#section508 — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #section508, aggregated by home.social.
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Introduction to Creating Accessible Documents, by @TetraLogical:
https://tetralogical.com/blog/2026/05/13/creating-accessible-documents/?ref=frontenddogma.com
#introductions #accessibility #legal #eaa #section508 #ada #wcag #pdf #epub
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Introduction to Creating Accessible Documents, by @TetraLogical:
https://tetralogical.com/blog/2026/05/13/creating-accessible-documents/?ref=frontenddogma.com
#introductions #accessibility #legal #eaa #section508 #ada #wcag #pdf #epub
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Mike Paciello – talks accessibility – fireside
@MikePaciello
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Mike Paciello – talks accessibility – fireside
@MikePaciello
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YouTube auto-censors for inflammatory content, resulting in creative verbiage to work around the censoring.
One example is for the word "pedophile" - which results in many people saying "PDF file" as a substitute.
Now every time I make a PDF document 508-conformant, I chuckle to myself about how I could be misinterpreted when talking about how to make your PDF Files conform to US Government requirements.
Suddenly my professional training content seems a little inappropriate and NSFW.
Each day is a new descent into further depths of depravity, shame, and disappointment in my fellow Americans.
Thanks again, Trump...
Ya fucking child-raping scumbag!Fuck Trump and every disgusting sociopath who supports him.
#a11y #PDF #irony #Section508 #trump #pedophiles #epstein #resist
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Making Sense of Accessibility and the Law, by @tempertemper:
https://www.tempertemper.net/blog/making-sense-of-accessibility-and-the-law
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Making Sense of Accessibility and the Law, by @tempertemper:
https://www.tempertemper.net/blog/making-sense-of-accessibility-and-the-law
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Tool: Accessibility Checker (PowerMapper), by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):
https://www.powermapper.com/products/sortsite/checks/accessibility-checks/
#tools #analysis #accessibility #compliance #wcag #section508 #ada
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Tool: Accessibility Checker (PowerMapper), by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):
https://www.powermapper.com/products/sortsite/checks/accessibility-checks/
#tools #analysis #accessibility #compliance #wcag #section508 #ada
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#Accessibility Question.
Scenario: Web service has a #Section508 compliant interface readable by most screen readers.
Writing the help guides for how to use the site & including screenshots of the interface showing different buttons highlighted for each step in the instructions.
Is it enough for the #AltText of those screenshots to indicate it shows the button being highlighted, if the location of the button is in the page text? Or should the button location still be in the alt text?
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#Accessibility Question.
Scenario: Web service has a #Section508 compliant interface readable by most screen readers.
Writing the help guides for how to use the site & including screenshots of the interface showing different buttons highlighted for each step in the instructions.
Is it enough for the #AltText of those screenshots to indicate it shows the button being highlighted, if the location of the button is in the page text? Or should the button location still be in the alt text?
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Wagtail’s latest Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) is now live – https://wagtail.org/blog/our-updated-accessibility-conformance-report/ Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on the previous report!
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Wagtail’s latest Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) is now live – https://wagtail.org/blog/our-updated-accessibility-conformance-report/ Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on the previous report!
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Started my official DHS #Section508 Trusted Tester training yesterday. You get 180 days to finish. I don’t think I’ll take that long. Mostly, though, I wonder if I’ll be able to get through before the current administration pulls the plug on the certification program entirely. #a11y #accessibility
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Started my official DHS #Section508 Trusted Tester training yesterday. You get 180 days to finish. I don’t think I’ll take that long. Mostly, though, I wonder if I’ll be able to get through before the current administration pulls the plug on the certification program entirely. #a11y #accessibility
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Happy to be featured in an article this week in the FNN :
Five takeaways from GSA’s latest Section 508 assessment
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Happy to be featured in an article this week in the FNN :
Five takeaways from GSA’s latest Section 508 assessment
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Happy to have my work in the Accessibility Chapter of the HTTP Archive's Web Almanac featured in StateScoop.
https://statescoop.com/state-websites-dont-meet-upcoming-doj-accessibility-requirements/
I belive that this is the first government-wide scan of USA states for web accessibility. The report averages over 34,000 state government web pages to create a meaningful snapshot of how inclusive government sites are.
#accessibility #Section508 #USAGovernment #GoogleLighthouse #axe #WebAccessibility
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Happy to have my work in the Accessibility Chapter of the HTTP Archive's Web Almanac featured in StateScoop.
https://statescoop.com/state-websites-dont-meet-upcoming-doj-accessibility-requirements/
I belive that this is the first government-wide scan of USA states for web accessibility. The report averages over 34,000 state government web pages to create a meaningful snapshot of how inclusive government sites are.
#accessibility #Section508 #USAGovernment #GoogleLighthouse #axe #WebAccessibility
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Just received my certification as a "Trusted Tester" from the US Department of Homeland Security.
I've been certifiable for a while, but now it's official...
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Just received my certification as a "Trusted Tester" from the US Department of Homeland Security.
I've been certifiable for a while, but now it's official...
