Global Accessibility Awareness Day

Ook iemand met een beperking moet gebruik kunnen maken van websites en andere digitale producten. De Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) op 18 mei zorgt voor bewustwording en inzet voor digitale inclusie. Wereldwijd worden diverse gratis evenementen en online bijeenkomsten georganiseerd om digitale toegankelijkheid onder de aandacht te brengen. Bekijk het complete programma op de website van GAAD.

Microlearnings toegankelijkheid

Wellicht is GAAD ook een goede aanleiding om jouw kennis over toegankelijkheid bij te spijkeren. De RijksAcademie voor Digitalisering en Informatisering Overheid (RADIO) heeft verschillende microlearnings over dit onderwerp gemaakt. De video’s staan vol met handige weetjes, inspirerende gesprekken en duren nooit langer dan 5 minuten. Op deze overzichtspagina van RADIO staan de 11 microlearnings. Zo vertelt Kristian Mul, product owner Digitoegankelijk Logius in dit filmpje wat digitoegankelijkheid nu eigenlijk is. En Tamara Visser, projectleider bij Stichting Accessibility, legt in deze video uit dat toegankelijkheid ook een sociaal en fysiek aspect heeft.

Problemen

Dat er nog grote stappen op het gebied van toegankelijkheid moeten worden gezet, toont het onderzoek van WebAIM (Web Accessibility In Mind) aan. In 2020 werden 1 miljoen websites geanalyseerd op het gebied van toegankelijkheid. In 98% van de gevallen werd een toegankelijkheidsfout geconstateerd. De gemiddelde website had 60 problemen, dit waren de meest voorkomende:

• • Tekst met laag contrast
  • Alt-tekst afbeelding ontbreekt
  • Lege koppelingen
  • Foutieve formulieren
  • Lege buttons
  • Ontbrekende documenttaal

Nog niet alle websites en apps van de Nederlandse overheid voldoen aan de toegankelijkheidseisen maar daar wordt hard aan gewerkt. Het nieuwe Dashboard DigiToegankelijk laat de toegankelijkheid in 1 oogopslag zien. Het is voor overheidsorganisaties een handig hulpmiddel om meer inzicht te krijgen in de toegankelijkheid van de eigen communicatiemiddelen. Daarnaast komt er binnenkort toezicht op de naleving van de wettelijke eisen.

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This is pretty neat!

@pixelfed now lets you find all the images you uploaded without an alt text. Nice way to celebrate the recent #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay.

https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/114513837442236052

#accessibility #AltText

Also totally forgot to talk about this yesterday.
As a part of global accessibility awareness day, we put out a new update for the Be My Eyes app for Windows that is completely rebuild from the ground up. Along with giving us a better base to build amazing new features for desktop in the near future, this new app also fixes a lot of the accessibility issues that people have reported over the last 1.5 or so years.
In addition Chat History is now also available on Desktop, so you can start a conversation from mobile and continue it on desktop (and vice versa).

#a11y #bemyeyes #gaad #globalaccessibilityawarenessday
#blind #bme #tech
#disability #assistivetech

Disability is the one marginalized group that any of us can join at any time and most of us will join as we age. As an organization practicing Inclusive Design, we will always be committed to improving access for everyone, regardless of ability ♿💙

#GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay

It's that time of the year: Global Accessibility Awareness Day. Have you ever felt that you don't need accessibility features or any accommodations? We need to increase awareness on what these actually mean and why they make everyone's lives better!

Let's take an example. Are you wearing any visual aids like glasses or contact lenses? How about a temporary eyepatch after a surgery? Or maybe sunglasses to protect your eyes and help your sight when circumstances are not ideal? What about using reduced blue light and dark mode when you're struggling with headaches?

All of these are accommodations to meet accessibility needs. No matter if continuous, temporary or situational. There are tons more for you to go and find out about!

Let's stay curious for each other's needs, and that includes our own needs as well.

https://accessibility.day/

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For today's #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay (#GAAD), I just sent out a letter of support and call to action on behalf of CATO (the state college system's Committee for Accessible Technology Oversight, of which I am one of the two current co-chairs) to several groups within SBCTC (the Washington State Board of Community and Technical Colleges), expressing our support for all of our state college's disabled students, staff, faculty, and the public communities we serve, especially in the light of recent and ongoing attacks on the disabled community and this year's updates to Title II of the ADA. Others are helping to pass it on to other councils and groups, and it will eventually be making its way to all of the SBCTC college presidents.

I'm really proud of it (I wrote the first draft, and most edits were additions to the call to action section, so most of it is still my wording). (And a little nervous too...it's kind of a big thing.)

Happy GAAD!

#a11y #accessibility

My #iPhone15Pro keeps running hot! sometimes, it gets so hot I can't even put it to my ear. I have to talk to whoever I'm on the phone with on speaker because it's just to hot to hold. thankfully though, that last part hasn't occurred in a while. the strange part is that #Voiceover has never informed me that my phone is to hot to use. To that end, I called #Appleaccessibility last night & the advisor I spoke with was extremely kind & helpful. She advised that I restore it, which I haven't done in a few months & now may actually be a good time since #WWDC2025 is coming up on 6/9/2025 & I'm one of Apple's faithful #BetaTesters. I love doing it & it helps create better software for all, since it has less bugs than it otherwise would, if no one in the disability community, especially, those of us who are #Blind, #VisuallyImpaired or #deaf-blind beta tests & reports bugs, Apple won't know where to focus its #Accessibility efforts, which I firmly believe we should all strive to help with, on this #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay! Everyone with any kind of disability should test this stuff. The more testers, the better the public release in the fall will be.

To that end, what's everyone's favorite cross-platform web browser? I'm seeking something which works across, #ApplePlatforms, #Android & #linux, speciffically, #Slackware, as I'm using #Slint which is a dirivitive of #Slackware, designed specifically for the #Blind & #VisuallyImpaired. You can learn more at:
https://slint.fr/en/HandBook.html