Arizona State University is the first higher education institution to have a partnership with OpenAI. I think this is related to that deal. I don’t know how long it will stay free.
This article by Adrian Roselli highlights why it is important to keep your alt text short and to the point. It also provides a lot of helpful articles with alt-text tips at the bottom of the page.
Senators are considering the accessibility of their websites and kiosks. This shows that there is more awareness about digital accessibility and a desire to be compliant with laws like the ADA and Section 508.
This article provides helpful tips for how to hide content designed only to be read by screen reading software and how to implement concepts like skip links.
The Portland Trailblazers are providing fans who are blind or have low vision attending a game OneCourt devices that can translate in-game action into vibrations. This technology may be used in arenas across the country in the future.
It is our job to change ableist structures and teach people why accessibiltiy is important. This requires being anti-ableist and promoting digital accessibilty even when it is difficult to do so.
Ableist is defined as discrimination or prejudice against people with disabilities, especially physical disabilities. Supporting people of all different races and trying to end systemic racism would be about being anti-racist. Feminism is a little too broad for me to define but it would probably align with providing men and women equal rights. The goal is to unite people not divide. The issue is that most of the web is inaccessible and cannot be accessed by people with disabilities. Excluding a group of people from a building because of their gender, race, or disability is against the law. Yet, people with disabilities are excluded or lack access to information on publicly available websites each day. This type of change requires people to be anti-ableist and to do the work necessary to make their website accessible.
This app helps people who are blind or have low vision cross the street by using their smartphone camera to determine if the walk or do not walk sign is on. The app provides feedback through different channels. I think this is a really interesting use of AI.
This Background PDF can provide additional information on how the law and its exceptions came to be. I’m glad that in the final version the exception for password-protected course content was removed. This will require public institutions to make their course content accessible. WCAG 2.1 AA is the standard being used to...
Windows 11 introduces a new voice accessibility feature called Voice Access. This allows you to use your voice to control your PC, like Voice Control on a Mac. This has probably been developed because Microsoft recently acquired Nuance, which produces the Dragon Dictate Suite. Check out this introductory page to learn more.
Platforms like Squarespace and Wix must provide users with the features and guidance necessary to make an accessible website. This article explores how to create an accessible website using Squarespace and the accessibility features that could help make this process easier.
The Web Almanac provided a chapter in their 2022 edition on web accessibility. They are going to update it for 2024 soon. This can be a helpful resource to teach people about web accessibility and common different accessibility features. Hopefully, features like audio description and alt text will be found to be more common in...
This is an interesting article highlighting why AI development should include people with disabilities to ensure this kind of technology is accessible to a wide range of people.
Image Accessibility Creator (asuo-images.streamlit.app)
This is a free tool that can provide image descriptions and alt text for images. It uses ChatGPT 4 and is provided by Arizona State University.
Long Alt (adrianroselli.com)
This article by Adrian Roselli highlights why it is important to keep your alt text short and to the point. It also provides a lot of helpful articles with alt-text tips at the bottom of the page.
Typography Tips (uit.stanford.edu)
These are some best practices for creating accessible content that is easy to read.
U.S. Senate's Digital Accessibility (www.msn.com)
Senators are considering the accessibility of their websites and kiosks. This shows that there is more awareness about digital accessibility and a desire to be compliant with laws like the ADA and Section 508.
The anatomy of visually-hidden (www.tpgi.com)
WebAIM: CSS in Action (webaim.org)
This article provides helpful tips for how to hide content designed only to be read by screen reading software and how to implement concepts like skip links.
Portland Trail Blazers Become First NBA Team To Pilot OneCourt Haptic Display Devices (www.nba.com)
The Portland Trailblazers are providing fans who are blind or have low vision attending a game OneCourt devices that can translate in-game action into vibrations. This technology may be used in arenas across the country in the future.
Fact Sheet: Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability Proposed Rule Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (www.hhs.gov)
Check out the proposed changes for Section 504.They are planning to use the same web accessibility standards that have been adopted by the ADA.
Be anti-ableist · Eric Eggert (yatil.net)
It is our job to change ableist structures and teach people why accessibiltiy is important. This requires being anti-ableist and promoting digital accessibilty even when it is difficult to do so.
Media Queries in HTML Video (adrianroselli.com)
This article provides a lot of examples of how to create different versions of a video with different accessibility features turned on.
Oko AI Navigation App (www.ayes.ai)
This app helps people who are blind or have low vision cross the street by using their smartphone camera to determine if the walk or do not walk sign is on. The app provides feedback through different channels. I think this is a really interesting use of AI.
Don’t Turn a Table into an ARIA Grid Just for a Clickable Row (adrianroselli.com)
This article provides guidance on how to create an accessible table with a clickable row.
Building an accessible digital identity app (accessibility.blog.gov.uk)
The Government Digital Service (GDS) part of the UK developed an accessible mobile app. Check out this blog post sharing their story.
Using CSS to Enforce Accessibility (adrianroselli.com)
I found this to be a helpful article providing code suggestions to help make web pages accessible.
New Rule on the Accessibility of Web Content and Mobile Apps Provided by State and Local Governments (www.ada.gov)
This Background PDF can provide additional information on how the law and its exceptions came to be. I’m glad that in the final version the exception for password-protected course content was removed. This will require public institutions to make their course content accessible. WCAG 2.1 AA is the standard being used to...
Get started with voice access (support.microsoft.com)
Windows 11 introduces a new voice accessibility feature called Voice Access. This allows you to use your voice to control your PC, like Voice Control on a Mac. This has probably been developed because Microsoft recently acquired Nuance, which produces the Dragon Dictate Suite. Check out this introductory page to learn more.
Observations on Squarespace Accessibility (theamycarney.com)
Platforms like Squarespace and Wix must provide users with the features and guidance necessary to make an accessible website. This article explores how to create an accessible website using Squarespace and the accessibility features that could help make this process easier.
The Web Almanac Accessibility Chapter 2022 (almanac.httparchive.org)
The Web Almanac provided a chapter in their 2022 edition on web accessibility. They are going to update it for 2024 soon. This can be a helpful resource to teach people about web accessibility and common different accessibility features. Hopefully, features like audio description and alt text will be found to be more common in...
Why AI fairness conversations must include disabled people (news.harvard.edu)
This is an interesting article highlighting why AI development should include people with disabilities to ensure this kind of technology is accessible to a wide range of people.
accessibility-resources (github.com)
This page has helpful accessibility resources provided by TestPros Inc.
On popover accessibility: what the browser does and doesn’t do (hidde.blog)
Directing Accessibility Maturity (maxinclusion.com)
This article explores developing a maturity model for accessibility.