft
#Accessibility
#BlindSlash

I've been having a bad tinnitus flareup this week, which has had a big impact on my productivity and ability to focus. This #macOS #accessibility feature to play a selection of white noise patterns has really helped (System Settings > Accessibility > Hearing > Audio > Background Sound). It's one of those features that I don't see mentioned ever, but it's been a godsend since I discovered it.

Dark Noise is my jam!

Y’all. I did it. I just published my very first macOS app. 🎉

It’s a color contrast checker for accessibility compliance. I designed and built it for myself, but I’m also gifting it to the world.

It’s not in the App Store, but it is signed for safety. And it will let you know when there’s an update.

I’m a little giddy about it. 😊

UPDATE: new versioning system. v1.2 is available now.

https://ratioapp.markwyner.com

#macOS #App #Software #Design #Development #Coding #FrontEnd #Accessibility #A11y

@quincy I've been lucky not to notice any sites I use having animated favicons, which would bother me as well. What I have done is set layout.frame_rate to 3 (frames per second) in most of my Firefox profiles, and 6 fps for amateur videos. I only use the default frame rate for watching professional videos.

#accessibility

Hi all, as a reminder, I wrote this #Accessibility Zine: https://birdterizu.itch.io/accessibility-zine

Covers:
* Basic definitions
* Brief Disability History
* 10 Principles of Disability Justice
* Spaces theory of Collective Access (physical, transportation, sensory, digital, community, time-independent, and other spaces)
* offers tips
* offers more resources at the end

I hope it helps. The link lets you download for free, but if you'd like to tip me and the artist, thank you.

#Disability #Access #Disabled

This #accessibility bug (option to block animated favicons) is 24 years old and not fixed.

Thanks, #mozilla, for caring for #neurodivergent users (I'd always assumed this affects everyone to some extent, but come to understand that it doesn't)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111373

If you use a screen reader to access the internet, you might like to check out this guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse from the perspective of a blind person:

➡️ https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/5619

It's written by blind author Robert Kingett, you can follow him at @WeirdWriterThe Fediverse Twink

Kingett is a freelance writer, you can support his work at https://sightlessscribbles.com/support

#Mastodon #Accessibility

#accessibility #webdev question:

How do you make dialog on a web page read well through a screen reader when the speaking characters aren’t labeled as they are in a stage play or movie script?

Think a chat log of text messages between two people. Visually I’d just have paragraphs alternating between left and right text alignment. But how do I get this information across through text-to-speech systems?

Here's an #accessibility question for you.

If you are left-handed, do you have any issues with the combinations Ctrl-C (copy) and Ctrl-V (paste) on your keyboard, if you semi-simultaneously need to use your mouse?

That is, while you are operating your mouse with the left hand (presumably), is it difficult for you to type Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V with your right?

Please comment only if you are left-handed (or ambidextrous) yourself. Thank you!

Boosts for reach much appreciated!

Ever wondered why enterprise UX so often falls behind in accessibility?
I had the honor of joining the IAAP United in Accessibility podcast to dig into this with Samantha Evans. We had such a great time (we honestly could have chatted for hours).

Listen to the full episode (with transcript) here 👉 https://www.accessibilityassociation.org/managed-content-podcast/58-designing-for-everyone-st-phanie-walter-on-enterprise-ux-and-digital-accessib-MCIYUT6JGQIJAP5GHN3RUDBRMUIE

#Accessibility #Podcast #EnterpriseUX

📣 Big news: #Hamburg is getting its own #a11yclub meetup, and it's happening on 3 September (in one week). 💥

On the initiative of Josefine Schaefer and @sweckenmannSonja Weckenmann, with inaugural talks by @NinaGerlingNina en dé­tail and Detlev Fischer, generously hosted by slashwhy.

All individuals with any level of knowledge are welcome to attend; participation is free (but registration is required). All details at https://accessibility.club/event/accessibility-club-meetup-12-16

Who are we meeting in Hamburg next week?

#accessibility #a11y #meetup

Does anyone have a handy article that says with some authority why you can't and shouldn't expect your disabled users to do your testing and accessibility educating for you or your developers?

Something along the lines of people who are discriminated against not having to be polite and teach you history and why they should not be discriminated against.

Otherwise I guess I'll be writing one...

#accessibility

Their heart was in the right place, even if their design wasn't.

#Giantkin #Accessibility

For Americans who are more outraged by the language used than the lack of accessibility:

I am a cat. I am permanently outraged.

Here is me outraged that people still think it's OK to tell disabled people to be gentler with the abled humans because we might upset them, the poor things. #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #Accessibility #Disability

I'm updating our device lab computer and I see JAWS has a new major 2025 version!

I may be very behind. Is this all fine? Or are people sticking largely with the 2024 one for good reasons?

Thanks for any insight!

