I would be pissed with Google’s new fake search if I was WebAIM. It directly sources WebAIM (from an old survey), but it doesn’t link to the WebAIM survey results it cites. Instead it links to BoIA (an #AudioEye#overlay company) and Assistiv Labs.
The option to see web results is buried in the “More” kebab, and even then the link is third from last.
Reminder not to use Google to search (in case you still do).
I find the recent trend for burned-in subtitles on things like Youtube shorts really irritating, mainly because most of the time they're WRONG. Is this a Tiktok thing or something? People are adding AI-generated subtitles and not checking them? I can't imagine how annoying it is if you're someone who actually needs them for #accessibility. Even content creators I actually like and who should know better are doing this. WHYYYYY.
Devices such as #MobiMats allow people to move across the sand to the water on a sturdy platform, which would make it easier for people like Lumsdon to cross the beach.
...in #Toronto, the city says only three of its 10 supervised #swimming#beaches — Woodbine, Ward's Island & Centre Island — have #accessibility features like mats, decks or beach #wheelchairs that people can reserve ahead of their visit.
Another reason to add #AltText to your photos, basically, anywhere, is that, yes, there are sighted people that disable all images in their browsers because it's faster to browse. #Internet#Tech#Technology#Accessibility
I think my case is far more common: I, a sighted person, look at the image, and I don't know what I'm looking at.
Sometimes I think I know what I'm looking at, but then the alt text tells me the intent of the person who posted is not at all what I thought.
E.g. I think I see a beautiful photo of a sunset behind mountains, but the alt text says: "wildfires are turning the afternoon sun red". Then I think: Good thing there was #AltText.
Are you blind? Have you heard of the commandline, but don't know what it means or how to use it? I recorded a tutorial that shows how to use a popular commandline utility called YT-DLP to download the audio version of a video with a screenreader, and how you can apply this to other commandline applications. This will accomplish jobs more quickly and bypass inaccessible graphical user interfaces. I hope you find it helpful!
Oh cool. Just got the "We've got an update for you" dialog from Windows... with three unlabelled buttons and no ability to close with alt+f4. Good to see that continued commitment to accessibility right there in a highly visible part of the OS. They must all be busy with that pivot to AI.
The buttons don't appear to have any text on them or at least none that OCR can pick up. I thought I'd check the UIA AutomationId just in case that revealed anything useful. The buttons do have different AutomationIds... of "Button2", "Button1" and "Button0", in that order.
But ... but but ... it's #microsoft. Their commitment to #accessibility is beyond reproach! It's what all the articles say and everything. ...Except no, not really, it's been a mess for years and it saddens me
👉🏼 A SIMPLE CUSTOM
Had reason to re-read this recently.
“For whatever reason some people don’t like the standard HTML checkbox and radio button, they seek to jazz ’em up and in the process the often jizz up the usability/accessibility of these controls.”
🧵 Even before I formed @ucaccessnow, I persisted through campus channels trying to get them to acknowledge that cycle racks ALSO have to be accessible, not car parking spaces. After months of brick walls with UC and my union, I got a meeting with the head of UC Davis TAPS, who
I have been reading through the State of HTML 2023 results site (https://2023.stateofhtml.com/) and I am so disappointed in the overall #accessibility efforts — both in the questions and in the code.
Let's all keep in mind that we're in the 21st century now and there are lots of great resources to learn about and start doing correct, accessible design and coding. Good people practice #accessibility and inclusive design while bad people with low-quality, tarnished reputations practice inaccessible, discriminatory design and development. The right answer is clear to see my friends!
Looks like PayPal has locked me out of my money with a "no blind people allowed" sign. I'd be happy to retrieve the "accessibility cookie" except there's an error: "ERR_BLOCKED_BY_RESPONS..." Really? What gives? I have to log in to get support. Anyone have any ideas? #accessibility
I didn't think UIA was quite mature, but I am also old enough to forget Windows’ prior but somehow also current #accessibility APIs. So I may simply be wrong.