Massachusetts is looking for 4 (four!) IT Accessibility Officers. Boston/hybrid.

https://www.a11yjobs.com/jobs/MLyP9-it-accessibility-officer-contract-based-the-massachusetts-executive-office-of-technology-services-and-security

Am #a11y feature Slack desperately needs is the ability to display alt text for screenshots, GIFs and other images, plus a reminder to create that alt text when such an item is embedded. My Slack threads have become a sea of inaccessible boxes.

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

If something I boost has image(s) without alt text, please check the following posts in the thread. I don’t boost posts without providing alt text (and often I just don’t boost posts without alt text that I might have otherwise unless I think they’re worth the time/effort for me to do it).

If I do this for one of your posts, please edit the post and copy/paste the text I’ve provided into the image descriptions so people who rely on screen readers can know what’s in them too.

Let’s keep the fediverse accessible.

Thanks

“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.

A TOOLS ERRAND

"NOBODY is saying that automated tools are not useful, only that they cannot provide comprehensive coverage of WCAG 2.2 criteria."

#a11y #testing #automation #WCAG

https://html5accessibility.com/stuff/2025/03/24/a-tools-errand/

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

“Can generative AI write contextual text descriptions?”
https://tetralogical.com/blog/2025/03/24/can-generative-ai-write-contextual-text-descriptions/

Huge improvements from a few years ago, but even with context these need help. A good example of genAI only as a tool, not as a solution.

The Accessibility Icon Collection
https://blog.thenounproject.com/accessibility-icons/ #Accessibility #Design
#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>

Got a tip from @zach that there's another accessibility font called Atkinson Hyperlegible that was worth taking a look at it. It's "designed to improve legibility and readability for individuals with low vision".

It's going in! So my next release adds support for OpenDyslexic, Lexend, and Atkinson Hyperlegible.

Thanks Zach!

Ask blind people if they'd rather have Elon Musk's Neuralink Blindsight brain implant or wear fashionable and affordable smart glasses with sensory substitution for "raw" vision plus real-time talking OCR and AI features for scene description https://www.artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm #blind #a11y

Accessible Games Initiative announced by ESA and industry partners
https://caniplaythat.com/2025/03/20/accessible-games-initiative-announced-by-esa-and-industry-partners/
#A11Y #Accessibility #gaming

Lauke World buttons

designs by @patrick_h_lauke
#a11y #amiga #WCAG #ARIA #RETRO #gaming

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1532393418/lauke-world-buttons

#Blind users, users that rely heavily on #keyboardNavigation or anyone else with a preference on that matter (please indicate what applies in the comments):

Do you have a preference for or comments on the format of URLs? During user research, we have learned that URLs that are easy to handle are a good thing.

We are currently considering to introduce URLs that do not need more reserved usernames in #Forgejo, such as https://codeberg.org/-/something/ or https://codeberg.org/_something/.

Webinar: Learn how to Create #PowerPoint Presentations as a #ScreenReader user
March 25, 2025, from 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. eastern via #Zoom. Register at: https://nfb.org/programs-services/center-excellence-nonvisual-access/events/accessibility-boutique-reg
#blind #A11Y #NFB