Web developer Shehzad Azram shows how SVG icons could help solve accessibility issues, and reveals how to implement one. Things have come a long way from the days when we used plain vector art images as icons. Yet there are still a number of accessibility issues when it comes to icons. Thankfully, SVGs could goContinueContinue reading “How to implement SVG icons | Creative Bloq”
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We’re Just Temporarily Abled : Designing for the Future : Designing for the Future
We aren’t just designing accessible products and websites for a subgroup of people who we may or may not know, who have permanent visual or motor issues. We’re designing these sites and products for our future selves as well. A few years ago, I had the opportunity to attend and present at a great conferenceContinueContinue reading “We’re Just Temporarily Abled : Designing for the Future : Designing for the Future”
Danger! Testing Accessibility with real people — Medium
As four people who are blind and care deeply about making the web more accessible, we strongly believe user testing should include people with disabilities. But when the results are misinterpreted, it can be dangerous. It can foster action that appears to benefit people with disabilities but ultimately do as much harm as good. …ContinueContinue reading “Danger! Testing Accessibility with real people — Medium”
Event Websites Need to Have Accessibility Info – Scrappy Deviation
I’ve done a few reviews of events now, and I intend to do more in the future. Some have focused specifically on accessibility issues, while others have included them along with other discussions of the events. On both of the event reviews I have done on The Orbit I noted that the events DID haveContinueContinue reading “Event Websites Need to Have Accessibility Info – Scrappy Deviation”
Census 2016 – Accessibility and special needs | Australian Bureau of Statistics
What help is available for people with a disability, illness or injury? If you need assistance completing your Census form, we encourage you to seek help from someone you trust. This could be a family member, friend, carer or neighbour. In some locations, such as hospitals and nursing homes, Field Officers will be employed toContinueContinue reading “Census 2016 – Accessibility and special needs | Australian Bureau of Statistics”
Reader – Writes : A set of helpful resources
A reader, Patricia, recently sent me these resources to share. A colleague of mine has a special needs daughter and is easily one of the hardest working moms I know. Recently she told me about her frustrations with finding enough time in the day — she said she’s always hearing about different ways toContinueContinue reading “Reader – Writes : A set of helpful resources”
Accessible SVGs | CSS-Tricks
An excellent, fully detailed article on making SVG graphics accessible. Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) is emerging as the preferred graphic format to use on the web today. Are you abandoning the icon font or replacing old pg, gif and png graphics for the well-supported SVG, too? Let’s see how this will impact users of assistive technologyContinueContinue reading “Accessible SVGs | CSS-Tricks”
Universal design for organisations – digital accessibility video – MAA
Through an alliance with Australian Network on Disability (AND), Media Access Australia (MAA) contributed and helped organise the digital accessibility stream of AND’s annual conference, which was held in Sydney on 17 May 2016. Presentation video https://youtu.be/kCaRJCAxrNY Presentation video transcriptRather than hear from Media Access Australia about our services and approach to managing digital accessibilityContinueContinue reading “Universal design for organisations – digital accessibility video – MAA”
Making images accessible for people on Twitter | Twitter Help Center
Making images accessible for people on Twitter When you Tweet photos using the Twitter app for iOS or Android, you have the option to compose a description of the images so the content is accessible to people who are visually impaired. This article includes information about how to enable the Compose image descriptions setting andContinueContinue reading “Making images accessible for people on Twitter | Twitter Help Center”
Getting Started with Angular & Accessibility – YouTube
The basics of getting started with accessibility and AngularJS. Includes an introduction to ARIA, keyboard navigation, Angular’s ngAria module, and how thinking about accessibility can lead to better code and an improved user experience for all users. … Curated by (Lifekludger) Read full article at Source
Responses To The Screen Reader Strategy Survey | HeydonWorks
In September of last year, I decided I wanted to hear stories about how screen reader users access The Web. I suspected, as a sighted web user, I made a lot of incorrect assumptions. Accordingly, I composed seven questions to find out about strategies for reading and operation.Following are the raw, unedited responses (minus theContinueContinue reading “Responses To The Screen Reader Strategy Survey | HeydonWorks”
Always use a label — Simple = Human — Medium
Sometimes designers oversimplify a form by removing the labels. The problem is that minimal does not always mean it’s simple — which is certainly the case for labels. Labels, in fact, are an essential part of designing easy-to-use forms. Here’s why: … Curated by (Lifekludger) Read full article at Source: Always use a label — Simple =ContinueContinue reading “Always use a label — Simple = Human — Medium”
On Link Underlines | Adrian Roselli
It is amazing to me how this suggestion causes so much angst and fighting. Designers often argue that they look ugly, some users claim they are distracting, others even claim they reduce accessibility. I’ve tried to gather some information here to allow you to make your own judgment, which may or may not end upContinueContinue reading “On Link Underlines | Adrian Roselli”
