Hello, my name is Orca via @goldstein@im-in.space https://lobste.rs/s/ffn6sm #a11y #linux #security
https://linnemanlabs.com/posts/hello-my-name-is-orca/
#a11y
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New post: Google still can't make an accessibility menu accessible.
Put more than one service on Android's accessibility shortcut and holding the volume keys brings up a menu with no speech, at the exact moment no screen reader is running. Apple and Microsoft solved this years ago. I fixed it in ten minutes at one in the morning. Google has had years.
https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/google-still-cant-make-an-accessibility-menu-accessible/
#Accessibility #A11y #Android #TalkBack #Blind #ScreenReader #Google
GitHub repository landing pages now show an accessibility tab, if provided https://lobste.rs/s/2nyapq #a11y
https://ericwbailey.website/published/github-repository-landing-pages-now-show-an-accessibility-tab-if-provided/
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#news #accessibility #a11y #disability #blind #deaf #DeafBlind #ain
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What Would A Serious AI Product Look Like? https://lobste.rs/s/q2rymh #a11y #design #vibecoding
https://blog.glyph.im/2026/09/serious-ai-product.html
a11y question: Let's suppose I have an empty html element somewhere on the page with 0 content, invisible*, having position:absolute (or fixed). It has no purpose in the HTML (only used for some CSS stuff).
Is it a good idea to add the "inert" attribute? Or should I do nothing?
- It may or may not have a size, but no style to make it visible.
Boosted by @oxy@social.bsdlab.au
Are there good examples of *accessible-first* #CSS frameworks, with common components/widgets?
I'm looking for something that is well regarded by its users, and has enough installed base that it's not going to disappear overnight.
This is intended for a possible replacement for a tailwind project, inside a #Phoenix #LiveView app.
https://darekkay.com/blog/accessible-ui-frameworks/ already has a lot of links, I'll dig through them over the next few days.
Bonus points if it doesn't come with an extraordinarily painful npm install & run process.
#accessibility #a11y
See how many visible WCAG violations you can find in this 25 second clip from https://corpowid.ai/blog/the-eu-ai-act-and-accessibility-how-they-intersect-in-2026 !
One hint — my window is 1,280px wide.
You don’t have to share. We don’t do free audits for #overlay companies here.
As always, adding overlays adds risk, adds barriers, adds harm.
#a11y #accessibility
Formular abgeschickt. Fehler. Irgendwo.
„Bitte korrigieren Sie die rot markierten Felder."
Rot markiert. Aha. Ich seh nicht, was rot ist. Mein Screenreader auch nicht, denn Farbe ist für ihn nur Farbe.
Also such ich. Feld für Feld. Welches ist falsch? Warum?
Genauso bei Grafiken: „Grün = gut, rot = schlecht." Schön. Für die meisten.
Farbe darf nie die einzige Information sein. Schreibt dazu, WAS falsch ist. In Worten.
Das hilft übrigens auch jedem Farbenblinden. Und das sind viele.
#A11y #Barrierefreiheit #WebDesign #Blind #RP #Erblindung
Manche Websites haben unten rechts so ein kleines Männchen. „Barrierefreiheit-Tool." Ein Klick, und alles soll zugänglich sein.
Was passiert wirklich? Mein Screenreader stolpert jetzt über noch mehr Kram. Das Tool überschreibt meine Einstellungen. Und die eigentlichen Fehler auf der Seite sind immer noch da.
„Wir haben doch extra was gekauft."
Ja. Ein Pflaster auf einen Beinbruch.
Barrierefreiheit kauft man nicht als Plugin. Man baut sie ein. Von Anfang an.
#A11y #Barrierefreiheit #Overlay #Blind #RP #Erblindung
Overjoyed to announce that my AT-SPI bridge for Asahi Linux was just merged with muvm, bringing out of the box accessibility to applications like Steam and various other games that use 4K page sizes on apple hardware! This was my second Rust project and was written completely without an LLM, and I found it to be a great way to learn more about the inner workings of Linux. If you have a spare M1 or M2 Mac, I highly recommend giving it a go [when a new release is packaged up]! #linux #a11y #accessibility #rust #asahi
Ich öffne eine Website. Cookie-Banner.
Mein Screenreader landet dahinter. Liest mir den Artikel vor, den ich nicht anklicken kann. Den Banner find ich nicht. Der „Akzeptieren"-Knopf ist ein namenloses Div, der „Ablehnen"-Knopf hellgrau in Mäuseschrift.
Ich kann nicht zustimmen. Ich kann nicht ablehnen. Ich komm nicht rein und nicht raus.
Datenschutz, der mich komplett aussperrt. Glückwunsch.
„Das macht unser Consent-Tool so."
Dann nehmt ein anderes.
#Cookies #A11y #Barrierefreiheit #Blind #RP #Erblindung
Has anyone else had a Windows 11 update pushed on them and suddenly had Chrome mistype everything? Letters are switching even while I type slowly, whether in the address bar or in a field on a site. There don't seem to be any Chrome updates available either. This is pretty much making work impossible. Please share so I might find a fix quickly. #Windows #A11Y #Chrome
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@m@lgbtqia.space @MastodonEngineering@mastodon.social The suggestion in your last paragraph would make signing up hard to impossible for users with visual disabilities or motor disabilities, while (as someone else mentioned) being of dubious usefulness against subscription spam. Please keep #accessibility #a11y in mind when suggesting solutions.
Screen readers mostly don't read the rendered screen. They read the accessibility tree through platform APIs and feed a speech queue. Once that sinks in, a lot of "why does it announce that" bugs make sense.
#accessibility #a11y #screenreaders
https://www.maxdesign.com.au/articles/do-screen-readers-read-screen.html
Now that #Wolverine has officially been released, I can finally announce that I consulted on the #blind #accessibility for the game. I want to be transparent as much as possible for how much I was involved in the game and there was only so much I could work on within the time constraints, but I do truly believe this game is a step forward in terms of blind accessibility. There are several accessibility features that I have not seen mentioned in reviews, so I hope you will all join me on my Twitch today at 4:00 PM PST to talk about the game and design decisions that were made. Afterall, I myself have not even been given a review copy because of my involvement with the game, so this is truly the first time seeing the final product as well.
https://www.twitch.tv/RossMinor
#Gamedev #a11y #Playstation
