Beatriz González Mellídez
@batish.bsky.social
she/her/du
Accessibility & Digital Inclusion
Barrierefreiheit und Digitale Teilhabe/Inklusion
Problem solver, inclusive Innovation & Design #UX4All
German upa AK Barrierefreiheit
@fronta11y #IAAPCPWA #IAAPADS #a11y 🇪🇸🇩🇪🇺🇸
Accessibility & Digital Inclusion
Barrierefreiheit und Digitale Teilhabe/Inklusion
Problem solver, inclusive Innovation & Design #UX4All
German upa AK Barrierefreiheit
@fronta11y #IAAPCPWA #IAAPADS #a11y 🇪🇸🇩🇪🇺🇸
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My latest blog for the European Next Generation Internet Project. The Web is essential to modern life for work, learning, shopping, banking, healthcare, & staying connected. However, for millions, digital spaces are obstacles instead of opportunities. #axschat
spaces.fundingbox.com/spaces/ngi-c...
spaces.fundingbox.com/spaces/ngi-c...
April 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
My latest blog for the European Next Generation Internet Project. The Web is essential to modern life for work, learning, shopping, banking, healthcare, & staying connected. However, for millions, digital spaces are obstacles instead of opportunities. #axschat
spaces.fundingbox.com/spaces/ngi-c...
spaces.fundingbox.com/spaces/ngi-c...
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This was a great conversation, we are big fans of accessible gaming at #AXSChat
New podcast: Press Play for Everyone: The Secret Love Story Between Accessibility & Video Games. Explore gaming accessibility with Verónica Morales Beltrán, an expert who transitioned from leading localization at Electronic Arts Germany to championing digital inclusion.
vimeo.com/1074720053
#axschat
vimeo.com/1074720053
#axschat
Press Play for Everyone: The Secret Love Story Between Accessibility and Video Games
Discover the transformative power of accessibility in the gaming world with Verónica Morales Beltrán, an accessibility specialist at Adesso…
vimeo.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This was a great conversation, we are big fans of accessible gaming at #AXSChat
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Gain new skills and use EU law to advance disability rights! Join the LITI-GATE Mentoring Programme to explore legal strategies on Personal Assistance with experts.
✅ Free & interactive 2 online sessions
🔗 Register now: enil.eu/call-for-par...
#DisabilityRights #PersonalAssistance #EUlaw
✅ Free & interactive 2 online sessions
🔗 Register now: enil.eu/call-for-par...
#DisabilityRights #PersonalAssistance #EUlaw
Call for Participation: LITI-GATE Mentoring Programme - ENIL
Are you interested in strategic litigation and defending the rights of persons with disabilities? Join our Liti-Gate Mentoring Programme, designed to support activists, advocates, ...
enil.eu
April 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Gain new skills and use EU law to advance disability rights! Join the LITI-GATE Mentoring Programme to explore legal strategies on Personal Assistance with experts.
✅ Free & interactive 2 online sessions
🔗 Register now: enil.eu/call-for-par...
#DisabilityRights #PersonalAssistance #EUlaw
✅ Free & interactive 2 online sessions
🔗 Register now: enil.eu/call-for-par...
#DisabilityRights #PersonalAssistance #EUlaw
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We are kicking off the Cloudfest Hackathon 2025 with Accessible Infographics!
👍 Follow us and help make the web more accessible!
alt: Anne-Mieke Bovelet and Nina Jameson on the stage pitching to the developers
#CFHack #CloudFest #Visua11y #a11y
👍 Follow us and help make the web more accessible!
alt: Anne-Mieke Bovelet and Nina Jameson on the stage pitching to the developers
#CFHack #CloudFest #Visua11y #a11y
March 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
We are kicking off the Cloudfest Hackathon 2025 with Accessible Infographics!
