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New digital accessibility guidelines have been published today.
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.2 adds 9 new requirements with the aim of improving accessibility for people with visual, physical, and cognitive disabilities.
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How wide is the #accessibility skills gap? @TeachAccess’s 2022 Accessibility Skills Gap Survey examines demand for accessibility skills and supply of accessibility-skilled people to fill those roles. Please share your insights and look out for results! teachaccess.org/accessibilit…
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📱Today's code sample is from SwiftUI📱
Creating Accessible Views:
Make your app accessible to everyone by applying accessibility modifiers to your SwiftUI views.
👉buff.ly/3xQZ7AH
ALT Code sample from Apple from the SwiftUI framework.
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Day 172. It is not just about applying accessibility APIs, but about caring, and thinking of features that can make your app more accessible and inclusive to everyone. Twitter's alt-text feature is a great example. Thanks, @TwitterA11y! You'll be missed. #365DaysIOSAccessibility
ALT When composing a tweet, and adding an image, there is a button that lets you add some alt text to it. On a separate screen, you'll be able to write up to 1000 characters. There is a link to find some help on how to write alt text. After publishing a tweet with an image with alt text, an ALT badge will be shown at the bottom left corner of the image and tapping it, it opens a modal view with the alt text configured.
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Another fantastic piece by @LeonieWatson, on CSS Speech, and the ability to influence screen-readers' output with CSS.👂
tink.uk/why-we-need-css-spee…
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PSA! Make sure your actionable items in your mobile app have a proper trait or role. Starting to see #iOS and #Android apps where non native elements are used to create buttons or links. If I’m using assistive technology, I have no clue it has an action. #A11y #Accessibility
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We wrote down how we test for #WCAG (and #accessibility in general). We've shared it as #OpenSource at github.com/alphagov/wcag-pri…
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I am officially no longer the Engineering Manager for the Accessibility Experience Team at Twitter. I have words. 🧵
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It costs £581 a month more to be disabled in the U.K. (@scope) and it can sometimes be difficult for non disableds to wrap their head around that… so here are some examples last month of the #DisabilityTax I’ve had. #NEISvoid #DisabilityTwitter
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“There is a myth that non-disabled people are independent and disabled people are dependent. We are all interdependent. Many of you like drinking coffee, very few of you grow your own beans” … from a great opening keynote at #assets2022 by @HabenGirma
ALT Haben at the lectern in front of a slide showing the text, “Disabled People Drive Innovation”, with an interpreter between them.
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Are there any #accessibility people here who are 'lone rangers' (i.e. the only dedicated accessibility employee) in their organisation, and not part of an already established a11y group or internal team? I'd love to chat.
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Please make this accessible to disabled folks! The image needs alt text. If it's a document you need PDF remediation or at the very least a plain text version available of all the locations etc. #ACCESSIBILITY
Final update for the evening on #NakiaCreekFire and we have an additional area that is now under a "Level 1 Be Ready" notice. All updates are at cresa911.org/2022/10/11/naki… #Clarkwa #vanwa
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The world's largest digital #a11y conference is back: Join us at #axecon 2023.
We're beyond thrilled to have @MollyBOfficial and @RealGeneKim joining us as keynotes for this year's conference!
Submit to our call for speakers or register for free today: deque.com/axe-con/
ALT axe-con 2023: building accessible experiences. Virtual Conference: March 15-16, 2023
