Accessabilly
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Does the <body> rule the mind or does the mind rule the <body>?
I'm Martin Mengele, #a11y & web dev professional, IAAP-certified Web Accessibility Specialist.
https://accessabilly.com/
Alt text for profile picture: Sunrise view up the river Rhine.
I'm Martin Mengele, #a11y & web dev professional, IAAP-certified Web Accessibility Specialist.
https://accessabilly.com/
Alt text for profile picture: Sunrise view up the river Rhine.
How do you describe the accessibility profession?
"A spoilsport for developers that wants to be a mentor." 😍
"A spoilsport for developers that wants to be a mentor." 😍
October 30, 2025 at 6:50 AM
How do you describe the accessibility profession?
"A spoilsport for developers that wants to be a mentor." 😍
"A spoilsport for developers that wants to be a mentor." 😍
@correctiv.org and the Stiftung "Zugang für alle" have tested 70 municipal websites for accessibility with sobering results. 😱The Correctiv-page itself has some #a11y issues though... 🫠
correctiv.org/barrierefrei...
correctiv.org/barrierefrei...
Diese Schweizer Gemeinde-Websites sind nicht barrierefrei
Viele Schweizer Gemeinden erfüllen die Standards für digitale Barrierefreiheit nicht. Unsere Analyse zeigt, welche Websites Nachholbedarf haben.
correctiv.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:37 AM
@correctiv.org and the Stiftung "Zugang für alle" have tested 70 municipal websites for accessibility with sobering results. 😱The Correctiv-page itself has some #a11y issues though... 🫠
correctiv.org/barrierefrei...
correctiv.org/barrierefrei...
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A Guide to Creating Accessible PDFs Using Free Tools, by @stvfrnzl@mastodon.online (@piccalil.li):
https://piccalil.li/blog/a-guide-to-creating-accessible-pdfs-using-free-tools/
#guides #accessibility #pdf #tooling #testing
https://piccalil.li/blog/a-guide-to-creating-accessible-pdfs-using-free-tools/
#guides #accessibility #pdf #tooling #testing
A guide to creating accessible PDFs using free tools
If you really do (seriously, really do) need to create a PDF, Steve has your back to help you make sure you make that PDF accessible without having to fork out for Adobe Acrobat Pro.
piccalil.li
October 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM
A Guide to Creating Accessible PDFs Using Free Tools, by @stvfrnzl@mastodon.online (@piccalil.li):
https://piccalil.li/blog/a-guide-to-creating-accessible-pdfs-using-free-tools/
#guides #accessibility #pdf #tooling #testing
https://piccalil.li/blog/a-guide-to-creating-accessible-pdfs-using-free-tools/
#guides #accessibility #pdf #tooling #testing
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Today I learned `header` and `footer` elements lose their ARIA roles when being included in sectioning content.
www.stefanjudis.com/today-i-lear...
www.stefanjudis.com/today-i-lear...
October 20, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Today I learned `header` and `footer` elements lose their ARIA roles when being included in sectioning content.
www.stefanjudis.com/today-i-lear...
www.stefanjudis.com/today-i-lear...
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You don't necessarily need to say "image of" in your alt text for users to know it's an image. Screen readers will announce that it's an image. But it can help readers to specify if it's a hand-drawn image, Polaroid, infographic, screenshot, chart, map, diagram, or so on.
October 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
You don't necessarily need to say "image of" in your alt text for users to know it's an image. Screen readers will announce that it's an image. But it can help readers to specify if it's a hand-drawn image, Polaroid, infographic, screenshot, chart, map, diagram, or so on.
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“Mind the WCAG automation gap” by Steve Faulkner digs into what’s possible (and what isn’t) with automated #accessibility tools. Machines help, but they can’t replace human judgment.
html5accessibility.com/stuff/2025/0...
#WCAG #A11y #WebDev #Testing #Automation #DigitalAccessibility
html5accessibility.com/stuff/2025/0...
#WCAG #A11y #WebDev #Testing #Automation #DigitalAccessibility
mind the WCAG automation gap – HTML Accessibility
html5accessibility.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“Mind the WCAG automation gap” by Steve Faulkner digs into what’s possible (and what isn’t) with automated #accessibility tools. Machines help, but they can’t replace human judgment.
html5accessibility.com/stuff/2025/0...
#WCAG #A11y #WebDev #Testing #Automation #DigitalAccessibility
html5accessibility.com/stuff/2025/0...