👍 Follow us and help make the web more accessible!
alt: Anne-Mieke Bovelet and Nina Jameson on the stage pitching to the developers
#CFHack #CloudFest #Visua11y #a11y
👍 Follow us and help make the web more accessible!
alt: Anne-Mieke Bovelet and Nina Jameson on the stage pitching to the developers
#CFHack #CloudFest #Visua11y #a11y
Reposted by Beatriz González Mellídez
Reposted by Beatriz González Mellídez
👀 Our Jury members who will be monitoring social media:
Carole Olinger, CloudFest
Lucas Radke, Automattic
Laura Kyongo, Groundbreaker Talents
Olivier D. TYPO3, Association
Vytautas Dilba, Omnisend
Darius Sveikauskas, Patchstack
Marvin A, Hetzner
Alain Schlesser, Yoast
Thierry Muller, Google
Carole Olinger, CloudFest
Lucas Radke, Automattic
Laura Kyongo, Groundbreaker Talents
Olivier D. TYPO3, Association
Vytautas Dilba, Omnisend
Darius Sveikauskas, Patchstack
Marvin A, Hetzner
Alain Schlesser, Yoast
Thierry Muller, Google
March 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
👀 Our Jury members who will be monitoring social media:
Carole Olinger, CloudFest
Lucas Radke, Automattic
Laura Kyongo, Groundbreaker Talents
Olivier D. TYPO3, Association
Vytautas Dilba, Omnisend
Darius Sveikauskas, Patchstack
Marvin A, Hetzner
Alain Schlesser, Yoast
Thierry Muller, Google
Carole Olinger, CloudFest
Lucas Radke, Automattic
Laura Kyongo, Groundbreaker Talents
Olivier D. TYPO3, Association
Vytautas Dilba, Omnisend
Darius Sveikauskas, Patchstack
Marvin A, Hetzner
Alain Schlesser, Yoast
Thierry Muller, Google
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You! yes YOU!
If you want to support us win this Hackathon with the extra of showing off to the world out there how important it is to invest in open source and accessibility, please do show your love and share our hashtags:
#CFHack #CloudFest #Visua11y #CFHack2025
If you want to support us win this Hackathon with the extra of showing off to the world out there how important it is to invest in open source and accessibility, please do show your love and share our hashtags:
#CFHack #CloudFest #Visua11y #CFHack2025
March 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
You! yes YOU!
If you want to support us win this Hackathon with the extra of showing off to the world out there how important it is to invest in open source and accessibility, please do show your love and share our hashtags:
#CFHack #CloudFest #Visua11y #CFHack2025
If you want to support us win this Hackathon with the extra of showing off to the world out there how important it is to invest in open source and accessibility, please do show your love and share our hashtags:
#CFHack #CloudFest #Visua11y #CFHack2025
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Blog - Accessibility: how do we make sure our information meets patient-safety standards? www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... #HealthInformationWeek #patientsafety
Accessibility: how do we make sure our information meets patient-safety standards?
We all have a right to receive information about our own health in a way we can understand. There is no excuse for poor-quality, inaccessible, information that excludes people. In this blog I will con...
www.pslhub.org
January 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Blog - Accessibility: how do we make sure our information meets patient-safety standards? www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... #HealthInformationWeek #patientsafety
A3. Volunteering key but it is also a privilege.
Goes & Companies should invest in volunteering hours for their employees-both for internal/external work. No one can expect colleagues/PwD to do extra unpaid work: #disabilityTax.
Also: expertise must be paid, specially lived experience
#AXSChat
Goes & Companies should invest in volunteering hours for their employees-both for internal/external work. No one can expect colleagues/PwD to do extra unpaid work: #disabilityTax.
Also: expertise must be paid, specially lived experience
#AXSChat
Q3 How can volunteering experiences in disability inclusion influence professional work in digital accessibility? #Volunteering #Accessibility #AXSChat
January 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A3. Volunteering key but it is also a privilege.
Goes & Companies should invest in volunteering hours for their employees-both for internal/external work. No one can expect colleagues/PwD to do extra unpaid work: #disabilityTax.
Also: expertise must be paid, specially lived experience
#AXSChat
Goes & Companies should invest in volunteering hours for their employees-both for internal/external work. No one can expect colleagues/PwD to do extra unpaid work: #disabilityTax.
