#webaccessibility — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #webaccessibility, aggregated by home.social.
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#Accesibility question ✋️ Will content placed within a <noscript> element be hidden from screen readers if scripts are active?
My specific situation is: I have a "read more" button hiding the contents of a long list, as I only need the top things listed to be visible as a default.
Actually, I guess my first question should be, would the hidden parts of the list be visible to a screen reader anyway, since it reads the code? If that's the case, how do I make it so screen readers skip the contents of the <noscript> tag so that visually abled people can read the stuff there, but screen readers don't read the same information twice?
Sorry for my convoluted phrasing 😵💫 I'm not tech savvy so I'm figuring out my question as I go.
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#Accesibility question ✋️ Will content placed within a <noscript> element be hidden from screen readers if scripts are active?
My specific situation is: I have a "read more" button hiding the contents of a long list, as I only need the top things listed to be visible as a default.
Actually, I guess my first question should be, would the hidden parts of the list be visible to a screen reader anyway, since it reads the code? If that's the case, how do I make it so screen readers skip the contents of the <noscript> tag so that visually abled people can read the stuff there, but screen readers don't read the same information twice?
Sorry for my convoluted phrasing 😵💫 I'm not tech savvy so I'm figuring out my question as I go.
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My wife travels for her work on a regular basis. She asked me yesterday if there was an easier way to track her mileage outside of a spreadsheet since it takes a lot of time. That prompted me using claude to build her a web based mileage tracker. Not only did I feel accomplished but since my wife is sighted, I felt like I helped her in a way that she didn't know how technically. Working in digital accessibility, I was able to fix a few dialog and button control issues that were affecting the overall usage of the app today. What an amazing feeling and a worthy contribution with the help of AI. #AICoding #DigitalAccessibility #WebAccessibility #BlindHusbandDidATechieThing #HusbandHelp
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My wife travels for her work on a regular basis. She asked me yesterday if there was an easier way to track her mileage outside of a spreadsheet since it takes a lot of time. That prompted me using claude to build her a web based mileage tracker. Not only did I feel accomplished but since my wife is sighted, I felt like I helped her in a way that she didn't know how technically. Working in digital accessibility, I was able to fix a few dialog and button control issues that were affecting the overall usage of the app today. What an amazing feeling and a worthy contribution with the help of AI. #AICoding #DigitalAccessibility #WebAccessibility #BlindHusbandDidATechieThing #HusbandHelp
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Automated accessibility tools are valuable, but they cannot tell you whether someone can actually use your website.
Join the WordPress Accessibility Meetup on Tuesday, August 18, at 10 AM Central for Accessibility Testing: What Automated Tools Will NEVER Catch with Tanveer Khan.
Register today to learn how to combine automated testing with real user-focused accessibility validation.
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6017830932759/WN_PsABrukQQG2Sh4unVfCaTw
#WordPress #Accessibility #A11y #AccessibilityTesting #WebAccessibility
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Automated accessibility tools are valuable, but they cannot tell you whether someone can actually use your website.
Join the WordPress Accessibility Meetup on Tuesday, August 18, at 10 AM Central for Accessibility Testing: What Automated Tools Will NEVER Catch with Tanveer Khan.
Register today to learn how to combine automated testing with real user-focused accessibility validation.
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6017830932759/WN_PsABrukQQG2Sh4unVfCaTw
#WordPress #Accessibility #A11y #AccessibilityTesting #WebAccessibility
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Virtual tickets are back for #a11yTOConf 2026!
We know travel isn't always possible, so we're excited to once again offer a virtual conference experience—thanks to our Diamond Sponsor, CBC.
Virtual tickets are on sale now.
Already have an in-person ticket? Email [email protected] and we'll help you switch to virtual.
Learn more: conf.a11yto.com
#a11y #Accessibility #InclusiveDesign #WebAccessibility #TechConference
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Virtual tickets are back for #a11yTOConf 2026!
We know travel isn't always possible, so we're excited to once again offer a virtual conference experience—thanks to our Diamond Sponsor, CBC.
Virtual tickets are on sale now.
Already have an in-person ticket? Email [email protected] and we'll help you switch to virtual.
Learn more: conf.a11yto.com
#a11y #Accessibility #InclusiveDesign #WebAccessibility #TechConference
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I need your help.
https://nosuggest.com/accessibility
I am applying for Digital Promise / CAST "Accessibility Baseline" certification (for the ISTE EdTech listing), which requires a third-party WCAG 2.1 AA conformance review (ACR/VPAT).
