A small project debunking common accessibility myths.

To use this guide, you don’t need to know anything about web design, development, or content creation. By the time you finish, you’ll be able to essentially spot the difference between real expertise and empty promises.

As anyone who has ever seen anything I have created knows: I am not a designer. So take my reasoning and thinking here with a grain of salt. I do have many designers amongst my friends and I do think that a lot of software engineering falls within the domain of design to a certain […]

Content accessibility isn't just design and production's job. It's everyone's job. Here's how content creators can create accessible content.

In this article, we demonstrate the thought process for writing great alternative text.

My favorite tips for how to write alt text for memes, reaction images, and other types of social media comedy content, written by someone with low vision

Offener Brief zum Thema Barrierefreiheits-Overlays.

A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.

Numbers are a key part of web content. It makes sense, then, that when we use numbers, they must be accessible.

Friedrich Forssman ist vielen Typografieliebhabern und Designern durch die Standardwerke »Detailtypografie« und »Lesetypografie« bekannt. Er ist einer der führenden Buchgestalter Deutschlands. Zusammen mit seiner Frau, der Textildesigerin Cornelia Feyll, hat er seit einigen Jahren Einzelwerke und Reihen für den Reclam-Verlag neu gestaltet, zuletzt die Universal-Bibliothek, auch bekannt als »Reclam-Hefte«. Klassiker wie die Reclam-Hefte neu zu […]

"Accessibility has failed as a way to make computers usable for disabled users." Thus begins a newsletter by Jakob Nielsen. And had it not been written by someone a great many people take seriously in the UX industry I likely would just have dismissed it. But seeing how harmful I

Traditional methods for accessibility have been tried for 30 years without substantially improving computer usability for disabled users. It’s time for a change, and AI will soon come to the rescue with the ability to generate a different user interface for every user, optimized for that person’s unique needs.

An open letter about accessibility overlays.

Offered by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This course introduces some of the fundamental principles of accessibility and ... Enroll for free.

Thanks to Amy Hupe, I learned that there's such a thing as National Blog Posting Month (#NaBloPoMo for short), and it starts today. So here we go with post n...

How designers have succeeded and failed in our daily lives

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I spent 10% of my life contributing to the development of the #VisionPro while I worked at Apple as a Neurotechnology Prototyping Researcher in the Technology Development Group. It’s the longest I’ve ever worked on a single effort. I’m proud and relieved that it’s finally…

Unsure where to start? Use this collection of links to our articles and videos to learn more about accessible and inclusive design.

why consumer software gets worse, not better, over time

10 dos and don'ts for designing accessible data visualizations, including real-life examples and resources

Wer sehbehindert ist und einen Personalausweis beantragen möchte, steht buchstäblich vor gleich mehreren Hindernissen. Zwar obliegt die digitale Barrierefreiheit laut Onlinezugangsgesetz den Verwaltungen. Doch sie und die Politik behandeln diese Aufgabe nachrangig und verhindern so gesellschaftliche Teilhabe aller.

Due to the absence of a standard usage for individual icons, text labels are necessary to communicate meaning and reduce ambiguity in an icon-based design.