Creating Word documents that can be read and understood by a diverse range of people, is just as vital as creating accessible, inclusive websites and online content. Imagine going to a recruitment website and downloading the Position Description as a Word document, or being sent it as an email attachment, only to find that youContinueContinue reading “Simple tips for easy Word doc accessibility – Media Access Australia”
Category Archives: ACCESSIBILITY
GitHub – pa11y/pa11y: Pa11y is your automated accessibility testing pal
Pa11y is your automated accessibility testing pal. It runs HTML CodeSniffer from the command line for programmatic accessibility reporting. … Curated by (Lifekludger) Read full article at Source: GitHub – pa11y/pa11y: Pa11y is your automated accessibility testing pal
WCAG – Quick Facts and Guide – Hurix Digital
This is how WCAG guidelines help. The standard Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (version – WCAG 2.0) is a set of rules that defines how to make web or online content more accessible, especially to people who are differently-abled. ‘Accessibility’ here could involve a wide range of limitations, including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, language, learning, andContinueContinue reading “WCAG – Quick Facts and Guide – Hurix Digital”
HTML For Screen Readers – Labelling Elements
To screen readers, a lot of the visual information that is presented on a webpage is lost. Because of this, we need to specifically provide information to them that may be obvious to a person looking at the page. One common way people define information specifically for screen readers is to wrap the descriptive textContinueContinue reading “HTML For Screen Readers – Labelling Elements”
The Accessible Icon Project
The Accessible Icon Project is an ongoing work of design activism. It starts with a graphic icon, free for use in the public domain, and continues its work as a collaboration among people with disabilities and their allies toward a more accessible world. Curated by (Lifekludger) Read full article at Source: The Accessible IconContinueContinue reading “The Accessible Icon Project”
3D-printed Nintendo Switch peripheral is huge for gaming accessibility
An engineer is helping to make playing Nintendo Switch a lot more accessible for gamers everywhere. Engineer Julio Vazquez created two 3D-printed peripherals for the Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Con controllers, allowing players who only have the use of one hand to play Switch games more easily. Two different models were showed off by the AbleGamers Charity on Twitter,ContinueContinue reading “3D-printed Nintendo Switch peripheral is huge for gaming accessibility”
The Accessibility Cheatsheet
We all know that accessibility is important. The problem is, it is not always clear what exactly we can do to make our sites more accessible. The Web Accessibility Initiative created some Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) targeted at us, web content developers, to create more accessible websites. The WCAG contain some very useful information, and so I decidedContinueContinue reading “The Accessibility Cheatsheet”
Microsoft Disability Answer Desk
The Disability Answer Desk is where customers with disabilities get support with Microsoft Office and Windows. This includes product Issues, accessibility questions, and use of assistive technology. … Curated by (Lifekludger) Read full article at Source: Disability Answer Desk
Inclusive – Microsoft Design
Inclusive Design at Microsoft It’s in our mission statement: empower every person on the planet to achieve more. Designing for inclusivity opens up our experiences and reflects how people adapt to the world around them. … Our inclusive design principles Recognize exclusion Exclusion happens when we solve problems using our own biases. As Microsoft designers, we seekContinueContinue reading “Inclusive – Microsoft Design”
An Introduction to the Reduced Motion Media Query | CSS-Tricks
A brief history of Reduced Motion When it was released in 2013, iOS 7 featured a dramatic reworking of the operating system’s visuals. Changes included translucency and blurring, a more simplified “flat” user interface, and dramatic motion effects such as full-screen zooming and panning. While the new look was largely accepted, some people using theContinueContinue reading “An Introduction to the Reduced Motion Media Query | CSS-Tricks”
How icons are ruining interfaces – Axess Lab
Icons used correctly can enhance both the user experience and look of your interface. Sadly, more and more designers are using them in the wrong way. And it’s hurting both the usability and accessibility of the interface. MY DAD AND HIS TED APP I love to watch my dad use technology. It’s such a greatContinueContinue reading “How icons are ruining interfaces – Axess Lab”
Does fashion care about disabled people and the purple pound?
Britain’s disabled population has a spending power of £80bn, yet, as a frustrating shopping trip to Mayfair proved, many clothes shops are completely inaccessible Catherine Teatum and Rob Jones have a positive understanding of practical issues affecting disabled shoppers. Britain’s disabled population has a spending power of £80bn, yet, as a frustrating shopping trip toContinueContinue reading “Does fashion care about disabled people and the purple pound?”