NoSuggest is completely free, indie, & open-source. Would anyone in this community be willing to do a volunteer accessibility review, or point me toward a low-cost path?
GitHub → github.com/No-Suggest/NoSuggest
Thanks!
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I need your help.
https://nosuggest.com/accessibility
I am applying for Digital Promise / CAST "Accessibility Baseline" certification (for the ISTE EdTech listing), which requires a third-party WCAG 2.1 AA conformance review (ACR/VPAT).
NoSuggest is completely free, indie, & open-source. Would anyone in this community be willing to do a volunteer accessibility review, or point me toward a low-cost path?
GitHub → github.com/No-Suggest/NoSuggest
Thanks!
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Complete Guide to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG ) 2026
https://www.accessitool.com/blog/what-is-wcag-complete-guide-web-content-accessibility-guidelines-2026#SolarPunkSunday #WebAccessibility #WCAG #Accessibility #AssistiveTechnologies #WebContentAccessibilityGuidelines
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Complete Guide to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG ) 2026
https://www.accessitool.com/blog/what-is-wcag-complete-guide-web-content-accessibility-guidelines-2026#SolarPunkSunday #WebAccessibility #WCAG #Accessibility #AssistiveTechnologies #WebContentAccessibilityGuidelines
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🔒🧐 Ah, the internet's favorite pastime: demanding you surrender your soul (and cookies) just to read another overhyped ode to "genius." Apparently, public brilliance now hides behind a JavaScript #paywall. So exclusive! 💰✨
https://www.wysr.xyz/p/the-private-capture-of-public-genius #internetprivacy #geniuscontent #webaccessibility #digitalrights #HackerNews #ngated -
🔒🧐 Ah, the internet's favorite pastime: demanding you surrender your soul (and cookies) just to read another overhyped ode to "genius." Apparently, public brilliance now hides behind a JavaScript #paywall. So exclusive! 💰✨
https://www.wysr.xyz/p/the-private-capture-of-public-genius #internetprivacy #geniuscontent #webaccessibility #digitalrights #HackerNews #ngated -
I made some readability updates to my site today after hearing that one of my posts was hard to read.
The changes are meant to make the site more low-vision friendly:
- larger article/list text
- darker body text
- less reliance on italic text for longer notes
- cleaner post previews on category pages
I’m totally blind, so I can test structure, keyboard access, screen reader behavior, headings, and content flow, but I can’t personally judge visual readability.
If you use magnification, low-vision settings, high contrast, dark mode, reader mode, or have visual fatigue/migraine/contrast sensitivity, I’d appreciate feedback.
Does anything still feel too small, too light, too crowded, or visually tiring?
Site: https://lanie.work/
#Accessibility #LowVision #WebAccessibility #GoHugo #Disability #A11y -
I made some readability updates to my site today after hearing that one of my posts was hard to read.
The changes are meant to make the site more low-vision friendly:
- larger article/list text
- darker body text
- less reliance on italic text for longer notes
- cleaner post previews on category pages
I’m totally blind, so I can test structure, keyboard access, screen reader behavior, headings, and content flow, but I can’t personally judge visual readability.
If you use magnification, low-vision settings, high contrast, dark mode, reader mode, or have visual fatigue/migraine/contrast sensitivity, I’d appreciate feedback.
Does anything still feel too small, too light, too crowded, or visually tiring?
Site: https://lanie.work/
#Accessibility #LowVision #WebAccessibility #GoHugo #Disability #A11y -
Join Steve Jones, CTO, and William Patton, Senior Plugin Developer, in half an hour while they break down how you can find and fix faster accessibility with the issues explorer in Accessibility Checker! #a11y #WebAccessibility #WordPress
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Join Steve Jones, CTO, and William Patton, Senior Plugin Developer, in half an hour while they break down how you can find and fix faster accessibility with the issues explorer in Accessibility Checker! #a11y #WebAccessibility #WordPress
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W3C is honored to announce that the Ford Foundation has renewed their support of our work on web accessibility.
W3C’s Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops strategies, standards, and supporting resources to help make the web accessible to people with a diverse range of cognitive, hearing, movement, sight, and speech ability, thus enabling everyone to participate equally on the web.
Read more at:
https://www.w3.org/press-releases/2026/w3c-web-accessibility-initiative-receives-renewed-ford-foundation-support/
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W3C is honored to announce that the Ford Foundation has renewed their support of our work on web accessibility.