#WCAG #A11y #WebDev #Testing #Automation #DigitalAccessibility
Most important #a11y read you will get today!
I probed an LLM’s responses to HTML code generation prompts to assess its adherence to accessibility best practices. The results showed key areas where better training data is needed.
Identifying Accessibility Data Gaps in CodeGen Models :: Aaron Gustafson
Late last year, I probed an LLM’s responses to HTML code generation prompts to assess its adherence to accessibility best practices. The results were unsurprisingly disappointing — roughly what I’d...
www.aaron-gustafson.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Most important #a11y read you will get today!
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Accessibility question
For ::backdrop's (dialog overlays) that have a semi-transparent bg to obscure the page behind them:
Should we make the backdrop more obscured for `prefers-reduced-transparency`?
Like if the backdrop is black/40% should we make it black/80%? 100%? Should we blur the bg?
For ::backdrop's (dialog overlays) that have a semi-transparent bg to obscure the page behind them:
Should we make the backdrop more obscured for `prefers-reduced-transparency`?
Like if the backdrop is black/40% should we make it black/80%? 100%? Should we blur the bg?
October 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Accessibility question
For ::backdrop's (dialog overlays) that have a semi-transparent bg to obscure the page behind them:
Should we make the backdrop more obscured for `prefers-reduced-transparency`?
Like if the backdrop is black/40% should we make it black/80%? 100%? Should we blur the bg?
For ::backdrop's (dialog overlays) that have a semi-transparent bg to obscure the page behind them:
Should we make the backdrop more obscured for `prefers-reduced-transparency`?
Like if the backdrop is black/40% should we make it black/80%? 100%? Should we blur the bg?
Thank you @tetralogical.com for the great article on misconceptions about screen readers! 👍
tetralogical.com/blog/2025/10...
Just at the right time for me to argue on a current #a11y issue in TinyMCE that most likely was caused by one of those: 👇
github.com/tinymce/tiny...
tetralogical.com/blog/2025/10...
Just at the right time for me to argue on a current #a11y issue in TinyMCE that most likely was caused by one of those: 👇
github.com/tinymce/tiny...
Common misconceptions about screen readers - TetraLogical
Screen readers are familiar to many in digital, but how they work in practice can be less clear. In this post, we shed some light on the topic.
tetralogical.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Thank you @tetralogical.com for the great article on misconceptions about screen readers! 👍
tetralogical.com/blog/2025/10...
Just at the right time for me to argue on a current #a11y issue in TinyMCE that most likely was caused by one of those: 👇
github.com/tinymce/tiny...
tetralogical.com/blog/2025/10...
Just at the right time for me to argue on a current #a11y issue in TinyMCE that most likely was caused by one of those: 👇
github.com/tinymce/tiny...
This article confirms my observations. Most developers hired by us (university, technical college, years of experience) have never heard of #a11y. Lack of knowledge and awareness is primarily an academic problem! 🧐
Serene impressively demonstrates how you can still start a career in this field. 👇
Serene impressively demonstrates how you can still start a career in this field. 👇
“I completed an IT degree. What’s accessibility?”
Powerful reflection from Serene Mishteler on why accessibility still isn’t part of most tech education & why that needs to change.
intopia.digital/articles/i-c...
#DigitalAccessibility #InclusiveDesign #A11y #TechEducation #UX #WebAccessibility
Powerful reflection from Serene Mishteler on why accessibility still isn’t part of most tech education & why that needs to change.
intopia.digital/articles/i-c...
#DigitalAccessibility #InclusiveDesign #A11y #TechEducation #UX #WebAccessibility
I completed an IT degree… What’s accessibility? - Intopia
Accessibility still hasn’t found its place in the ‘formal curriculum requirements’ of most institutions. So how do you learn about it?
intopia.digital
October 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This article confirms my observations. Most developers hired by us (university, technical college, years of experience) have never heard of #a11y. Lack of knowledge and awareness is primarily an academic problem! 🧐
Serene impressively demonstrates how you can still start a career in this field. 👇
Serene impressively demonstrates how you can still start a career in this field. 👇
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As an experiment, we (the Firefox team) wanted to try a new way to get feedback on which Interop proposals matter most.
So, here's a web app where you can rank the proposals you care about, giving us data we can use when reviewing which ones to champion.
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
So, here's a web app where you can rank the proposals you care about, giving us data we can use when reviewing which ones to champion.