#accessibility #screenReaders

@fremachucaFrederico Machuca @carapaceSimon Forman @adamAdam Newbold

Most def. Thanks for tagging me in!

https://inclusive-components.design/

https://tarnoff.info/

https://silviamaggidesign.com/ (@silviamaggi)

https://neurodiversity.design/

https://colorandcontrast.com/

https://gerireid.com/blog/wcag-design-checklist/

https://bitsofco.de/the-accessibility-cheatsheet/

https://accessiblenumbers.com/

https://www.whocanuse.com/

I’ve also been designing/building accessible interfaces for a very long time. I should write about it more. But I did write a couple of pieces:

https://markwrites.io/build-a-simple-case-for-accessibility-with-these-5-benefits/

#Accessibility #A11y

Does anyone have recommendations for good resources for learning how to make accessible websites? Thanks in advance.

#accessibility #a11y

Good stuff from @stephaniewalterStef Walter

'Accessibility does not limit your color palette choices. What feels limiting is often a lack of knowledge about WCAG color contrast, how to build accessible color palettes in tools like Figma. And sometimes, a lack of creativity.'

https://stephaniewalter.design/blog/yellow-purple-and-the-myth-of-accessibility-limits-color-palettes/

#color #design #accessibility

Dear Lovely Peeps:

An (re?) #Introduction might be in order. I have decided it is time to stop wandering & settle down in a nice sunny garden. 😊

I've been around since 2016, and wherever I am, I try to create a wee gentle eddy of peace & whimsy in my corner of the Fediverse. 😇

I have a #hope-full perspective. Am strongly influenced by #DoctorWho. 😄 Believe in a #SolarPunk / #HopePunk future. Manage to find small good things to celebrate every day. 🎉

Am interested in #FOSS, #travel, #photography, #sustainability, #accessibility, #reading, #writing, being #outside, #LowTech / #NoTech solutions, and a whole lot more.

(I have a neuro-spicy brain so 'a whole lot more' really is a LOT! 😄 )

Come in, have a scroll, and maybe breathe a little easier. I hope you enjoy your time here. 💛

The Needs of People With Cognitive Disabilities, by @ozewai.bsky.social:

https://ozewai.org/blog/accessibility-101/the-needs-of-people-with-cognitive-disabilities/

#accessibility #wcag

#introduction

Hello World! I'm a #genderqueer, #neuroqueer, #actuallyautistic, sight-impaired (aka #disabled) person. Working as a professional #webdesigner and #webdeveloper since the late 1990s, with #WordPress since 2004. #ClassicPress Founding Committee member. Native #german speaker, near-native #english.

Our passions include #djing, #blackmetal, #industrial, #goth, #usability, #accessibility, #antiableism, #smallformfactor, #thinkpad, #linux, #cooking, #baking, #cats, #opensource

In the past, Safari folks moved on the pile of `display` bugs after I started filing web compat PRs to change support notes.

Trying these as bug reports first, before I make PRs to change support:
• https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/issues/27443
• https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/issues/27444
• https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/issues/27445
• https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/issues/27446

#HTML #Safari #accessibility #a11y

6 months and no acknowledgment (still marked as NEW) nor visible activity…

Bug 286267: AX: VoiceOver does not announce text preceding some phrasing elements
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=286267

And it got worse since I reported it in January.

#HTML #Safari #a11y #accessibility

I’m getting the distinct sense nobody at Google saw this. Or at least nobody with authority. So if you work there, forward it to your boss.

“My Request to Google on Accessibility”
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/05/my-request-to-google-on-accessibility.html

#accessibility #a11y #Google

The X52 train in #Sweden has ONE entry fit for people in wheelchairs, large strollers etc.

Just after the entrance there's stairs (on both sides). The extremely slow elevator lifts the entire floor and then swivels.

It's an awesome technical solution (for a created problem) but only fits one item. If two wheelchair users enter together they're stuck. If one enters and one leaves it's chaos.

The lift stays up between stations, blocking access for all others.

#accessibility #train #rail

An interesting look at the 'Ramp Up #Iceland' project (started as the 'Ramp Up #Reykjavík project by Haraldur Thorleifsson) which has built 1,756 #Wheelchair ramps in the past 4 years.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91307514/iceland-ramp-up-wheelchair-ramps

#Accessibility
#Inclusion

I created https://AltTextHallOfFame.org two years ago with the simple goal of celebrating the effort and creativity that goes into making the web a friendlier and more inclusive place, one captioned image at a time.

Here's a blog post from last year where I talked more about my motivations.

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/why-i-made-alt-text-hall-of-fame/

#AltText #AltTextHallOfFame #accessibility #ImageDescriptions #anniversary

How to hide HTML element A from ScreenReader but let i be accessible to keyboard users?

Tools to check #Accessibility nag me, telling it is not allowed to use HTML like this:

<a href="/" aria-hidden="true">Read more…</a>

Solvable problem?

#FollowerPower #Accessibility #ARIA #WAI #HTML #WebStandards #ScreenReader