Also: expertise must be paid, specially lived experience
#AXSChat
A2. By inviting people with lived experience and accessibility expertise to participate. Think-tanks should be inclusive, welcoming & safe places for trans disciplinary innovation. There is no innovation without #a11y.
Good innovators welcome new challenges
#ARCInnovators feels like home.
#AXSChat
Good innovators welcome new challenges
#ARCInnovators feels like home.
#AXSChat
Q2 In our interview with @carriechow@bsky.social we talked out the Atos Scientific community and the work they did trying to predict future tech trends – how can in-company think tanks like this help advance #accessibility? #A11y #Tech #AXSChat
January 15, 2025 at 6:29 AM
A2. By inviting people with lived experience and accessibility expertise to participate. Think-tanks should be inclusive, welcoming & safe places for trans disciplinary innovation. There is no innovation without #a11y.
Good innovators welcome new challenges
#ARCInnovators feels like home.
#AXSChat
Good innovators welcome new challenges
#ARCInnovators feels like home.
#AXSChat
A1. By working in a team with lived experience & safe space. By providing time/budget to learn with an experienced buddies & fostering community that shares resources & has good tools.
Bringing in experts (and experts in life) from different areas in disability inclusion & accessibility. #AXSChat
Bringing in experts (and experts in life) from different areas in disability inclusion & accessibility. #AXSChat
Q1 How can organizations best support employees transitioning into new roles in digital accessibility? #A11y #Inclusion #AXSChat
January 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
A1. By working in a team with lived experience & safe space. By providing time/budget to learn with an experienced buddies & fostering community that shares resources & has good tools.
Bringing in experts (and experts in life) from different areas in disability inclusion & accessibility. #AXSChat
Bringing in experts (and experts in life) from different areas in disability inclusion & accessibility. #AXSChat
Very informative post on alt text.
Written with lots of love: thanks @annabookwriter.bsky.social 🤟 #a11y #altText
Written with lots of love: thanks @annabookwriter.bsky.social 🤟 #a11y #altText
I guess it’s time for our bimonthly talk about alt text.
What is it?
A caption added to an image or GIF primarily for the purpose of helping blind/ low vision users navigate the website.
Who should do it?
Anyone posting an image or GIF.
How do I do it?
Tap the alt text icon when uploading. 1/
What is it?
A caption added to an image or GIF primarily for the purpose of helping blind/ low vision users navigate the website.
Who should do it?
Anyone posting an image or GIF.
How do I do it?
Tap the alt text icon when uploading. 1/
January 7, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Very informative post on alt text.
Written with lots of love: thanks @annabookwriter.bsky.social 🤟 #a11y #altText
Written with lots of love: thanks @annabookwriter.bsky.social 🤟 #a11y #altText
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There’s even a hashtag (hashtag alt4me) and a kind volunteer will add alt text.
Just blurting your posts out into the world without giving that context of intending to include people gives the impression you can’t be bothered. And that’s not terribly inclusive. Just ask. There’s no shame in it.
Just blurting your posts out into the world without giving that context of intending to include people gives the impression you can’t be bothered. And that’s not terribly inclusive. Just ask. There’s no shame in it.
January 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
There’s even a hashtag (hashtag alt4me) and a kind volunteer will add alt text.
Just blurting your posts out into the world without giving that context of intending to include people gives the impression you can’t be bothered. And that’s not terribly inclusive. Just ask. There’s no shame in it.
Just blurting your posts out into the world without giving that context of intending to include people gives the impression you can’t be bothered. And that’s not terribly inclusive. Just ask. There’s no shame in it.
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It always amazes me just how much money people are prepared to spend to avoid doing the right thing.
