Andreas Jeitler Accessibility Tips for Web Developers dev.to - Addy Osmani It's awesome to build sites that are inclusive and accessible to everyone. There are at least six key areas of disability we can optimize for: …
Andreas JeitlerIcon version of the Flipboard logo Frustrated: The 'F' word of inaccessibility | The Big Hack bighack.org - By The Big Hack The Big Hack Reporting Tool gathers feedback from disabled people about their experiences online. The survey is designed to assess the current state …
Andreas Jeitler 13 Letters - Who Invented VoiceOver? bemyeyes.com Will: Welcome to 13 Letters. This is episode number one. I'm Will Butler. Will: And we are the hosts of your podcast that you're listening to …
Andreas JeitlerAccessibility Apple debuts 'head pointer' accessibility feature in macOS beta, a cursor that follows your eyes imore.com - Stephen Warwick A new accessibility feature in the macOS Catalina beta will allow users to control their cursor with head movements. The new feature is called 'Head …
Andreas Jeitler How HTML Microdata Helps With Accessibility scottvinkle.me - Scott Vinkle I've been studying HTML from an accessibility blog written by a blind developer. I was curious how they structured their markup and wanted to see if …
Andreas Jeitler Making data tables more accessible benjystanton.co.uk - Benjy Stanton For data tables to be accessible, I like to take care of the graphic design, content design and mark-up. These three things work together to improve …
Andreas Jeitler The biggest hurdle of accessible games may be the community, not developers Polygon - Joe ParlockFour years ago, I wrote about how having a chronic pain condition made me worry about the future of gaming. It felt like devices were getting smaller than I could manage, VR was going to be a massive that
Andreas Jeitler What a Year of Learning and Teaching Accessibility Taught Me 24a11y.com A few years ago I didn’t know what the term “accessibility” meant. I built Web sites that were partially inaccessible because I didn’t know better. …
Andreas Jeitler Your website needs to be accessible—anything else is just bad business Fast Company - Lydia DishmanNot making websites accessible means potentially losing the $500 million in spending power of the vast number of working-age adults with disabilities. Accessibility has become one of the newest buzzwords
Andreas Jeitler Building an accessible bingo web app 24a11y.com - Marcy Sutton It started the way a lot of side projects these days seem to, with a “What if…” sent absent-mindedly over Slack. My teammates and I were about to …
Andreas JeitlerIcon version of the Flipboard logo WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices 1.2 w3c.github.io Functionally, ARIA roles, states, and properties are analogous to a CSS for assistive technologies. For screen reader users, ARIA controls the …
Andreas JeitlerBusiness Accessibility is an opportunity, not a burden VentureBeat - David LuhrImagine approaching a restaurant only to find it has no door. You know people are inside but you can’t join them. For individuals with disabilities, this is how interacting with websites and mobile apps
Andreas Jeitler Google Maps Launches A New Feature To Help The Visually Impaired With Navigation Forbes - Bérénice MagistrettiNavigating around in today’s world is as simple as ordering a cup of coffee. Between the various modes of transportation and myriad geolocating apps out there, getting from point A to point B is generally
Andreas JeitlerIcon version of the Flipboard logo Using ARIA w3c.github.io On many popular screen readers today, most keystrokes are captured by the screen reader and not the web page when the user is in browse mode. This is …
Andreas JeitlerRobotics Boston Dynamics puts its robotic quadruped Spot up for sale – TechCrunch TechCrunch - Devin ColdeweySince the days of BigDog, the quadrupedal robots of Boston Dynamics have impressed and repelled us. But while the early, bulky robots never felt like something we’d see in real life, the company’s latest
Andreas Jeitler Web Accessibility In Context smashingmagazine.com - Be Birchall Web Accessibility In ContextWeb Accessibility In ContextBe Birchall 2019-06-07T12:00:59+02:00 2019-06-26T23:06:09+00:00Haben Girma, disability rights …
Andreas Jeitler Apple TV+ Will Be Optimized for the Blind, Deaf, and Hard-of-Hearing cordcuttersnews.com - Jess Barnes We may earn a commission from purchases through links on our site. You can learn more here. Apple TV+ will make it easier for those with visual and …
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Andreas Jeitler Keep it simple - Andy Bell andy-bell.design One thing that is often forgotten about accessibility is that keeping things simple and utilising semantic HTML gets you most of the way towards …
Andreas Jeitler Google Doodle pays tribute to Japanese inventor Seiichi Miyake CNET - Jackson Ryan His invention, the tenji block, changed the way the visually impaired interact with the world.
Andreas JeitlerIcon version of the Flipboard logo 5 Digital Accessibility Myths Busted deque.com - Carie Fisher By now you have most likely have heard the term digital accessibility and may have an inkling about what it is— but have you bought into the hype? Or …
Andreas JeitlerUX Design Accessible Landmarks | scottohara.me Landmarks can be quite useful to people who use screen readers, as they can be used to help orient someone to, and help navigate, a properly …
Andreas Jeitler Gaming accessibility is the star of Microsoft's Super Bowl ad Engadget - Kris HoltThe spot showcases joyous young gamers using the Xbox Adaptive Controller. Microsoft has placed more focus on accessibility as of late, an effort that has extended into gaming, particularly with last release
Andreas Jeitler Apple’s ‘Everyone Can Code’ courses are now available in braille computerworld.com - Jonny Evans It’s possible the next big thing in app or operating systems development may be created by a blind or partially sighted developer, as Apple takes …
Andreas Jeitler OrCam’s MyMe uses facial recognition to remember everyone you meet – TechCrunch TechCrunch - Romain DilletMeet the OrCam MyMe, a tiny device that you clip on your T-shirt to help you remember faces. The OrCam MyMe features a small smartphone-like camera and a proprietary facial-recognition algorithm so that
Andreas Jeitler Thinking Different: Keys to Adopting an iPad-First Workflow MacStories - Ryan ChristoffelNo matter how tech-inclined a person may be, no one sits down at their first computer and instantly finds themselves at home with the device. We all have our own tales of computing learning curves – figuring
Andreas JeitlerIcon version of the Flipboard logoVisual Design Accessibility guidelines for UX Designers - UX Collective uxdesign.cc - Follow Avoid links that says ‘Click here’ or content-free text like ‘More details’ applied to a list of links. Benefits: This would help users with motor …
Andreas JeitlerIcon version of the Flipboard logo iOS Accessibility Properties: How They Relate to WCAG, and How to Correctly Use Them 24a11y.com - Marcy Sutton It sometimes seems very difficult to create a good user experience in iOS for VoiceOver users, especially without changing the current experience for …