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
Interop Feature Ranking
Rank the web platform features you care most about
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
As an experiment, we (the Firefox team) wanted to try a new way to get feedback on which Interop proposals matter most.
So, here's a web app where you can rank the proposals you care about, giving us data we can use when reviewing which ones to champion.
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
So, here's a web app where you can rank the proposals you care about, giving us data we can use when reviewing which ones to champion.
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
Super useful! 👇
We've created a tool called the "Screen reader support look up tables" designed to help people quickly check how screen readers interpret HTML elements and attributes across multiple combinations of browser and screen reader.
HTML/SR Support lookup
tetralogical.github.io
October 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Super useful! 👇
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We’ve archived 1 trillion web pages via the Wayback Machine. Help us preserve 1 trillion more with P2P fundraising: donate.archive.org/1T
#Wayback1T
#Wayback1T
October 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We’ve archived 1 trillion web pages via the Wayback Machine. Help us preserve 1 trillion more with P2P fundraising: donate.archive.org/1T
#Wayback1T
#Wayback1T
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👁️🗨️ WCAG’s Longevity by Eric Eggert
"There are several reasons why WCAG 2 is such a long-living standard. The main reasons, in my opinion, are the very solid foundation it is built on, the accumulation of experience with the standard in practice"
#WCAG #a11y #standards
yatil.net/blog/wcags-l...
"There are several reasons why WCAG 2 is such a long-living standard. The main reasons, in my opinion, are the very solid foundation it is built on, the accumulation of experience with the standard in practice"
#WCAG #a11y #standards
yatil.net/blog/wcags-l...
WCAG’s Longevity · Eric Eggert
It’s no secret: I like the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Not only do they give us the four base principles of accessibility …
yatil.net
October 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
👁️🗨️ WCAG’s Longevity by Eric Eggert
"There are several reasons why WCAG 2 is such a long-living standard. The main reasons, in my opinion, are the very solid foundation it is built on, the accumulation of experience with the standard in practice"
#WCAG #a11y #standards
yatil.net/blog/wcags-l...
"There are several reasons why WCAG 2 is such a long-living standard. The main reasons, in my opinion, are the very solid foundation it is built on, the accumulation of experience with the standard in practice"
#WCAG #a11y #standards
yatil.net/blog/wcags-l...
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I am immensely grateful that we almost hit the 40% raised mark I was hoping for after the first week. There is more work to get this goal reached. I won't stop now so I once again ask for any and all shares and donations, no matter how small. Every little bit helps. gofund.me/24c249d90
Donate to Fundraiser for Paula Johnson's Medical & Recovery Fund, organized by Todd Libby
My name is Todd Libby, and I am starting this on the behalf of my pa… Todd Libby needs your support for Fundraiser for Paula Johnson's Medical & Recovery Fund
gofund.me
October 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I am immensely grateful that we almost hit the 40% raised mark I was hoping for after the first week. There is more work to get this goal reached. I won't stop now so I once again ask for any and all shares and donations, no matter how small. Every little bit helps. gofund.me/24c249d90
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New Shirt
"for the discerning accessibility advocate and anti-fascist"
#a11y #antifascist
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
"for the discerning accessibility advocate and anti-fascist"
#a11y #antifascist
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
September 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
New Shirt
"for the discerning accessibility advocate and anti-fascist"
#a11y #antifascist
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
"for the discerning accessibility advocate and anti-fascist"
#a11y #antifascist
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
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"Again and again, accessibility as a topic in web standards is treated as simultaneously too trivial for specialists' technical opinions to be given weight, but also too difficult to get right without a specialist volunteering to tackle the tricky details." alice.boxhall.au/articles/a-t...
A threat model for accessibility on the web - Alice
A explanation of the primary threat to accessibility on the web, and a call to action for the web standards community
alice.boxhall.au
October 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"Again and again, accessibility as a topic in web standards is treated as simultaneously too trivial for specialists' technical opinions to be given weight, but also too difficult to get right without a specialist volunteering to tackle the tricky details." alice.boxhall.au/articles/a-t...
Shitty prompt of today:
Find a video element with Cypress and Testing Library.
Shitty answers of today (GPT4, GPT5):
cy.findByRole('video');
Don't! De rien...
Find a video element with Cypress and Testing Library.
Shitty answers of today (GPT4, GPT5):
cy.findByRole('video');
Don't! De rien...
October 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Shitty prompt of today:
Find a video element with Cypress and Testing Library.
