Is it weird that I love the non-liquid glass high contrast UI more than the liquid glass one? #iOS #LiquidGlass #Accessibility

“What is Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act? And How Can We Defend it?”
https://dredf.org/what-is-section-503-of-the-rehabilitation-act-and-how-can-we-defend-it/

“Comments Needed to Stop Republican Attack on Section 503”
https://www.lflegal.com/2025/08/comments-needed-to-stop-republican-attack-on-section-503/

Where you can comment:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/01/2025-12233/modifications-to-the-regulations-implementing-section-503-of-the-rehabilitation-act-of-1973-as#open-comment

Due TODAY. I’ve left mine.

Three updates to old posts this morning:

Another post pointing out CSS-only widgets are problematic:
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/03/css-only-widgets-are-inaccessible.html#Update02

Narrator is getting a Braille viewer:
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/01/jaws-nvda-and-voiceover-braille-viewers.html#Update01

Tweak for clickable rows given an old Safari bug:
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/11/dont-turn-a-table-into-an-aria-grid-just-for-a-clickable-row.html#Update02

Ditching github. You can now find my repository for the talk "Automated accessibilty testing" on codeberg: https://codeberg.org/annam002/automated-accessibility-testing #accessibility

Edit: The answer is that yes, if these are pages that are essentially images of text, then I need to type the text into the accessibility box found under properties (right click) in libre office.

Question for people using #screenreaders: Do I need to retype the text of a page into the accessibility box for a pdf? I am assuming yes since it sees the page as an image, correct?
#LowVision #accessibility #BlindFedi

Apple Shortcuts promises automation for everyone, but for blind and low-vision users the reality is different. Mislabeled buttons, broken focus, and poor feedback make even basic steps frustrating.
With iOS 26 around the corner, these gaps need to be fixed before millions encounter the same barriers.
Read my full piece: https://taylorarndt.substack.com/p/apple-we-need-to-talk-about-shortcuts
#Accessibility #BlindTech #VoiceOver #iOS26 #AppleShortcuts

Heute war ein toller Tag bei der @mucConf !
Das Meeting vom AK #Barrierefreiheit hat mir wieder gezeigt, dass wir in diesem Feld inzwischen einige echt tolle Expert*innen haben, zugleich neue Interessierte dazukommen. Die Spanne von Gesprächsbedarfen zum Einstieg ins Themenfeld bis hin zu spezifischen Anwendungs-/Umsetzungsproblemen der Programmierpraxis ist groß. Aber im Grunde muss alles parallel besprochen werden, um Barrierefreiheit wirklich zu erreichen.

Später in der #Accessibility-Session hab ich mich darüber gefreut, dass der Diskurs der #Neuroinklusion auch im #UX angekommen ist. Der Beitrag zu barrierefreien #Dashboards war ebenfalls sehr spannend.

Auch bei der #Poster-Sessions heute Abend waren #Inklusion|sthemen vertreten.
Erstmal ein guter Eindruck!
#MuC2025

