“Creating an accessible web” promotes the need for web accessibility and dispels the myth that web accessibility is a complex process. Web accessibility specialist Dr Scott Hollier explains the top web accessibility barriers and why it is important for web professionals. Curated by (Lifekludger) Read full article at Source Youtube
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Eleanor Smith Inclusive Home Design Act Will Make Homes Accessible | Rep. Jan Schakowsky
There should be more of this particular type of sensible law emanating from our Political leaders! Today, I introduced the Eleanor Smith Inclusive Home Design Act, which would require new homes built with federal dollars to meet accessibility standards — including a zero-step entrance, wheelchair accessible doorways and bathrooms, and climate controls that are atContinueContinue reading “Eleanor Smith Inclusive Home Design Act Will Make Homes Accessible | Rep. Jan Schakowsky”
Accessibility Shouldn’t Be a Mystery | edUi Conference
In the past several years, ensuring web content is accessible to people with disabilities has received a lot more attention than ever before. New regulations are coming out that align US government accessibility requirements with the guidelines established by the World Wide Web Consortium Web Accessibility Initiative; courts are ruling that the Internet is aContinueContinue reading “Accessibility Shouldn’t Be a Mystery | edUi Conference”
IoT Innovations Offer Essential Benefits for People with Disabilities
Today, Internet-connected devices offer a similar potential to transform quality of life for many folks, particularly for people with disabilities. These innovations are ushering in a new societal revolution, one in which anything (and everything) can be connected. These connected devices, known as the Internet of Things (IoT), offer almost limitless potential for benefit, especiallyContinueContinue reading “IoT Innovations Offer Essential Benefits for People with Disabilities”
Styling Forms Accessibly | UX Booth
I was waiting at a bus stop when I realized that the person next to me was using sign language over FaceTime on her phone. I had never thought about how video calling benefitted communication for hearing-impaired people. There is so much that accessibility enables. As a UX developer, I try to incorporate accessibility needsContinueContinue reading “Styling Forms Accessibly | UX Booth”
Using Color Theory to Improve Website Accessibility
The very first step in creating a color blind-safe website is choosing legible and well-matching colors for your color palette. Your task is setting aside color meaning and psychology and focusing on good color combinations and contrasts for creating legible website pages with strong hierarchy and accents.You can use the following techniques and approaches toContinueContinue reading “Using Color Theory to Improve Website Accessibility”
Disability and accessibility – Does your organisation need an assisted user champion?
Is it necessary to have a disability champion at your organisation? While senior executives told CIO UK recently that Chief Information Officers have a responsibility to ensure internal and externally-facing technology is accessible to users with a disability who use a multitude of assistance software and called on IT vendors to build more accessibility intoContinueContinue reading “Disability and accessibility – Does your organisation need an assisted user champion?”
Infinite Scrolling and Accessibility (It’s Usually Bad) | Web Axe
Experts say don’t do infinite scrolling, or be extremely careful in doing so. I completely agree. Infinite scrolling creates accessibility and usability problems. Below are checkpoints, issues and suggestions from a few resources.Here’s a great list of checkpoints … In the Simply Accessible article Automatic infinite scrolling & accessibility, Derek Featherstone (@Feather) says: Just don’t implement infinite scrolling.ContinueContinue reading “Infinite Scrolling and Accessibility (It’s Usually Bad) | Web Axe”
How Windows Screen Readers Work on the Web – SSB BART Group
If you try to use a Windows screen reader on the web for the first time, you might find the experience to be daunting and confusing. This is because Windows screen readers introduce new access paradigms which do not always match what is displayed visually. Windows screen readers offer several modes to allow a userContinueContinue reading “How Windows Screen Readers Work on the Web – SSB BART Group”
How a Simple Browser Add-On is Changing the Way Visually Impaired People Use the Web | GOOD
Depict, a crowd-sourced image description tool that could change the experience of the browsing the web for the blind and visually impaired. The tool works in two parts—a browser extension for blind users that provides user-created descriptions of images around the Internet, and a website for sighted users to provide those requested descriptions. If aContinueContinue reading “How a Simple Browser Add-On is Changing the Way Visually Impaired People Use the Web | GOOD”
Accessibility – beyond the screen reader | Web design | Creative Bloq
There are 6.3 times as many people who have low vision than there are people who are blind. … People with low vision will usually either depend on browser features to resize text or zoom the page, magnification software, customized style sheets, built in high contrast themes, or a combination of the above. While screenContinueContinue reading “Accessibility – beyond the screen reader | Web design | Creative Bloq”
Accessible Names – Label All the Things! (Part 2) | Mediacurrent
LABEL THE REST OF THE THINGS!Native accessible name properties that we discussed in part 1 are all great, but there are situations where these don’t suffice – where either no method for providing an accessible name exists in HTML5 or a situation arises where standard HTML5 methods aren’t enough. Enter aria-label and aria-labelledby. Aria-label andContinueContinue reading “Accessible Names – Label All the Things! (Part 2) | Mediacurrent”
