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Adrian Roselli

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At some level, we need to ask about the ethics of making these kinds of claims.

My testing showed the most popular tool is the worst performer:
adrianroselli.com/2023/01/comp

Over a decade ago Karl outlined what parts of WCAG can’t be automated:
karlgroves.com/web-accessibili

Just last week Steve did the same:
html5accessibility.com/stuff/2

By all means, *use* the tools. But understand their limitations. Probably ignore their marketing claims.

A beat-up old computer, keyboard and monitor all as one piece, with a yellowed piece of paper taped over half the screen; the paper has the word “FAIL” in large red letters at the top, and below it is a checklist.
Adrian Roselli · Comparing Manual and Free Automated WCAG ReviewsAutomated accessibility testing tools cannot test 100% of WCAG. This position is not controversial. Other than overlay vendors, no automated tool maker makes that claim. This is partly because WCAG is targeted at humans, not code, and so nuance and context apply. Free automated accessibility testing tools may have even…
#accessibility#a11y
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Adrian Roselli

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I’m a big fan of using automation in WCAG testing.

The problem is that the marketing machines of some vendors have been more effective than their tools.

No false positives? Cool. What about false negatives?
adrianroselli.com/2021/09/bewa

80% issue coverage? Cool. What do you think “issues” are again?
adrianroselli.com/2022/07/what

A total solution to testing in a year? Cool. Wait, where’d you go?
adrianroselli.com/2025/03/be-w

Adrian Roselli · Beware False NegativesAutomated accessibility testing tools are rightly wary of giving false positives. You don’t want to flag something as an error in a test only to have the team rebuild an entire thing for no reason (never mind the risk of introducing errors). We know automated accessibility testing tools can really…
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Bi Sasquatch

Source: @kffhealthnews

From the article: "For years, White House press conferences included sign language interpreters for the deaf.

"No longer. Interpreters have been noticeably absent from Trump administration press briefings, advocacy groups say. Gone, too, are the American Sign Language interpretations that used to appear on the White House’s YouTube channel. A White House webpage on accessibility, whitehouse.gov/accessibility, has also ceased working.

"From halting diversity programs that benefit people with disabilities to staffing cuts at the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Trump administration has taken a slew of actions that harm those with impairments or chronic health conditions. Decades of hard-fought gains risk being undone by cuts to federal programs, freezes on research funding, and a White House ban on practices that support diversity."

#Disabled #Elderly #DEI #Accessibility #Deaf #ASL #Research #USPolitics

kffhealthnews.org/news/article

KFF Health NewsTrump’s DEI Undoing Undermines Hard-Won Accommodations for Disabled People - KFF Health NewsFrom halting diversity programs that benefit disabled workers to making federal staffing cuts, the Trump administration has taken a slew of actions that harm people with disabilities.
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isafloraceae

Hi Kolektiva! #introduction

I'm Isaflora🌸 :sparkles_panafrican:

I grow stuff :ecoanarchism_heart:
I make things :commie: 🛠️
I love deeply :heart_nb: :anarchoheart2: :heart_pansexual:

My heart is in the mountains, hands in the soil, with my comrades, fighting for a future we have yet to see :solidarity:

I love to read, cook, and make herbal remedies for mutual aid! ✨ 🌱

I'm here to divest from big tech corps, learn more about FOSS, and connect with folks who dream & move towards our collective resilience.

Black agrarians to the front!🤎👨‍🌾
We need a black farmer emoji 👀

A hand holding buckwheat seeds, blurry background of the garden I steward. Seeds for Sovereignty!
#blacklandjustice#queerart#herbalist
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Mike

The organisation my wife volunteers for has finally moved all its volunteer training online.

It's very clever, very cheap & extremely unfreindly.
The login initially assumes you are on the organisation's payroll and located within its premises and on their intranet - once I'd worked out how to get around that, it appears that it's impossible to stay logged in to do several courses at one sitting - you need to log in each time.

I'm not sure that the training itself has been run past any disability checks - Sacha has a degree of dyspraxia and she has really struggled with the training websites.
The manager is dismissive - the attitude comes across (meant or otherwise) as 'you're only a volunteer, so what?'

She's seriously thinking of giving up on the volunteering that she really loves and - I believe- does make a difference to a number of young lives. It's very niche - there's no alternative for her to move to.

#volunteer#volunteering#training
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Quokka

Missus is trying to calm down before ringing the designer of one of her projects and explaining that a step at the end of an #accessibility ramp isn't going to be a good idea.
Probably good to spot these things at this stage

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Cybso

Ich bin ja so alt, dass ich meine HTML-Seiten noch selber baue. Aber eines hab ich nie herausgefunden: wie bekomme ich es hin, dass ein Android-Browser (im Screenshot #vivaldi ) das Layout beim Zoom an die neue Größe anpasst oder zumindest den Text lesbar umbricht und das nicht so wie auf diesem Bild aussieht?

Bitte teilen, vielleicht weiß ja jemand die Antwort 🙂

Screenshot meines Weblog-Artikels "Bye bye, WhatsApp" vom 11.01.2025 (Quelle: https://cybso.de/blog/2025-01/byebyewhatsapp/). Die Ansicht ist per Pinch-Zoom vergrößert, was dazu führt, dass der Text am rechten Rand abgeschnitten ist.
#html#accessibility
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Amir

Lire, the accessible and reasonably priced full-text RSS reader for iOS was just updated with the ability to find and subscribe to various media & social media feeds. (Including: YouTube, Mastodon, Pixelfed, Bluesky, Micro.blog, Glass, Flickr & Reddit). It also offers other features and fixes: apps.apple.com/us/app/lire-rss
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lire: RSS Reader on the App Store
App Store‎lire: RSS Reader‎Love RSS feeds? So do we!! RSS feeds are a great way to follow updates on your favorite website. However, some sites set up their feeds to only show a portion of each entry, you know, to get you to click through to their actual website. We find that really annoying, and we're sure you do too. Whic…
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