Principal #a11y specialist @ CommBank, CPWA. Formerly @ Infosys, Intopia, Telstra. she/her š¦šŗ
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined April 2011
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Sometimes I dream that the digital accessibility industry (and by extension, my job) doesnāt exist because everything just works. #a11y
Our Sensei @RavenAllyĀ is frustrated she gets called "inspiring" for working in digital #a11y.Ā All she's trying to do is make herself redundant. intopia.digital/articles/youā¦
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Join us at A11y Camp 2024 as @RavenAlly, a key player in the @CommBank's digital accessibility team, shares insights from her hands-on experience with the CommBank app redesign!
Donāt miss her talk: events.humanitix.com/a11y-caā¦
Full program: a11ycamp.com.au/speakers-andā¦
#A11yCamp2024
ALT Speaker announcement! Allison Ravenhall. See you there! 23 October. Melbourne. Headshot of Sarah. A11y Camp logo.
Did you know that if you use a very large text size (AX*) on iPhone and you long-press on a bottom navigation button, it will show a popup with the selected item in large text?
Based on some recent usability testing, it seems no one knows about this handy feature.
ALT Long-press on Accounts navigation button shows Accounts in large text in the middle of the screen, matching the rest of the app experience.
This is native platform behaviour, not custom.
It also works on Android. Their popup is closer to the trigger button, so itās arguably more useful.
It also applies to iPhone segmented controls component (a.k.a. in-screen tabs)
Very pleased that DDD Melbourne and DDD Adelaide are back.
What accessibility talk topic should I pitch for a developer audience? Last time I presented āwhatās new in WCAG 2.1ā at DDD Melb.
WCAG 2.2 is about to be publishedā¦ š¤
WE'RE BACK Y'ALL!! DDD Melbourne returns in person on 16th March 2024! š
Save the date now and keep following for updates, as tickets wonāt last long once they go on sale...
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#DDDMelbourne #developers
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This is great:
āMaking Numbers in Web Content Accessibleā
tpgi.com/making-numbers-in-wā¦
Does a good job looking at language, layout, expectations. Very little about code (appropriately).
Ricky is a sharp cookie who does not mix metaphors like I do.
#accessibility #a11y
I was pleased to hear an announcement on my train this morning about @metrotrains joining the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower program. Wear a sunflower pin to tell staff you might need assistance or more time. š»#Melbourne
š» Metro Trains is proud to launch the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower on our network.
We encourage passengers who need extra support to wear the Sunflower to show Metro Trains staff you may need assistance, or approach our team during your journey.
Visit: metrotrains.com.au/sunflower
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If I have to email event organizers to ask for accessibility info, it means I have to ask, "am I welcome?"
Consider how it feels to have to do that, knowing the majority of the time, the answer is "no."
Give access info up front. Don't make disabled people beg for inclusion.
I always check the speech interface when testing app accessibility, itās great to see speech-specific techniques get some love. Get on board!
In the meantime, here's a new article about an accessibility mistake I've been making for years, how I'm working to correct that mistake, and how you can fix it in your own apps too: hackingwithswift.com/articleā¦
Watching @krambertech at @figma Config on catch-up, my heart sank for her when she had to speak for the screen reader when the audio failed. I had to do the same for my app accessibility talk at NDC Melbourne. Well done Kateryna for pushing through!
Config session: "Putting accessibility at the heart of design and code" at config.figma.com/video-on-deā¦
Registration required - free.
The hardest lesson for me to learn: doing all the accessibility myself doesnāt scale. Instead, teach and delegate. Thanks for the reminder @iheni @TetraLogical
tetralogical.com/blog/2023/0ā¦
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Accessibility tip for developers: in HTML, id attributes must be unique on a page. They help identify elements in the DOM for both scripts and assistive tech. If you want to say a bunch of elements have something in common, you want a class attribute instead.
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Probably disable Chrome auto-updating to 114 if you or anyone relies on JAWS 2019ā2021: blog.freedomscientific.com/cā¦
@googlechrome / Chromium regressions are an #accessibility scourge. #a11y
Thoroughly enjoyed watching ā¦@jcstehā© and ā¦@md_curranā©, cofounders of ā¦@NVAccess and creators of NVDA screen readerā©, on ā¦@AustralianStoryā© this evening. Catch up on ā¦@ABCTVā© iview. iview.abc.net.au/show/austraā¦