#AccessibilityTesting
Writing Automated Tests for Accessibility
In this post, we’ll highlight the strengths and weaknesses of automated testing for web accessibility to both add value to your workflow and support people with disabilities.
Accessibility Testing Tools for Desktop and Mobile Websites
This post will demonstrate how to use automated and manual accessibility testing tools on desktop and mobile websites. We’ll cover five accessibility testing tools that can be installed either as browser extensions or JavaScript bookmarklets. I will point out the pros and cons of each testing tool, describe the best features of each tool, and show what accessibility problems each tool is good at identifying.
Captchas Suck
Captchas were invented to protect websites from spam. However, like the well-meaning invention of nuclear fusion, captchas too got some unethical and destructive side effects. Here’s why captchas suck and what to do instead.
Planning for Accessibility
Incorporating accessibility from the beginning is almost always easier, more effective, and less expensive than making accessibility improvements as a separate project.
How auto-updating content is fully addressed by WCAG 2.0
Success criterion 2.2.2 of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 explicitly covers auto-updating content. Changes to a page’s content that are not user-initiated has very much been contemplated by the drafters of WCAG 2.0.
http://www.mindoversight.com/?p=171
How Various Screen Readers Work on Mobile Devices
Most iPhone owners do not even know it exists, but every Apple phone comes with a feature called VoiceOver — a screen reader that allows visually impaired people to use an iPhone without looking at the screen.
Totally Tooling Tips: Accessibility Testing
In this episode, Addy chats with Rob Dodson, a developer advocate on the Chrome team, about his workflow for accessibility testing. They also discuss some of the important considerations when making edits to the design of your website for improved accessibility.
Screen reader users told not to upgrade to Firefox Quantum
JAWS and NVDA screen reader users are being advised not to upgrade to Firefox Quantum (version 57) which launches on 14 November 2017.
Understanding disabilities and impairments: user profiles
A set of profiles highlighting common barriers users face when accessing digital services and tips for designing services everyone can use.
Inclusive Web Design Checklist
Aims to be the biggest checklist of inclusive design considerations for the web ever. Includes items for accessibility, performance, device support, interoperability, and language. Pull requests welcome!
A11y Rules Podcast Episode 13 - Interview with Arthur Gouveia - Part 1
This week, I'm talking with Arthur Gouveia, a front-end developer at Shopify. Arthur discovered accessibility and is working hard to implement it at Shopify.
Stop Designing For Only 85% Of Users: Nailing Accessibility In Design
As designers, we like to think we are solution-based. But whereas we wouldn’t hesitate to call out a museum made inaccessible by a lack of wheelchair ramps, many of us still remain somewhat oblivious to flaws in our user interfaces. Poor visual design, in particular, can be a barrier to a good user experience. Whereas disability advocacy has long focused on ways to help the user adapt to the situation, we have reached a point where users expect products to be optimized for a broad range of needs.
Alt-texts: The Ultimate Guide
This post contains everything you need to know about alt-texts! When to use them and how to perfectly craft them. By me, Daniel, a web developer with vision impairment who use a screen reader in my day-to-day life.
Web Accessibility with Marcy Sutton
Mike and Matt are joined by renowned web accessibility expert Marcy Sutton, along with Lullabot's own Helena McCabe to explore various web accessibility topics.
Q&A: Video Accessibility At The University Of Washington
erill Thompson, Sheryl Burgstahler, and Doug Hayman from the University of Washington’s office of Accessible Technology Services describe their multi-faceted approach to video accessibility.
Building Your Core Accessibility Team in 5 Steps
Building a core accessibility team is often a major difference in the success or failure of many accessibility initiatives. I've seen accessibility champions break under the pressure of attacking this alone. Building a core accessibility team won't be without its challenges, but focusing on the design of your core accessibility team it will help you break down the accessibility challenge into digestible pieces and it will be very rewarding.
Quality ⊃ Good Design ⊃ Inclusive Interface
While reading Laura Kalbag's excellent book, Accessibility for Everyone, I was suddenly struck by the clarity with which she expressed an idea that those of us who build websites too often fail to see:
"Universal web accessibility helps us create sites that are usable by the widest, most diverse audience, rather than creating bolt-on solutions that might benefit one group at the expense of another."
https://www.micmath.net/post/quality-good-design-inclusive/
Is your business Accessible?
Want more information about the Accessibility for Ontarians with #Disabilities Act (AODA)? Check out the fact sheet and information here.
http://aoda.theaccessibilityhub.ca/
Accessibility at trivago
Accessibility is an important topic for anyone who builds things for the web, and one that is neglected far too often.
http://tech.trivago.com/2017/09/26/accessibility-at-trivago/