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Another thing I see far too often in #accessibility testing is the inappropriate use of screen readers (NVDA Speech Viewer) without actually experiencing the speech output as a real user would. This is another thing that just seems fundamentally wrong, as how are you doing valid testing without that experience? #TrustedTester #DHS #Section508
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Another thing I see far too often in #accessibility testing is the inappropriate use of screen readers (NVDA Speech Viewer) without actually experiencing the speech output as a real user would. This is another thing that just seems fundamentally wrong, as how are you doing valid testing without that experience? #TrustedTester #DHS #Section508
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Look, everyone... The trouble with #accessibility testing tools like #ANDI is that a person can end up performing accessibility testing without experiencing content as an actual #disabled user. It insulates them from using keyboard-only navigation, screen readers, screen magnification, etc. This just seems fundamentally wrong to me. #TrustedTester #DHS #Section508
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Look, everyone... The trouble with #accessibility testing tools like #ANDI is that a person can end up performing accessibility testing without experiencing content as an actual #disabled user. It insulates them from using keyboard-only navigation, screen readers, screen magnification, etc. This just seems fundamentally wrong to me. #TrustedTester #DHS #Section508
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I am working through the #Section508 #DHS #TrustedTester course. Does anyone know if there's a nonvisual way of testing color contrast? #accessibility
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I am working through the #Section508 #DHS #TrustedTester course. Does anyone know if there's a nonvisual way of testing color contrast? #accessibility
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In full transparency I am intending to petition #FCC to ensure that commercial equipment used on the #AmateurRadio bands is required to meet #Section508 #accessibility functional performance requirements to ensure better inclusion for #disabled #HamRadio operators. I'm willing to consider reasonable compromises, but this is a government regulated service and its long past time we do better.
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In full transparency I am intending to petition #FCC to ensure that commercial equipment used on the #AmateurRadio bands is required to meet #Section508 #accessibility functional performance requirements to ensure better inclusion for #disabled #HamRadio operators. I'm willing to consider reasonable compromises, but this is a government regulated service and its long past time we do better.
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#accessibility idea 1: Update Part 97 so that all commercially made equipment used on the air in the #AmateurRadio service must meet #Section508 accessibility functional performance criteria by some year, such as 2030.#HamRadio
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#accessibility idea 1: Update Part 97 so that all commercially made equipment used on the air in the #AmateurRadio service must meet #Section508 accessibility functional performance criteria by some year, such as 2030.#HamRadio
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I just sent an ionogram from NOAA's Austin Ionosonde Station to Be My Eyes, and I got back a description of the graph without the frequencies, labels or any attempt at all to describe the trace line. We do still have a bit of a ways to go here for some of this stuff to be practical. #accessibility #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #NOAA #Section508
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I just sent an ionogram from NOAA's Austin Ionosonde Station to Be My Eyes, and I got back a description of the graph without the frequencies, labels or any attempt at all to describe the trace line. We do still have a bit of a ways to go here for some of this stuff to be practical. #accessibility #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #NOAA #Section508
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Section508.gov - Fiscal Year 23 Government-wide Section 508 Assessment
https://www.section508.gov/manage/section-508-assessment/2023/message-from-gsa-administrator/
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Section508.gov - Fiscal Year 23 Government-wide Section 508 Assessment
https://www.section508.gov/manage/section-508-assessment/2023/message-from-gsa-administrator/
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Happy to provide a quote or two for this article on the OMB's new memo on accessibility. Accessibility statements are an important piece of CX. https://federalnewsnetwork.com/technology-main/2023/12/omb-issues-digital-accessibility-guidelines-tells-agencies-to-set-up-public-feedback-mechanism/?readmore=1
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Happy to provide a quote or two for this article on the OMB's new memo on accessibility. Accessibility statements are an important piece of CX. https://federalnewsnetwork.com/technology-main/2023/12/omb-issues-digital-accessibility-guidelines-tells-agencies-to-set-up-public-feedback-mechanism/?readmore=1
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Learn the ins and outs of creating an Accessible PDF with our step-by-step guide, including tips on troubleshooting common issues.
#AccessiblePDF #InclusiveDesign #AccessibilityMatters #WCAG #Section508https://theaccessibilityguy.com/making-a-pdf-accessible-episode-03-moorpark-community-college/
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Learn how to create accessible presentations with Canva, adhering to section 508 design principles and making it compliant with PDF/UA. #Canva #Accessibility #PDFUA #WCAG21 #Section508 #DesignThinking #InclusiveDesign
https://theaccessibilityguy.com/making-accessible-presentations-with-canva/
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Learn how to create accessible presentations with Canva, adhering to section 508 design principles and making it compliant with PDF/UA. #Canva #Accessibility #PDFUA #WCAG21 #Section508 #DesignThinking #InclusiveDesign
https://theaccessibilityguy.com/making-accessible-presentations-with-canva/
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The government of the State of Ohio has created a new initiative called "Accessible Ohio" with four employees that will "consult directly with Ohio businesses, venues, attractions, and communities to identify barriers and establish goals for accessibility."
Do you have anything similar where you live? If so, how is that working out?
https://ood.ohio.gov/accessible-ohio
#a11y #Accessibility #Disability #DisabilityRights #Ohio #ADA #Section508
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The government of the State of Ohio has created a new initiative called "Accessible Ohio" with four employees that will "consult directly with Ohio businesses, venues, attractions, and communities to identify barriers and establish goals for accessibility."
Do you have anything similar where you live? If so, how is that working out?
https://ood.ohio.gov/accessible-ohio
#a11y #Accessibility #Disability #DisabilityRights #Ohio #ADA #Section508
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Good news!
All you really need to do is ensure that what you build is keyboard accessible. This allows for the use of custom switch controls for a wide variety of assistive technologies.
Essentially, the game controller (or any other switch/controller) is mapped to your keyboard bindings.
So even if you can't use a QWERTY keyboard, keyboard accessible apps can still work for you.
This is the logic behind accessibility standards like Section 508, so you don't have to micro-tune your code for every device that might be invented.
Most importantly, this allows everyone with a disability to get what they need from whatever control surface/switch they can use.