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Parliamentary committee accuses government of slow progress and lack of ambition
On Call: Abusive manager had to be told there's no such thing as an atomic laptop
Understanding the parity principle in accessibility, using rick-rolling as an example.
Dan Mancina built a fully adaptive skatepark for individuals who are blind or visually impaired, as well as those with physical disabilities.
Welcome to WWDC 2025 As has been the case for many years now, Apple kicked off this year's Worldwide Developers Conference by announcing all the major software changes coming to all your favorite devices later this year. We got a look at everything we can expect in iOS 19, watchOS 12, and... No, wait, that's not right--they changed the name!
A great start.
Why Accessible Procurement Matters
Recently, while scrolling on Tik Tok, I saw a video from Tab Buddies where they were promoting their product, aptly named the Tab Buddy. It’s a small gadget that helps you open soda cans, and…
On Call: After three service calls, user reflected on their utter stupidity
The Nuance Audio hearing glasses offer a fresh take on over-the-counter hearing aids, offering a stylish and discreet option to assist with your hearing and vision.
3Play Media releases its 2025 State of ASR Report, testing and comparing the top speech-to-text technologies.
Google's Play Integrity API is making it harder for users with rooted phones or custom ROMs to access certain apps. Here's what's changing.
by Arturo Serrano When I was appointed, in recent weeks, as a cultural attaché of the Colombian embassy in Bonn, I was beside myself with excitement about the prospect of imbibing from the richness of Teutonic civilization, whose light was but briefly obscured during the war. I say this without intending in any manner to … Continue reading [May 26, 1970] A Regrettable Case of Runaway Apophenia (Erich von Däniken's Memories of the Future) →
Windsor's new blind darts league is bringing blind and partially-sighted people together — offering both a sense of inclusion and joy.
Hey, Alphabet or Google or Chrome or whomever in that illegal monopoly continues to release things to the web platform that are full of accessibility barriers, I have what I think is a straightforward request. My Request Please, if your team cannot explain how the thing satisfies all WCAG Success…
For AI to be beneficial in accessibility tech, the people who use it must be involved in its development.
After years of growth, industry turmoil has left the accessibility community at a standstill.
Adaptation Ventures wants to fill the persistent funding gap for early-stage startups building accessibility tech.
Contribute to berkeley-dsep-infra/jupyterlab-a11y-checker development by creating an account on GitHub.
One year is not a long time. Yet, from GAAD 2024 to GAAD 2025, it feels as if we have crossed an entire era in AI. What once seemed distant, experimental, even niche, has quietly become essential.
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We are excited to announce the upcoming launch of a new community bug tracking initiative at AppleVis. Since at least 2012, AppleVis has regularly published lists of new and fixed accessibility bugs in Apple software impacting blind, DeafBlind, and low vision users. As an independent editorial organization, we see the tracking and reporting of these bugs to be one of the more impactful ways in which we live out our mission to serve and empower our community.
Apple’s ‘Accessibility Nutrition Labels’ will put investments in inclusive design in the spotlight. But Cory Joseph says companies don’t need to be huge to embrace accessibility.
Over 20 years, AbleGamers has become synonymous with the accessibility movement as its presence and influence grew across the industry. However, new reports from former employees and members of the accessibility community describe abuse, financial mismanagement from leadership, and a board that failed to protect its employees.
Visible Voices is part magazine, part gallery, and part curated e-shop. As a whole, it’s a cultural rebrand.
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), which takes place this Thursday, is a worldwide initiative dedicated to raising awareness about digital access and inclusion.
Donna J. Jodhan is pleased to share her latest ask an expert feature with you. Each month, Donna shares 10 tips on various pieces of software that are common, popular, and important to persons who …
Ahead of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) Apple is offering a preview of accessibility features coming to its platforms later this year; including Accessibility Nutrition labels for App Store apps, Magnifier for Mac, Braille Access, and more.
"If y'all are truly allies, do the work."
Testing Deque's axe Assistant for accuracy and ability.
A Practical Guide to Digital Accessibility, UX, and Inclusive Web & App Design. Top rated Web Development products.
In 2005, Apple introduced VoiceOver, a built-in screen reader that revolutionised accessibility for blind and low-vision users. Two decades later, VoiceOver remains a cornerstone of Apple's commitment to inclusive design, empowering millions to navigate technology independently.
The Accessibility Task Force of the W3C Publishing Community Group has announced the release of the Accessibility Metadata Display Guide for Digital Publications 2.0. […]
Learn how inaccessibility impacts your bottom line and how data-driven accessibility efforts drive ROI, reduce risk, and unlock growth.
3Play Media, a leader in media accessibility solutions, announced the launch of its global linguist ... Read More
…Unless you want to fail all the WCAGs, create litigation risk, close off opportunities in Europe, engage in reputational harm, and oh yeah, throw up barriers to your customers and users. What am I talking about? Figma announced Figma Sites, letting you publish your Figma designs directly to the web.…
In this episode of A11y Insights, Thomas Logan and Ken Nakata welcome Nicolas Steenhout, a veteran in the field of digital accessibility with over 30 years of experience. The conversation delves into the early days of digital accessibility, highlighting how personal experiences with colleagues who had disabilities inspired Nicolas to champion accessible web design. From […]
The team at Fordhall Organic Farm, England’s first community-owned farm, in Shropshire are excited to have introduced a ‘Braille Trail’ on-site, providing a tactile experience for visually impaired visitors.
Sunday, the 27th of April 2025 marked a major turning point for Tech-Freedom, one of the blind-specific apps on Android, which includes features like a
– The personal website of Sara Soueidan, inclusive design engineer
For anybody who's been putting video on the web for a long time and cares about accessibility, Able Player has been the feature leader for accessible
How do we translate web accessibility standards to command line applications? This is GitHub CLI's journey toward making terminal experiences for all developers.
Introduction This text describes the location, orientation and nature of some aspects of the framework 16 laptop for the benefit of visually impaired owners. It can be used alongside the framework maintenance guides. Thank you to everyone who's comments helped me to locate various components, connectors and screws in the laptop. All measurements are in millimeters and are (x, y) coordinates measured from the left and front edges of the laptop. The term "vertical" is used to refer to front/ba...
Eloquence synthesizer NVDA add-on compatible with threshold versions of NVDA (2019.3 and later). Supports Python 3 and new NVDA speech framework. - pumper42nickel/eloquence_threshold
This project is aimed at developing and maintaining the NVDA IBMTTS driver. IBMTTS is a synthesizer similar to Eloquence. Please send your ideas and contributions here! - davidacm/NVDA-IBMTTS-Driver
Remote Desktop Accessibility for the NVDA screen reader - LeonarddeR/rdAccess
The one accessibility area I don’t like and avoid working on is PDF files. I frankly find the process people have to go through to make a PDF accessible is far too complex and far too antiquated. …
Chain of paper cut out figures with one missing in the middle Over the past few years, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs have become more...
England, the US and Canada are among the countries with national autism strategies — and now Australia has one too.
Doctors in the U.S. have reported feeling unprepared to care for people with disabilities and have revealed significant negative bias about this population, according to previous research. A new Northwestern Medicine study has found much of this could be rooted in their medical school training.
Nearly nine million students rely on DOE-backed disability accommodations.
New research suggests that the risk for developing dementia is significantly higher than previously estimated, and the burden on the United States population will grow substantially over the next few decades.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday signed a long-awaited bill to stop Illinois organizations from paying less than the minimum wage to workers with disabilities.