Progress Over Perfection: The Better Way for Communication and Accessibility Advocacy This article by Meryl Evans really resonates with me. Accessibility is big and daunting. It needs to be considered in every facet of an organisation: “HR needs to ensure the hiring and employee benefits processes are accessible. Procurement needs to ensure the company buys… [Read More]
10 Ways Designers and Researchers Can Meaningfully Engage With Disabled People in 2023 A thought-provoking article with some really useful takeaways. Some tips are practical/logistical: Others are a change in mindset:
It’s been a little while since my last dai11y, partly because Mailchimp have recently upped their prices, meaning I’m no longer within the free tier. I’ve been procrastinating moving to a different provider, but will give that some more thought. I’ll also be on annual leave for a while now, so you won’t hear much… [Read More]
AI-Generated Images from AI-Generated Alt Text Adrian Roselli explores the topic of AI and accessibility, as claims are being made that AI could make up for things like a lack of human-provided alt text. He feeds several different images into the following browsers/software and has them generate alt text descriptions for the images: He then… [Read More]
How to use the accessibility tree for a11y testing Giovani Camara uses a simile to describe the accessibility tree’s relationship to the DOM as being like a ‘filter’ for your emails: the DOM contains a lot of information, but the accessibility tree shows only the data related to accessibility. This article is very short –… [Read More]
dai11y 18/04/2023 – What makes writing more readable?
18 April 2023
What makes writing more readable? A fantastic deep dive into how to write in ‘plain language’. The entire article is written in normal literary style, but every paragraph has a plain language equivalent adjacent to it, which you can toggle to switch to. The interactivity of this article is a joy to play with and… [Read More]
dai11y 13/04/2023 – Addressing concerns about CSS Speech
13 April 2023
Addressing concerns about CSS Speech Léonie Watson (better known online as Tink) writes about CSS Speech. In dai11y 25/11/2022, I covered Léonie making the case for CSS Speech. In this latest article, Léonie specifically addresses concerns raised by the community. People who use screen readers are worried that CSS Speech could make their experience worse,… [Read More]
Sabbath mode and assistive technology features Eric Bailey writes about the “secret mode that comes with almost all large ovens, refrigerators, dishwashers, and other large kitchen appliances”. Sabbath mode (or Shabbat mode) helps people to comply with Halakha (a body of Jewish religious laws), which forbids Jews from doing “work that creates” on Shabbat (the… [Read More]
Why Motion on Websites and Digital Content Is a Problem Meryl Evans describes how at times she feels dizzy and light headed, in symptoms she describes as vertigo. 70 percent of deaf and hard of hearing children with sensorineural hearing loss have a vestibular disorder, which is also expected to affect “more than 35% of… [Read More]
Building inclusive products for trans people Chiara Angori shares some great tips for building products that don’t exclude your trans users. Some are obvious, such as allowing users to specify their pronouns, and not asking users for their ‘title’ (Mr, Mrs, etc). Titles have no legal bearing and there’s almost never a good reason to… [Read More]