Newest Browsers Vivaldi and Brave Missing Key Feature
Two former big bosses of popular browsers are at it again, taking the helm of new browsers. Brendan Eich, literal father of JavaScript, and former co-founder of Mozilla, has recently released Brave, a new browser aimed at increasing privacy and security for its users. Similarly Jon von Tetzchner, former co-founder of the Opera Browser, justContinueContinue reading “Newest Browsers Vivaldi and Brave Missing Key Feature”
Evaluating Cognitive Web Accessibility with WAVE
WAVE is a web accessibility tool that can greatly assist in the evaluation of web content. Rather than providing a complex technical report, WAVE shows the original web page with embedded icons and indicators that reveal the accessibility of that page. Before proceeding, be sure to read the Help page for an overview of usingContinueContinue reading “Evaluating Cognitive Web Accessibility with WAVE”
Design Better Forms — uxdesign.cc – User Experience Design
Excellent resource. Design Better Forms Common mistakes designers make and how to fix them … Curated by (Lifekludger) Read full article at Source: Design Better Forms — uxdesign.cc – User Experience Design
The importance of manual testing alongside automated accessibility tools
There are many free and paid automated tools available to help you identify accessibility issues in your websites, apps and digital channels. Automatic accessibility checking tools are useful to broadly identify problems and start developing a plan to fix them, and engaging human experts throughout this process is important to achieve the best result. Here’sContinueContinue reading “The importance of manual testing alongside automated accessibility tools”
Learning Is For Everyone: Instructional Design For Accessibility (Free Technical Article!) – eLearning Industry
Instructional Design For Accessibility: How To Ensure That Learning Is For Everyone Designing eLearning that is accessible for people with disabilities isn’t easy. The key is to find ways in which basic principles of good web design, along with the principles of Universal Design, can improve access to and the experience of eLearning for all learners,ContinueContinue reading “Learning Is For Everyone: Instructional Design For Accessibility (Free Technical Article!) – eLearning Industry”
How to avoid common UX traps | Webdesigner Depot
If you’re involved in any aspect of a website build, it’s imperative that you avoid common UX problems, if you want to stay in your users’ good books. Let’s take a look at the 4 most common UX traps that designers fall into, and how to avoid them… Curated by (Lifekludger) Read full article atContinueContinue reading “How to avoid common UX traps | Webdesigner Depot”
Designer’s Guide to the Basics of Web Accessibility Design – Hongkiat
In this post, I’ll cover the basics of accessibility design, what it is, what it aims to solve, and steps you can take to get started. Note, this is an incredibly detailed subject, and it will take months or years of practice to fully understand. But the benefits are worth the effort, and all ofContinueContinue reading “Designer’s Guide to the Basics of Web Accessibility Design – Hongkiat”
Part 2: How to Conduct a Basic Accessibility Audit on Your Site : Adobe Team
Continued from Part 1. Part 2: How to Conduct a Basic Accessibility Audit on Your Site In case you missed it, catch up on Part 1 of How to Conduct a Basic Accessibility Audit on Your Site. In this post, we are going to learn how to do keyboard, screen reader and automated code testing.ContinueContinue reading “Part 2: How to Conduct a Basic Accessibility Audit on Your Site : Adobe Team”
Part 1: How to Conduct a Basic Accessibility Audit on Your Site : Adobe Team
Part 1: Visual Accessibility and Manual Code Inspection Accessibility is really important: Accessibility benefits everyone. By paying attention to accessibility you will improve the UX of your site for all of your users.Making sure your site is accessible expands your customer base. People with a range of disabilities make up a significant portion of theContinueContinue reading “Part 1: How to Conduct a Basic Accessibility Audit on Your Site : Adobe Team”
How to Measure Color Contrast, for Web Accessibility …
The essence of accessible color contrast is simple. Given a foreground color and a background color, the contrast between those two must be distinguishable in a wide variety of environments, by individuals with different color perception abilities. Using the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines – WCAG — version 2.0, these contrasts are measured using an algorithmContinueContinue reading “How to Measure Color Contrast, for Web Accessibility …”
New for accessibility in iOS 10, macOS, Apple TV & Apple Watch: Magnifier, Dwell Control, taptic time & more
Apple briefly mentioned some accessibility enhancements during its press event this week — watchOS 3 is adding wheelchair specific optimizations to Apple Watch — but iOS 10, macOS Sierra, tvOS 10 and watchOS 3 also have many other improvements to assist users with motor, vision, hearing, and learning impairments. Here’s the rundown… Curated by (Lifekludger) Read full article at Source: NewContinueContinue reading “New for accessibility in iOS 10, macOS, Apple TV & Apple Watch: Magnifier, Dwell Control, taptic time & more”
Microsoft Tackles Office Mobile Accessibility, Adds Excel Toolset
Microsoft announces upcoming accessibility enhancements for Office 365 Android and iOS apps and adds several new data transformation options to Excel. Building on Office’s existing accessibility options for visually impaired users, Microsoft revealed that it plans to add new capabilities.” I am excited to announce that Office 365 teams are not only working on enhancingContinueContinue reading “Microsoft Tackles Office Mobile Accessibility, Adds Excel Toolset”