W3C’s Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops strategies, standards, and supporting resources to help make the web accessible to people with a diverse range of cognitive, hearing, movement, sight, and speech ability, thus enabling everyone to participate equally on the web.
Read more at:
https://www.w3.org/press-releases/2026/w3c-web-accessibility-initiative-receives-renewed-ford-foundation-support/
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Find the latest meetup video, recap, and transcript for: How Agencies Can Turn Their Accessibility Backlog Into Profit: Chris Hinds.
On Thursday, June 4th, Chris Hinds shared a practical, agency-focused approach to website accessibility.
Thank you, Kinsta and Accessibility Checker, for sponsoring this meetup.
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Find the latest meetup video, recap, and transcript for: How Agencies Can Turn Their Accessibility Backlog Into Profit: Chris Hinds.
On Thursday, June 4th, Chris Hinds shared a practical, agency-focused approach to website accessibility.
Thank you, Kinsta and Accessibility Checker, for sponsoring this meetup.
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Published at #IRRJ: "Much Ado about Accessibility: An Exploration of Online Content Accessibility from an Autism-Informed Perspective" by Hrishita Chakrabarti and Maria Soledad Pera. #TextAnalysis, #Autism, #WebAccessibility, #SearchEngines, #LLMs
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Published at #IRRJ: "Much Ado about Accessibility: An Exploration of Online Content Accessibility from an Autism-Informed Perspective" by Hrishita Chakrabarti and Maria Soledad Pera. #TextAnalysis, #Autism, #WebAccessibility, #SearchEngines, #LLMs
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What if the rise of AI says more about the the web being designed inaccessibly than AI itself?
@tink is speaking The Web You Want exploring how inaccessible and poorly designed experiences have created opportunities for AI tools to act as intermediaries bridging gaps left by inaccessible web experiences
You can find out more about the conference at https://the-web-you-want.org/
#Accessibility #InclusiveDesign #AI #WebAccessibility #TheWebYouWant
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What if the rise of AI says more about the the web being designed inaccessibly than AI itself?
@tink is speaking The Web You Want exploring how inaccessible and poorly designed experiences have created opportunities for AI tools to act as intermediaries bridging gaps left by inaccessible web experiences
You can find out more about the conference at https://the-web-you-want.org/
#Accessibility #InclusiveDesign #AI #WebAccessibility #TheWebYouWant
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CW: Accessibility PSA, Unicode spam
PSA:
ℱ𝒶𝓃𝒸𝓎 𝔘𝔫𝔦𝔠𝔬𝔡𝔢 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 ｔｈｉｓ is hell on screen readers/text to speech, so please consider hiding it behind a CW, and definitely never use it in your online handle. Don't make me name names, folks.
If styled text is *that* important to you, consider a social media platform that supports formatting markup. (E. g. ActivityPub implementations like GoToSocial support Markdown; markup in federated blog posts via WordPress, Ghost, etc., should render correctly in clients; etc.)
Learn more here: https://inputoutput.dev/accessibility-issues-with-stylized-unicode-characters/
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Hello to the whole Fediverse community! I am joining this network eager to learn and share. I introduce myself anonymously as an immigrant and a constant learner. Looking forward to debating ideas and finding spaces where the dignity of all people is valued above borders. I also want to learn about #Technoculture, #UniversalInclusion, and #WebAccessibility. Looking forward to reading you here!
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Hello to the whole Fediverse community! I am joining this network eager to learn and share. I introduce myself anonymously as an immigrant and a constant learner. Looking forward to debating ideas and finding spaces where the dignity of all people is valued above borders. I also want to learn about #Technoculture, #UniversalInclusion, and #WebAccessibility. Looking forward to reading you here!
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One Accessibility Fix, Less Noise
Not every accessibility improvement is a big feature. Sometimes it’s removing something that gets in the way.
In this clip, the team discusses a WordPress accessibility fix that reduced unnecessary screen reader verbosity and made navigating the media library more efficient.
Want to hear the full conversation and our take? Watch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4YOAeEdhNw
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Not EVERY Image Needs Alt Text
What’s the difference between a decorative image and an image missing alt text?
In this clip, the team discusses a new WordPress feature that lets content creators explicitly mark images as decorative, making accessibility testing more accurate and helping prevent common mistakes.