Shitty answers of today (GPT4, GPT5):
cy.findByRole('video');
Don't! De rien...
Find a video element with Cypress and Testing Library.
Shitty answers of today (GPT4, GPT5):
cy.findByRole('video');
Don't! De rien...
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If you really do (seriously, really do) need to create a PDF, Steve has your back to help you make sure you make that PDF accessible without having to fork out for Adobe Acrobat Pro.
piccalil.li/blog/a-guide...
piccalil.li/blog/a-guide...
A guide to creating accessible PDFs using free tools
If you really do (seriously, really do) need to create a PDF, Steve has your back to help you make sure you make that PDF accessible without having to fork out for Adobe Acrobat Pro.
piccalil.li
October 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
If you really do (seriously, really do) need to create a PDF, Steve has your back to help you make sure you make that PDF accessible without having to fork out for Adobe Acrobat Pro.
piccalil.li/blog/a-guide...
piccalil.li/blog/a-guide...
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Day 2 of posting this with hopes we can cross that line in 30 days.
My partner is in need of some medical assistance and future surgery and treatments.
We are 6% of the way there. More details and you can donate if you can here. gofund.me/231d524bb
Your help is greatly appreciated.
My partner is in need of some medical assistance and future surgery and treatments.
We are 6% of the way there. More details and you can donate if you can here. gofund.me/231d524bb
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Donate to Fundraiser for Paula Johnson's Medical & Recovery Fund, organized by Todd Libby
My name is Todd Libby, and I am starting this on the behalf of my pa… Todd Libby needs your support for Fundraiser for Paula Johnson's Medical & Recovery Fund
gofund.me
October 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Day 2 of posting this with hopes we can cross that line in 30 days.
My partner is in need of some medical assistance and future surgery and treatments.
We are 6% of the way there. More details and you can donate if you can here. gofund.me/231d524bb
Your help is greatly appreciated.
My partner is in need of some medical assistance and future surgery and treatments.
We are 6% of the way there. More details and you can donate if you can here. gofund.me/231d524bb
Your help is greatly appreciated.
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👉🏽 Screen reader HTML lookup app & support tables
Updated 28 September 2025
- new test and notes added
#HTML #screenReaders #Webstandards
tetralogical.github.io/screen-reade...
Updated 28 September 2025
- new test and notes added
#HTML #screenReaders #Webstandards
tetralogical.github.io/screen-reade...
HTML/SR Support lookup
tetralogical.github.io
September 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
👉🏽 Screen reader HTML lookup app & support tables
Updated 28 September 2025
- new test and notes added
#HTML #screenReaders #Webstandards
tetralogical.github.io/screen-reade...
Updated 28 September 2025
- new test and notes added
#HTML #screenReaders #Webstandards
tetralogical.github.io/screen-reade...
Searching for an accessible third party npm library?
Maybe have a first look via this 🧐:
isitaccessible.dev
It checks the lib for open #a11y issues and returns a score considering closed issues. 😎
Maybe have a first look via this 🧐:
isitaccessible.dev
It checks the lib for open #a11y issues and returns a score considering closed issues. 😎
Is it accessible?
Check if that npm package you’re about to install has accessibility issues
isitaccessible.dev
September 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Searching for an accessible third party npm library?
Maybe have a first look via this 🧐:
isitaccessible.dev
It checks the lib for open #a11y issues and returns a score considering closed issues. 😎
Maybe have a first look via this 🧐:
isitaccessible.dev
It checks the lib for open #a11y issues and returns a score considering closed issues. 😎
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If you have questions for any of the id24 speakers, post them with the #id24 hashtag and the moderators will throw them at the speaker(s) toward the end of their session.
September 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
If you have questions for any of the id24 speakers, post them with the #id24 hashtag and the moderators will throw them at the speaker(s) toward the end of their session.
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Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)
A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion
inclusivedesign24.org
September 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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I got tired of not finding an accessible cookie banner. So, I made one:
www.npmjs.com/package/@afi...
www.npmjs.com/package/@afi...
@afixt/accessible-cookie-banner
A customizable, WCAG-conformant cookie consent banner with GDPR, CCPA compliance. Latest version: 1.0.0, last published: 4 minutes ago. Start using @afixt/accessible-cookie-banner in your project by r...
www.npmjs.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I got tired of not finding an accessible cookie banner. So, I made one:
www.npmjs.com/package/@afi...
www.npmjs.com/package/@afi...