Rather like the Dominos accessibility case in US, the amount of money that gets spent on explicitly blocking disabled people from services is extraordinary www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024... That’s £100 million in 1 year to win 136 out of 10,000+ cases. #ableism #SEND
£100m spent in England on failed efforts to block children’s Send support
Exclusive: Councils win just 1.2% of tribunals, as experts see signs provision is becoming a battle with desperate families
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2024 at 3:13 AM
It always amazes me just how much money people are prepared to spend to avoid doing the right thing.
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Looking forward to this at 1pm ET today.
🎙️ For those familiar w/ @httparchive.org's WEB ALMANAC, we're going to be live! Dec 10th with some of the authors in the 1st of a series of streams covering the 2024 edition. 17M sites, 83TB of data. Join us!
📆 Tuesday Dec 10th, 13h EST
🔗 RSVP here: bit.ly/web-almanac-2024
Spare a RT? ⚡️
📆 Tuesday Dec 10th, 13h EST
🔗 RSVP here: bit.ly/web-almanac-2024
Spare a RT? ⚡️
December 10, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Looking forward to this at 1pm ET today.
Wow, yes this can be huge for other digital industries' efforts on accessibility 😍
Thanks for sharing @chrisbush.bsky.social !
#axschat
Thanks for sharing @chrisbush.bsky.social !
#axschat
EA just made a whole bunch of #accessibility patents open-source
This means that other developers throughout the industry can use the technology at no cost. The news comes after EA made a pledge not to sue rival companies for co-opting these types of tools.
www.engadget.com/gaming/ea-ju...
This means that other developers throughout the industry can use the technology at no cost. The news comes after EA made a pledge not to sue rival companies for co-opting these types of tools.
www.engadget.com/gaming/ea-ju...
December 8, 2024 at 9:59 AM
Wow, yes this can be huge for other digital industries' efforts on accessibility 😍
Thanks for sharing @chrisbush.bsky.social !
#axschat
Thanks for sharing @chrisbush.bsky.social !
#axschat
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Just been relooking at this.
One of the first tools to be released is Fonttik
github.com/electronicar...
A tool for reviewing accessibility of type and fonts with in games.
I can already see the potential for these patents stretching beyond gaming & affecting the development of digital services.
One of the first tools to be released is Fonttik
github.com/electronicar...
A tool for reviewing accessibility of type and fonts with in games.
I can already see the potential for these patents stretching beyond gaming & affecting the development of digital services.
GitHub - electronicarts/fonttik: Fonttik is a text size & contrast checking solution created by EACC Tech to check accessibility criteria regarding text readability
Fonttik is a text size & contrast checking solution created by EACC Tech to check accessibility criteria regarding text readability - electronicarts/fonttik
github.com
December 8, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Just been relooking at this.
One of the first tools to be released is Fonttik
github.com/electronicar...
A tool for reviewing accessibility of type and fonts with in games.
I can already see the potential for these patents stretching beyond gaming & affecting the development of digital services.
One of the first tools to be released is Fonttik
github.com/electronicar...
A tool for reviewing accessibility of type and fonts with in games.
I can already see the potential for these patents stretching beyond gaming & affecting the development of digital services.
Join us next week for “A11Y Theme Builder (open-source project)” with Lise Noble, Director/Distinguished UX Engineer and Designer at Discover Financial Services.
https://buff.ly/3O28XqZ
#A11y #Accessibility #A11yTalks #UX
https://buff.ly/3O28XqZ
#A11y #Accessibility #A11yTalks #UX
December 5, 2024 at 9:12 PM
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This is cool. Representation matters :)
Lego introduces characters wearing hidden disability sunflower lanyard
Lego introduces characters wearing hidden disability sunflower lanyard
Toy company says it hopes move will help everyone ‘embrace diversity, value inclusivity and remove stigma’
Lego is introducing several characters who wear sunflower lanyards to its brick universe for the first time to raise awareness of a badge worn to…
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:24 PM
This is cool. Representation matters :)
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A6 I do very much believe in involving students in projects
I'm a big fan of this idea from #TEDxOttawa - Jim Davies - Don't Waste Student Work www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Gd...
Why don't we get students involved in fixing #OpenSource projects as part of their school work?
