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]

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]

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]

HTML gains a <search> element This one came up in the work chat. On 24th March, the “WhatWG HTML living standard” gained a new <search> element. It is intended to be used to contain a set of form controls “related to performing a search or filtering operation”. Example code snippet: Functionally, it is the equivalent… [Read More]

What’s New in WCAG 2.2 Draft WCAG 2.2 introduces nine new success criteria. To recap, these are: These already existed in earlier drafts of WCAG 2.2. But between September 2022 and January 2023, they were modified as follows (all changes are open source): Note that, apart from the 9 new criteria, the 2.0 and 2.1… [Read More]

Airbnb launches new accessibility features to help people with disabilities find suitable accommodation Airbnb have launched a genuinely useful feature. Its new ‘Adapted’ category features homes that are specifically adapted for wheelchair access. Every home in the category receives a detailed 3D scan that creates a 3D model of the home. This is then analysed… [Read More]