A better world for wheels on Google Maps
Starting today, we’re calling on Local Guides, a community of people who contribute their expertise about places on Google Maps, to add more wheelchair accessibility attributes to the map. If each of our tens of millions of Local Guides answers three of these questions every day for two weeks, we can gather nearly two billion answersContinueContinue reading “A better world for wheels on Google Maps”
Accessibility for Software and Devices | Microsoft
Our commitment to accessibility Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. With over 1 billion people with disabilities in the world, we’re passionate about ensuring that our products and services are designed for people of all abilities. We are committed to transparency, accountability, and inclusion inContinueContinue reading “Accessibility for Software and Devices | Microsoft”
Face ID Accessibility. Apple offers some answers
Apple today made a series of hardware announcements. Understandably, the announcement that has caused the most social media chatter in the blind community relates to the iPhone X, and it’s new Face ID feature. Apple has earned our trust over the years by ensuring that its products are fully accessible from their initial launch, soContinueContinue reading “Face ID Accessibility. Apple offers some answers”
What’s new with Accessibility in iOS 11?
iOS 11 has some helpful new options in Accessibility to assist any person and everybody customise their iPhone and iPad interface to paintings with them and for them. Here is what’s new. Sensible Invert Sensible Invert is a brand new atmosphere to be added to the Invert Colours phase of Accessibility in iOS. While colourContinueContinue reading “What’s new with Accessibility in iOS 11?”
There’s Always Something to be Done: Liz Henry on Being Disabled in Tech
… Liz is currently the release manager for Mozilla, and has worked in two eras of tech: the 1990s and the mid-2000s to the present. She learned her computer skills from tinkering with computers from a young age, and having the freedom to experiment. In addition to her work in open source software, Liz isContinueContinue reading “There’s Always Something to be Done: Liz Henry on Being Disabled in Tech”
ARIA Labels and Relationships | Web | Google Developers
Labels ARIA provides several mechanisms for adding labels and descriptions to elements. In fact, ARIA is the only way to add accessible help or description text. Let’s look at the properties ARIA uses to create accessible labels. aria-label aria-label allows us to specify a string to be used as the accessible label. This overrides any otherContinueContinue reading “ARIA Labels and Relationships | Web | Google Developers”
Accessibility features in macOS and iOS that everyone should try
If you’re someone who doesn’t have any specific reasons to go there, you may have never explored the Accessibility settings on your Mac, iPhone, or iPad. While it’s true that those settings are there primarily for people who have special physical needs to modify how a device’s interface works, the fact is, many people whoContinueContinue reading “Accessibility features in macOS and iOS that everyone should try”
Using Keyboard-only Navigation, for Web Accessibility
… Programmers are big fans of using the keyboard instead of continually shifting between the keyboard and mouse. And yet a significant percentage of websites make it difficult or even impossible for users to perform some activities without using a mouse or other pointer device. This curious relationship between using the keyboard and developing for the keyboard has alwaysContinueContinue reading “Using Keyboard-only Navigation, for Web Accessibility”
Sounding out the web: accessibility for deaf and hard of hearing people [Part 2]
[Part 2] In my previous post, I spoke with Ruth MacMullen, an academic librarian and copyright specialist from York, about her experience of being deaf and how it affects how she uses the web. In this next post in the series, Ruth shares some of the things that make life easier for her on the web,ContinueContinue reading “Sounding out the web: accessibility for deaf and hard of hearing people [Part 2]”
Colorblind-friendly ‘Uno’ cards
In the game of Uno, knowing the color of a card is just as important as knowing its number, which means some colorblind players can be at a serious disadvantage. But now Mattel is fixing that — the company just announced a new accessible version of Uno, made with ColorADD cards. For the new version of the classic card game,ContinueContinue reading “Colorblind-friendly ‘Uno’ cards”
Sounding out the web: accessibility for deaf and hard of hearing people [Part 1]
The largely visual nature of the web means that we tend to focus on supporting people who are blind or partially sighted. But deaf and hard of hearing people are often overlooked. I spoke with Ruth MacMullen, who is an academic librarian and copyright specialist from York in the UK, about her experience of beingContinueContinue reading “Sounding out the web: accessibility for deaf and hard of hearing people [Part 1] “
Reframing Accessibility for the Web · An A List Apart
We need to change the way we talk about accessibility. Most people are taught that “web accessibility means that people with disabilities can use the Web”—the official definition from the W3C. This is wrong. Web accessibility means that people can use the web. Not “people with disabilities.” Not “blind people and deaf people.” Not “peopleContinueContinue reading “Reframing Accessibility for the Web · An A List Apart”
Defining and Measuring Usability and UX. The Big Difference Between Usability and UX
Everyone knows that user-friendly websites and apps are vital for the overall success of a business. We know that design quality indicates credibility and trust and that those things drive results. We know this. So how do you know that your site or app is easy to use? What steps do you take to know for sure that yourContinueContinue reading “Defining and Measuring Usability and UX. The Big Difference Between Usability and UX”