#AXSChat
I'm a big fan of this idea from #TEDxOttawa - Jim Davies - Don't Waste Student Work www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Gd...
Why don't we get students involved in fixing #OpenSource projects as part of their school work?
#AXSChat
December 3, 2024 at 9:18 PM
A6 I do very much believe in involving students in projects
I'm a big fan of this idea from #TEDxOttawa - Jim Davies - Don't Waste Student Work www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Gd...
Why don't we get students involved in fixing #OpenSource projects as part of their school work?
#AXSChat
I'm a big fan of this idea from #TEDxOttawa - Jim Davies - Don't Waste Student Work www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Gd...
Why don't we get students involved in fixing #OpenSource projects as part of their school work?
#AXSChat
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In an evolving digital workplace, trends shaping the #FutureOfWork can be aligned with #accessibility & inclusion. A maturity assessment can help a company leverage its #DigitalTransformation to live up to its commitments to employees & customers with disabilities. More here...
spr.ly/6044tNAdO
spr.ly/6044tNAdO
Building an inclusive future with digital accessibility maturity assessments
For companies struggling to live up to digital accessibility and inclusion commitments, a maturity model assessment offers a roadmap for progress.
spr.ly
December 3, 2024 at 9:38 PM
In an evolving digital workplace, trends shaping the #FutureOfWork can be aligned with #accessibility & inclusion. A maturity assessment can help a company leverage its #DigitalTransformation to live up to its commitments to employees & customers with disabilities. More here...
spr.ly/6044tNAdO
spr.ly/6044tNAdO
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If you use your voice to navigate websites, the #W3C Accessibility Conformance Testing Rules Community Group and Task Force want your help to test 27 controls:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
It'll help them understand which patterns work (and which don't) for #WCAG 2.5.3 Label in Name
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
It'll help them understand which patterns work (and which don't) for #WCAG 2.5.3 Label in Name
Voice Navigation Feedback
Thank you for agreeing to fill out this survey. We will use the responses to learn the best way to implement the label in name WCAG success criterion for form controls.
We have created a test site an...
docs.google.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:42 PM
If you use your voice to navigate websites, the #W3C Accessibility Conformance Testing Rules Community Group and Task Force want your help to test 27 controls:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
It'll help them understand which patterns work (and which don't) for #WCAG 2.5.3 Label in Name
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
It'll help them understand which patterns work (and which don't) for #WCAG 2.5.3 Label in Name
For those who can speak German or use a translation tools: German speaking Starter Pack fur accessibility and disability inclusion : go.bsky.app/Huk8USe #AXSChat #Barrierefreiheit #Inklusion #Behinderung #inclusion #disability
November 27, 2024 at 8:40 PM
For those who can speak German or use a translation tools: German speaking Starter Pack fur accessibility and disability inclusion : go.bsky.app/Huk8USe #AXSChat #Barrierefreiheit #Inklusion #Behinderung #inclusion #disability
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Hi, hier gibt es ein Starterpaket mit unterschiedlichen Accounts zum Thema Inklusion und Behinderung: go.bsky.app/Huk8USe (habe euch natürlich auch schon hinzugefügt) :-)
November 19, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Hi, hier gibt es ein Starterpaket mit unterschiedlichen Accounts zum Thema Inklusion und Behinderung: go.bsky.app/Huk8USe (habe euch natürlich auch schon hinzugefügt) :-)
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Meeting the needs of all students with accessibility tools for the classroom
Blog www.microsoft.com/en-us/educat... #edusky #dyslexia
Blog www.microsoft.com/en-us/educat... #edusky #dyslexia
Advancing equitable education with accessibility tools | Microsoft Education Blog
Honor International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPWD) by fostering equitable education with Microsoft accessibility tools and Copilot.
www.microsoft.com
November 27, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Meeting the needs of all students with accessibility tools for the classroom
Blog www.microsoft.com/en-us/educat... #edusky #dyslexia
Blog www.microsoft.com/en-us/educat... #edusky #dyslexia