Welcome back! Last time we covered how to use assistive technology yourself. But just because we can use it doesn’t make us experts. Here’s how to get real people to give feedback through user testing accessibility in your app or site. Finding your testers When I first approached this issue, I had no idea even where […]
Taking a break from my Accessibility Jumpstart series to share my first short story I wrote about a year ago. Enjoy! Kuroki sped down the dimly lit corridor. Red running lights glinted off her mask’s hooked nose, like a blood-soaked plague doctor. The swaying of the ship was disorienting for the lieutenant as she tried […]
In the last article, I covered the most common Assistive Technologies (AT) on the market. However hearing about it, versus using assistive tech or seeing in action is a whole different story. When I first began testing accessibility I was surprised to learn that most users of AT take time to explore the general structure […]
Part 4 is finally here! Previously we covered the legal and standards landscape. But how do those improve the browsing experience? Assistive technology Assistive technology (or AT for short) is any tech that turns a difficult or impossible situation into an empowering one. This is especially true for those with disabilities. The best AT provides […]
This week snuck up on me, so I’ll be taking a break this from the Accessibility Jumpstart series to make sure I provide a quality resource for week 4. Dynamic wallpapers Dynamic wallpapers were first introduced in MacOS Mojave, and the time-lapse library Apple provides has been growing. Some clever people have reverse engineered the […]
Welcome to part 3 of the Accessibility Jumpstart series. In part 1, we discussed what accessibility is. In part 2, we covered WCAG, the standards used for evaluating compliance. Today, we’ll be discussing which countries mandate what and some of the other issues seen in the US. The laws by country While the W3C generally […]
Greetings, and welcome to part 2 of a series to help jumpstart your understanding of web accessibility. If you haven’t read part 1 yet, we covered what web accessibility is and addressed some of the misconceptions around it. This time we will be providing a brief overview of the standards governing web accessibility globally. What’s […]
I’ve been working in the accessibility field for quite a few years now. One of the questions I often get is “How do I get started with accessibility?” There so many resources available on the web, it’s hard to know where to start. Assuming you know nothing about it, we’ll start at the beginning. Definition […]
As you may know, many of the HTML5 input types have been defined, but do not have a recommended or consistent experience across operating systems, nor browsers. Recently, the team at work and I discussed whether we should use the default HTML5 input type of ‘color’ or roll our own. As of December 2020, here’s […]
One thing that drives me up a wall to no end while testing screen readers is how different they read back the various roles, tags, content, and markup of a page in different browsers and OSes. I finally grew tired of this and decided to do a massive deep dive into exactly what & how […]