I remain a fan of consuming my news via RSS feeds. There are #accessibility and time-saving benefits to getting all your news in one accessible app, and there are no naughty algorithms trying to filter your view of the world.
For many years, I've used Lire as my RSS reader on my iPhone, in conjunction with a feed aggregator service called The Old Reader. Sometime last year, The Old Reader hit a rough patch, but it seemed to have come right, until a couple of months ago.
At that point, I began experiencing serious issues accessing The Old Reader from Lire. Most of the time, Lire would time out. I worked out that if I tried to access the service repeatedly, it usually succeeded on the third or fourth attempt, but that was time-consuming and frustrating. One other person contacted me to let me know he was experiencing the same problem.
I contacted The Old Reader, and they seemed uninterested in pursuing the issue, apparently because they weren't receiving many reports of it.
I contacted the developer of Lire, who couldn't have been more helpful. He asked for my credentials for The Old Reader so he could test with the app, and he duplicated my findings right away. He was able to identify the issue with The Old Reader API that was causing the time-out, and gave this information to The Old Reader, who didn't even acknowledge his message, let alone commit to resolving the issue.
So over the long weekend, I resolved to find a better service. After doing some deep research with ChatGPT, I settled on Bazqux Reader. The website has a few rough edges from an accessibility point of view, but I was able to export my feeds from The Old Reader, import them into Bazqux, and log in via Lire.
The one thing that is very different is the speed. Retrieving article from Bazqux is way faster than The Old Reader ever was, something that my deep research told me I should expect.
So, sadly I can't recommend The Old Reader anymore, but so far so good with Bazqux. Lightning fast and simple setup.
There is a cost for this service, I think about $39 per year, and Lire does support using iCloud to store your feeds. I find that for the large number of feeds I have, a service like Bazqux adds value, but if your requirements are more modest, using iCloud may be sufficient. However you choose to use it, RSS is worth using.

Watching a quick review to check if a certain notebook was fountain pen friendly and the auto-captions were their usual mess, but funnier this time.

Session Spotlight: Being a Colourblind Designer by Matt Roberts.
Matt shares his career-long experiences with colour-blindness and how it shapes design—encouraging teams to make better color-inclusive choices.

Details: https://2025.wpaccessibility.day/sessions/being-a-colourblind-designer/
October 15, 2025, at 16:00 UTC
#WPAD2025 #WPA11yDay #Accessibility #WordPress

Two little helpers I use to check my web sites for better #accessibility:

- https://wave.webaim.org Just enter your website (page) and you get a visual check that helps in fixing the most obvious issues.
- https://daltonlens.org/colorblindness-simulator Scroll down to "Choose an image", upload your image and you can check with the Machado 2009 simulation how your picture looks with red, blue etc colour blindness

DISCLAIMER: These are just helpers. Nothing more.

Y’all. I did it. I just published my very first macOS app.

It’s a color contrast checker for accessibility compliance. I designed and built it for myself, but I’m also gifting it to the world.

It’s not in the App Store, but it is signed for safety. And it will let you know when there’s an update.

I’m a little giddy about it.

https://ratioapp.markwyner.com

Save the date! Inclusive Design 24 returns on 25 September 2025 for 24 hours of talks about #accessibility and #InclusiveDesign. All streamed for free, no log in required. Here's our schedule for this year: https://inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/ #id24

About “Best Practices”, by @yatil:

https://yatil.net/blog/about-best-practices

Allright. I guess I can use my favourite colour, orange, after all. This new version with darker green and lighter orange should also be readable for people with colour blindness. I hope :) This simulator with the Machado algorithm seems to deliver an acceptable approximation [1].

The old colour scheme really does fail big time. Thanks to all for telling me!

[1] https://daltonlens.org/colorblindness-simulator

question, does anyone has a list of common mistakes in website accessibility / list of demanded accessibilities in websites?

#AskFedi #accessibility

Poll time! Boost, boost,boost!

How do you feel about #videogame #accessibility regarding including more players vs the artist’s vision?
Twist: I wanna know if you’re disabled.
Extra context: following inclusive design principles can get you both, but these options are often at odds with each other. Consider those cases.

Due in THREE (3) DAYS.
https://bsky.app/profile/lflegal.bsky.social/post/3lxkhvgqdhs2e

Post:
“Comments Needed to Stop republican Attack on Section 503: Proposal will gut rules about federal contractors hiring disabled workers”
https://www.lflegal.com/2025/08/comments-needed-to-stop-republican-attack-on-section-503/

We are building software for Accessibility professionals, therefor would libe great to connect. If you are curious of what we do? I would be happy to meet up for a short Teams meeting.

Oh yes, sure I want to have a Teams meeting with a company which have a website with animated text preventing me from reading the surrounding text.

Bullshit.