@stcaccess

An archive of the Accessibility SIG, Society for Technical Communication

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Accessibility in Techcomm SIG retweeted
TPGi@TPGinteractive10 Aug 2018
Always worth a re-share — Gov•UK design principles with examples of how they have been used: gov.uk/guidance/government-d…
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Accessibility in Techcomm SIG retweeted
Web Axe@webaxe18 Jul 2018
Testing for accessibility—great advice and resources! gov.uk/service-manual/techno… by @GovUK #a11y #testing

Testing for accessibility

How to test your service to make sure it's accessible to disabled users.

gov.uk
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Accessibility in Techcomm SIG retweeted
TPGi@TPGinteractive16 Jul 2018
The Inclusive Design 24 Call For Speakers is now open! inclusivedesign24.org #id24 #design #code #UX #a11y #accessibility #analogue #digital #inclusive #global
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Accessibility in Techcomm SIG retweeted
Adrian Roselli (no blue check) 🗯@aardrian17 Jul 2018
On this #WorldEmojiDay, make emoji in your web content easier for all users to understand: adrianroselli.com/2016/12/ac… (3/3)
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Accessibility in Techcomm SIG retweeted
Adrian Roselli (no blue check) 🗯@aardrian17 Jul 2018
On this #WorldEmojiDay, please avoid using emoji in code (as class names, grid areas, etc): adrianroselli.com/2017/10/av… (2/3)
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Accessibility in Techcomm SIG retweeted
Whitney Quesenbery@whitneyq18 Jul 2018
So excited to be talking to @IntGovOfficials about #plainlanguage today
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Accessibility Developer Guide@A11yDevGuide18 Jul 2018
The content of the Accessibility Developer Guide is by far not exhaustive yet. Everybody can contribute to it on our GitHub repository: github.com/Access4all/adg. Read our contributing guidelines: github.com/Access4all/adg/bl…

GitHub - Access4all/adg: Accessibility Developer Guide

Accessibility Developer Guide. Contribute to Access4all/adg development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Accessibility in Techcomm SIG retweeted
David Dzumba@ddzumba18 Jul 2018
New, via @windowsinsider : "Spotlight on Eye Control," with news about releasing public developer APIs and open-source libraries so third-party developers can build apps that leverage eye tracking. insider.windows.com/en-us/co…
Surface laptop with eye control keyboard on the screen.

ALT Surface laptop with eye control keyboard on the screen.

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Accessibility in Techcomm SIG retweeted
Accessibility in the News
@A11yNews18 Jul 2018
If ADA Title III federal lawsuit numbers continue to be filed at the current pace, 2018’s total will exceed 2017 by 30%, fueled largely by website accessibility lawsuit continued growth. | Via @seyfarthshawLLP ow.ly/Owv430l0PZw #ADA #WebAccessibility #A11y #TitleIII
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Accessibility in Techcomm SIG retweeted
TPGi@TPGinteractive18 Jul 2018
Join us for a free webinar on July 25 when @IanPouncey presents Integrating Accessibility from Design to Development paciellogroup.com/events/201… #UX #WebDev #WebDevelopment #Accessibility #A11Y
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Accessibility in Techcomm SIG retweeted
TPGi@TPGinteractive5 Jul 2018
Inclusive Design, a free 24-hour online community event on accessibility, is on October 11, 2018. Our call for speakers will open next week, so put your thinking caps on! inclusivedesign24.org #ID24
Hashtag I D Twenty Four

ALT Hashtag I D Twenty Four

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Accessibility in Techcomm SIG retweeted
Web Axe@webaxe5 Jul 2018
Don’t Use The Placeholder Attribute smashingmagazine.com/2018/06… by @ericwbailey #a11y #uid #forms #webdesign

Don’t Use The Placeholder Attribute — Smashing Magazine

The placeholder attribute contains a surprising amount of issues that prevent it from delivering on what it promises. The presence of a placeholder attribute won’t be flagged by automated accessibi...

smashingmagazine.com
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Accessibility in Techcomm SIG retweeted
Derek Featherstone
@feather5 Jul 2018
If you're looking to learn more about the UX/design side of accessibility, I'd be very grateful if you checked out my course: lynda.com/Web-Design-tutoria… #accessibility #a11y #ux #design
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Accessibility in Techcomm SIG retweeted
TPGi@TPGinteractive5 Jul 2018
The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has published their wide-review working draft of the Accessibility Conformance Testing Rules Format 1.0: w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/ If you have any comments, you can file those as GitHub issues up till August 2: github.com/w3c/wcag-act/issu…
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Accessibility in Techcomm SIG retweeted
Kelly Ford@kellylford5 Jul 2018
Skype Senior #Accessibility Program Manager in Palo Alto, California, United States goo.gl/K1YhUf
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Accessibility in Techcomm SIG retweeted
Ann L. Wiley@annlwiley3 Jul 2018
A short significant survey, please complete #TechComm idratherbewriting.com/2018/0…

A short survey to measure academic/practitioner attitudes

The following two surveys will capture the thoughts and attitudes that Tech Comm practitioners and academics have towards each other as members of the same field. The survey takes approximately 1...

idratherbewriting.com
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Accessibility in Techcomm SIG retweeted
Julianna Rowsell@JuliannaRowsell2 Jul 2018
#AI in terms of #a11y it isn't mature enough to replace human interaction. I did some testing with AI and alt text, a side profile of the Queen: "Older lady with a crown" & a girl reading in a coffee shop about depression got an alt tag: "girl on garden patio with coffee." xitter.cf/paciellogroup/status/1…
TPGi@TPGinteractive2 Jul 2018
This paper asks whether we can use artificial intelligence to make inaccessible websites accessible: dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1… (A potential spoiler: “Artificial intelligence is not mature enough to replace the need for content authors to adhere to accessibility standards.”)

Artificial Intelligence for Web Accessibility – Conformance Evaluation as a Way Forward?

The term “artificial intelligence” is a buzzword today and is heavily used to market products, services, research, conferences, and more. It is scientifically disputed which types of products and...

dspace.mit.edu
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Accessibility in Techcomm SIG retweeted
AbilityNet@AbilityNet3 Jul 2018
Noticed anything different about FACEBOOK in the last few years? Blind people have... abilitynet.org.uk/news-blogs… #a11y
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Accessibility in Techcomm SIG retweeted
TPGi@TPGinteractive2 Jul 2018
This paper asks whether we can use artificial intelligence to make inaccessible websites accessible: dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1… (A potential spoiler: “Artificial intelligence is not mature enough to replace the need for content authors to adhere to accessibility standards.”)

Artificial Intelligence for Web Accessibility – Conformance Evaluation as a Way Forward?

The term “artificial intelligence” is a buzzword today and is heavily used to market products, services, research, conferences, and more. It is scientifically disputed which types of products and...

dspace.mit.edu
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Accessibility in Techcomm SIG retweeted
TPGi@TPGinteractive27 Jun 2018
Intro to accessibility webinar aimed at tech enthusiasts on 10 July: maxability.co.in/2018/06/acc…
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