Motor disabled are dependent on digital accessibility. In this episode you can learn which assistive technologies they use and which improvements they need.
Many sighted use Jaws for accessibility testing. I will explain why this is not a good idea and why you should prefer NVDA.
In this episode I would like to discuss wheter sighted persons test with screenreaders or not.
As accessibility pros its important to write helpful detailed reports on found accessibility failures. In this episode I will talk about how to do that.
There is an interesting regularity: When you look for accessibility information of an internationally operating software provider or at least in the Anglo-American area, you will almost always find it. It is not always VPAT or similarly meaningful, but at least you will find a statement. In Germany, the exact opposite is true: if you search for accessibility for the product, you usually find nothing or something very general. I have noticed this with various alternative solutions for online collaboration. For data protection reasons in particular, people want to get away from US providers.
You are welcome to use these requirements for accessible PDFs for your requirements management.
The European Accessibility Act obliges parts of the private sector to be accessible, including banks, book publishers and online shops. Do they already know about that fact?
It was probably to be expected that at some point even an established company would switch to the dark side. The internationally known company Level Access has bought the overlay provider Userway for several million dollars. Such large acquisitions are actually familiar from companies of other sizes.
The Internet has made it easier to access information about assistive devices. The number and variety of aids has increased significantly. And that's even if you don't include the various apps that can serve similar purposes as aids. Let's look at a few examples.
Not only websites, but also texts can be considered from the point of view of information architecture. Anyone who just starts writing and can publish it without editing is either a natural talent or will only get confused looks.