Trying to type with a cat on your lap? No need to move your fluffy friend! Try these alternatives:
1. On-Screen Keyboard: Use your mouse to type with Windows' built-in virtual keyboard.
2. Bluetooth Keyboard: Turn your smartphone into a Bluetooth keyboard with apps like Bluetooth Keyboard & Mouse.

Keep on working with your comfy cat companion!

https://www.solidarityit.com/2024/09/12/cats-on-laps-keyboard-alternatives/

I'm happy to announce, that I will start my Accessibility Testing Course on May 15 – a day when #accessibility community will celebrate #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay

For details check the course website: https://accessibilitytestingcourse.com

OpenProject 15.5 is here! Some highlights:

Filter for descendants (children and grandchildren) of work packages.

Include a column for children in work package tables (Enterprise add-on).

See % Complete included in work package table sums.

Benefit from advanced accessibility in the date picker.

And a reminder: Classic meetings are marked as unsupported before removal in 16.0 (May).

https://www.openproject.org/docs/release-notes/15-5-0/

Can't say I've tried making a chord diagram accessible before. How'd I do?

https://github.com/didoesdigital/sense8-visualisation/compare/9094f9..9099e0

Seems to read ok in Safari with VoiceOver. Passes automated checks with Firefox and AXE. I can keyboard tab around well enough.

Ubisoft has shared their in-house tool for detecting color blindness issues in games #gamedev #gaming #accessibility #color #design

github.com/ubisoft/Chroma

Relaunched on Threadless!

The four principles of WCAG, plus more. You can pay money for them!

Available in black or white, set in Neue Helvetica Heavy or Atkinson Hyperlegible. You can choose shirt colors.

Black Helvetica:
https://aardrian.threadless.com/designs/pourpn-neue-helvetica-black-text

"May 15: Attend a UC Global Accessibility Awareness Day event"

"Whether you are just starting your journey in understanding digital accessibility or working to stay current on accessibility trends, this year’s UC Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) event is for you!

On May 15, 2025, from 10 – 11:30 a.m. (PT), join the UC Electronic Accessibility Committee for GAAD 2025: From Compliance to Inclusion. Together, we can help create a more accessible world for all!"

Note which experts have lived experience of disability vs not.

https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/employee-news/may-15-attend-a-uc-global-accessibility-awareness-day-event/

Catch the 2023 #WPA11yDay session "Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines: Going Above and Beyond Web Content Accessibility Guidelines" with Helen Burge.

Now available with translated transcripts in Italian and Spanish!

This talk will walk through what is needed to understand and test ATAG successfully when using an authoring tool and how you choose one that allows everyone to create an accessible website.

#translation #Spanish #Italian #Accessibility

https://buff.ly/6CVj7fw

Thanks everyone who registered for the 2nd CRAFT-OA Summer School for Journal Editors -- registration is now full!

Topics include:

* #DiamondOpenAccess publishing
* journal management and workflow * maximizing #OpenJournalSystems for your journal
* #indexing and databases
* single-source #publishing
* #accessibility

Recordings will be available after the event -- follow @craftoa and check out their website to stay informed, and check out the previous deliverables:

https://www.craft-oa.eu/

Okay, I'm finally coming around on this whole #GenerativeAI thing. Why did no one lead with the fact that we can use it to tell users that they are doing things wrong?

If you have an undersized lone control with target size less than 24 by 24 CSS pixels & if it doesn't have any adjacent targets nearby but has sufficient spacing around it, then it will pass success criterion (SC) 2.5.8 Target Size. All thanks to the Spacing exception.
#accessibility

Today's Web Design Update: https://groups.google.com/a/d.umn.edu/g/webdev/c/r7elwWG1HSg

Featuring @aardrian, @deconspray, @accessaces, @a11ytalks, @karlgroves, @hdv, @ParisWeb, @brucelawson, @mia, @bkardell, @svgeesus, @zcorpan, @matuzo, and more.

Subscribe info: https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/webdev_listserv.html#subscribe

Not enough good will to get them out of their shit, but its a step.

Ubisoft just open-sourced its colorblind assistance tool Chroma

https://www.engadget.com/gaming/ubisoft-just-open-sourced-its-colorblind-assistance-tool-chroma-184546640.html?src=rss&guccounter=1

Join us in two weeks for “Organizational Scaffolding for Accessible Design and Content” with Rob Carr, Strategic Accessibility Coordinator at WebAIM.

Mark your calendars: April 29, 12pm ET.
https://a11ytalks.com/posts/2025-apr
#A11y #Accessibility #AccessibleDesign #AccessibleContent

Ubisoft's own assistance tool, known as Chroma, is now open-sourced. https://mindsconnected.tech/index.php?showtopic=1095&view=getnewpost #opensource #software #gaming #videogames #ubisoft #accessibility #colorblindness #tech

Now that's an accessibility feature!

Death Stranding 2 Boss Fights Aren't Just Skippable--They're Also Readable

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/death-stranding-2-boss-fights-arent-just-skippable-theyre-also-readable/1100-6530833/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f

“Hacking into an accessible pedestrian signal creates a dangerous situation… Causing a city to ‘disable’ a voice announcement before they can reinstate the safety information is also a civil rights violation… Pedestrian signals are designed to make it safe for the public to cross the street. Denying blind people that safety information is unethical and wrong. These signals must be restored immediately.”

#a11y #accessibility

https://www.lflegal.com/2025/04/aps-hack/