Accessible Names – Label All the Things! (Part 1) | Mediacurrent
The more we label things when building a website, the easier it is for a person who is blind and uses a screen reader to use our sites. These labels are known as the “accessible name properties” and they are baked into HTML. Curated by (Lifekludger) Read full article at Source: Accessible Names – LabelContinueContinue reading “Accessible Names – Label All the Things! (Part 1) | Mediacurrent”
WebAIM: Screen Reader User Survey #6 Results
In July 2015, WebAIM conducted a survey of preferences of screen reader users. We received 2515 valid responses to this survey, our highest thus far. … A few disclaimers and notices: Totals may not equal 100% due to rounding. Total responses (n) for each question may not equal 2515 due to respondents not answering thatContinueContinue reading “WebAIM: Screen Reader User Survey #6 Results”
Writing content for responsive design | 4 Syllables
If you’re writing for the web, you’re writing for responsive design. Or you soon will be. In this article, we offer some tips to get your content working well on a range of screen sizes and orientations. … 3 tips to make content work for responsive designs. 1 Write in plain English. 2 Pay attention to contentContinueContinue reading “Writing content for responsive design | 4 Syllables”
A shape-shifting navigation device for both the sighted and visually impaired (w/ Video)
Without doubt, this concept has to be the most lateral thinking piece of technology I’ve seen recently. Just think what it would be capable of if it had GPS built in and a route could be preprogrammed in it from a map. Or a phone providing real time navigation information from a pocket and the cubeContinueContinue reading “A shape-shifting navigation device for both the sighted and visually impaired (w/ Video)”
Is it time to make web accessibility more, well, accessible? | CharityComms
When you work in the business of creating something, be it selling a brand or promoting a cause, you want it to be seen by as many people as possible. The more barriers you put in front of a prospective audience, the lower the potential impact. This, essentially, is the principle behind online accessibility –ContinueContinue reading “Is it time to make web accessibility more, well, accessible? | CharityComms”
Tech helps the disabled, like me, be more independent – Queens Chronicle: Queenswide
When I lost my eyesight, I began researching various assistive technologies that might help me regain my independence. The solutions at the time had the power to allow me to work, learn and live life with some degree of normalcy with one exception: the cost.A desktop magnification system that could assist me with reading printedContinueContinue reading “Tech helps the disabled, like me, be more independent – Queens Chronicle: Queenswide”
A Web Accessibility Primer – Part 2 | Usability Matters
A detailed look at some resources and terms that correspond to the four principles of web accessibility outlined by WCAG 2.0Gain a better understanding of the WCAG principles of web accessibility through a set of terms and resources to guide you. Curated by (Lifekludger) Read full article at Source: A Web Accessibility Primer – PartContinueContinue reading “A Web Accessibility Primer – Part 2 | Usability Matters”
A Web Accessibility Primer – Part 1| Usability Matters
A guide of common terms to understand accessibility and AODA compliance when designing, coding, and producing content for your next digital project. Curated by (Lifekludger) Read full article at Source: A Web Accessibility Primer | Usability Matters
Developing accessible websites | Accessible Technology
Great reference site… In order to assure that websites and web applications are accessible to and usable by everyone, designers and developers must follow web accessibility guidelines. Each of the following topics address issues that are especially common on UW websites. See also our annotated list of web accessibility Tools and Resources. Curated by (Lifekludger) ReadContinueContinue reading “Developing accessible websites | Accessible Technology”
Making Files Accessible | HHS.gov
Making content accessible to people with disabilities online begins with making files compliant from the start. Use the videos and step-by-step resources below to learn how to make your files. Curated by (Lifekludger) Read full article at Source: Making Files Accessible | HHS.gov
Innovative Web-based Accessibility Solutions Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments
JACK is an unprecedented 5-in-1 online accessibility suite comprised of turnkey desktop & mobile applications to meet core AODA legislative requirements in less than 1 hour. The software automates core compliance required by all Ontario businesses with 1 or more employees and includes AODA eTraining for staff and much more. JACK is also a CustomerContinueContinue reading “Innovative Web-based Accessibility Solutions Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments”
Apple Watch makes Apple Pay even better for accessibility | iMore
“We love this kind of problem. This is exactly what Apple does best.” That’s how Tim Cook prefaced the reveal of Apple Pay last September—by talking about the many issues with physical credit cards. To me, Apple Pay is emblematic of what Apple does best: integrating hardware and software in a seamless, easy to useContinueContinue reading “Apple Watch makes Apple Pay even better for accessibility | iMore”
Notes on Using ARIA in HTML
This document is a practical guide for developers on how to add accessibility information to HTML elements using the Accessible Rich Internet Applications specification [WAI-ARIA-1.1], which defines a way to make Web content and Web applications more accessible to people with disabilities. This document demonstrates how to use WAI-ARIA in [HTML51], which especially helps withContinueContinue reading “Notes on Using ARIA in HTML”
