seeing discussions around how "members of the public (tm)" are prevented from taking part in standards development, because tools like github (where discussion/development happens) may not be familiar to them. while i understand the sentiment, i'd hazard a guess that these members of the public won't understand how the sausage is made, and will be frustrated by the consensus-driven standards development ... it's not just a "let me tell you about MY lived experience" thing #a11y #accessibility

Watching a video on the new third-party keyboard support for #KompleteKontrol. I can already say this is not going to be great for most fully #blind #musicians mostly because actually browsing through your entire KK library is not supported. You can browse through presets once an instrument is loaded, you can usually modify plugin parameters although that isn't always the case for some Kontakt instruments apparently, you CAN do a search and move through the seaerch resuls though, so provided you can do accessibly do a search that hacks around that issue. The main thing I'm not sure about is, amusingly, if you can toggle #accessibility support. I'm leaning towards probably not, so you'd need Bobby from down the block to hook up their KK keyboard and turn it on for you but after that I do think it may actually talk if you use a 3rd-party controller :)

We're looking for someone to join the @TetraLogical team as an accessibility Specialist.

If you're resident in the UK, you can apply on Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4197046475/

Or directly:
https://misc.tetralogical.com/careers/2025-03-accessibility-specialist/

Is alt text useful? Should you describe colors in images? Find answers to these questions, and more, with these polls and insights.

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/polls-about-alt-text-on-social-media/

Can we take a moment to appreciate that @PrototypeFund has a live translation of everything on stage, including panels, into sign language?

Setup for recording VoiceOver screen reader videos. #a11y #accessibility

It's fascinating how even within the #accessibility community, some people feel the need to bet on blatant apologism and chastise people for taking a contrary opinion to dev teams, responding to said opinions almost like they were personal attacks. The answer to user frustration is calling users stupid for not knowing how things work in dev teams and how dare they have unrealistic expectations born from being ignored for decades and finally hoping for a change.
Personally I think there's a place for both extremes, but watching people stuck in their own beliefs get mad at other people stuck in their own beliefs where this is concerned always seems ... interesting.

This article solidifies why I never take these #Accessibility businessmen/professionals seriously. First of all, for an accessibility practitioner, he doesn’t understand the technology he is writing about. A longer blog post will be coming, but this is why I roll my eyes at accessibility professionals today. AI is the future of accessibility - Karl Groves https://karlgroves.com/ai-is-the-future-of-accessibility/ #A11y #AIHype

Was laid off a month ago from my #accessibility lead position. I've only gotten one callback in that month so far. Trying #getfedihired (#fedihire ?) - been working fulltime in accessibility since 2016, experienced with cross-team collaborations, & had input on design systems and component libraries in addition. #UX is also something I'm familiar with, as that's the closest field aside from accessibility. I'm US based, speak EN but learning JP & beginning FR. Remote/ teletravail please!

Damit wir zum #39C3 wieder voll durchstarten können, möchten wir bis dahin einiges aufräumen und verbessern.

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#a11y #accessibility #inklusion #barrierefreiheit
@CCC

Ever wanted to style HTML form controls with custom CSS? A new @w3c #CSS specification is underway: "CSS Form Control Styling Level 1" #FPWD #timetogiveinput
https://www.w3.org/TR/css-forms-1/

This spec. aims to standardize form styling, improving design consistency and #accessibility while giving web #designers more control.
Feedback welcome! https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/labels/css-forms-1

Need a demo? Check this one by @argyleink! https://nerdy.dev/customize-a-select

If you are wondering why I favourited your post but did not also boost it, it is because you had no Alt-Text on the graphics/photos. I imagine many of those posters don't care but for the one's that do that is why.

Again and again.

I filed two issues today on W3C Group Draft Note “Accessibility of machine learning and generative AI.”

• Note fails to discuss sustainability aspects of using AI
https://github.com/w3c/ai-accessibility/issues/15

• Replace ‘overlays’ as a section
https://github.com/w3c/ai-accessibility/issues/16

Note: https://raw.githack.com/w3c/ai-accessibility/FPWD-ai-accessbility/index.html

“Here is a list of WCAG 2.2 Level A and AA success criteria that I think cannot be completely tested with automated tools. These criteria require manual testing because they involve meaning, usability, intent, or user experience that automated tools cannot fully evaluate.”
https://html5accessibility.com/stuff/2025/03/24/a-tools-errand/

@SteveFaulkner with the automation-to-WCAG-pipeline fatberg.

Building accessible applications is not about respect.

It‘s about a goddamn human right and also avoiding technical debt by following standards and convetions. Stop downplaying this. And stop making yourselves look like you care about people. #accessibility #a11y

Sometimes I wonder if me writing up trivial issues like the following is making a difference. I mean, if you are a developer, and you don’t see what is wrong here in like half of a 10th of a second, what are you even doing? Respectfully.

<input
type="radio"
id="radio-abcd"
aria-label="[object Object]. "
checked=""
value="1"
/>
<label for="radio-abcd">Useful label</label>