Want to hear the full conversation and our take? Watch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4YOAeEdhNw
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This Tiny WordPress Update Sparked a Debate
Can a platform evolve if its users resist every change?
In this clip, the team discusses the reaction to WordPress's updated default color scheme and what it says about the larger challenge of modernizing one of the world's most popular web platforms.
Want to hear the full conversation and our take? Watch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4YOAeEdhNw
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Help me, #wcag nerds. Site has many pages that are long lists of links, under headings. Links are often PDFs, Word docs, Powerpoint decks, etc. Getting some pushback on including document icons because it’s “too cluttered/overwhelming.”
My brilliant solution: only show the document icons on hover/focus. (Icons will also have text equivalents.)
Brilliant? Stupid? Accessible? Abject folly? I need opinions, please!
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Help me, #wcag nerds. Site has many pages that are long lists of links, under headings. Links are often PDFs, Word docs, Powerpoint decks, etc. Getting some pushback on including document icons because it’s “too cluttered/overwhelming.”
My brilliant solution: only show the document icons on hover/focus. (Icons will also have text equivalents.)
Brilliant? Stupid? Accessible? Abject folly? I need opinions, please!
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⚠️ Flashing and rapidly blinking content is more than a design issue, it’s an accessibility compliance risk.
Excessive motion can:
🚫 Violate WCAG seizure safety guidelines
📋 Fail accessibility audits
⚖️ Increase legal & compliance risksWith Accesstive, these risks are detected and documented before they become liabilities.
#AccessibilityCompliance #WCAG #WebAccessibility #ADACompliance #Accesstive
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Barrierefreiheit ist eine zentrale Voraussetzung für moderne Websites im öffentlichen Sektor. ⚙️
TYPO3 ermöglicht strukturierte und standardkonforme Implementierungen, die BITV 2.0, WCAG 2.2 und EN 301 549 unterstützen. Dadurch entstehen inklusive digitale Angebote, die sowohl rechtliche Anforderungen als auch Nutzerbedürfnisse erfüllen.
Mehr entdecken: https://nitsantech.de/typo3-fuer-oeffentliche-einrichtungen
#TYPO3 #Barrierefreiheit #WCAG #BITV #EN301549 #ÖffentlicherSektor #WebAccessibility #NITSAN
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A huge thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for the 5th UMBRAAD, as part of the 15th #GAAD.
Spreading awareness, supporting each other, and helping the community create more inclusive digital experiences has never been more important. We're proud to push the agenda. Onward!
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My favorite blog to view (eyes wise), Evil Martians says: 600+ million people write right-to-left: 2 fixes your app needs. https://evilmartians.com/chronicles/600-million-people-write-right-to-left-2-fixes-your-app-needs #WebAccessibility
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My favorite blog to view (eyes wise), Evil Martians says: 600+ million people write right-to-left: 2 fixes your app needs. https://evilmartians.com/chronicles/600-million-people-write-right-to-left-2-fixes-your-app-needs #WebAccessibility
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🚨 #Umbraad2026 kicks off tomorrow!
In celebration of #GAAD 2026, join us and discuss how we tangibly make #DigitalAccessibility real across business, design and engineering.
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Grizzly Gazette show us: How to make your blog more accessible, and why you should care. https://grizzlygazette.bearblog.dev/how-to-make-your-blog-more-accessible-and-why-you-should-care/ #WebAccessibility #blogging
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📆 14 May 2026
"W3C WAI 2026 Update Town Hall" by Shawn Lawton Henry at KnowbilityMoving beyond a traditional presentation format, this Town Hall invites attendees to engage directly with the WAI’s current initiatives through open dialogue. It is a unique opportunity to contribute your questions and insights to the collective effort of making the web more accessible.
https://www.w3.org/events/talks/2026/w3c-wai-2026-update-town-hall/
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I've been using the WAVE Evaluation Tool (https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/wave-evaluation-tool/jbbplnpkjmmeebjpijfedlgcdilocofh) for accessibility testing for a while now. It gives you an "AIM Score" (https://wave.webaim.org/aimscore) that you can fix on the page, and it doesn't require the page to be accessible on the internet. I like that.
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Piccalilli shares: Three stoic principles for better web accessibility. https://piccalil.li/blog/three-stoic-principles-for-better-web-accessibility/ #WebAccessibility #stoicism
Stoicism along with Taoism and Techno-Anarchism is one of the three isms keeping me sane. ;)
