Windows High Contrast Mode: the limited utility of -ms-high-contrast | The Paciello Group – Your Accessibility Partner (WCAG 2.0/508 audits, VPAT, usability and accessible user experience)
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Assistive technology compatibility tests · PowerMapper Software
Test results for assistive technologies including popular screen readers like NVDA, JAWS and VoiceOver.
Text Splitting Causes Screen Reader Problems - Axess Lab
I am a screen reader user, and I am annoyed! I repeatedly encounter the same problem on websites. It's about text splitting up. Let me…
Hand tremors and the giant-button-problem - Axess Lab
In this article we’ll examine an overlooked accessibility problem that mainly affects users with hand tremors. It’s in almost every interface out there, but barely…
WebAIM: Screen Reader User Survey #7 Results
What my color-blindness taught me about design – UX Design Collective
I lived in China before I was 16. When I was 5, I took a drawing class at my kindergarten. My teacher asked us to draw a rooster and paint…
Nutzung von VoiceOver, um Web-Barrierefreiheit zu testen
How to Make Your Website Accessible to People Who Use a Screen Magnifier
There's a lot of content out there on how to make your website accessible. But I haven't seen much on the subject of accessibility to users of screen magnifiers. I'm one of them, and I frequently run into annoying issues on the web.
Colorblind Accessibility on the Web – Fail and Success Cases - Axess Lab
It's Colorblind Awareness Day today! To celebrate, we raise awareness by giving you some practical examples of how design can hurt or help users with…
HTML For Screen Readers - Labelling Elements
To screen readers, a lot of the visual information that is presented on a webpage is lost. Because of this, we need to specifically provide information to them that may be obvious to a person looking at the page. One common way people define information specifically for screen readers is
Getting Started with VoiceOver & Accessibility - a11y, accessibility, ARIA,
If you are a web developer working on a Mac, you can become a hero for thousands of people out there by assuring that anything you create for the web can be read properly by a screen reader. This blog post is going to teach you how to access and wield this super power that is built into the OS you use everyday.
Designing For The Elderly: Ways Older People Use Digital Technology Differe
If you work in the tech industry, it’s easy to forget that older people exist. Most tech workers are really young, so it’s easy to see why most technology is designed for young people. But consider this: By 2030, around 19% of people in the US will be over 65. Doesn’t sound like a lot? Well it happens to be about the same number of people in the US who own an iPhone today. Which of these two groups do you think Silicon Valley spends more time thinking about? This seems unfortunate when you consider all of the things technology has to offer older people. A great example is Speaking Exchange,...