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Want to level up your accessibility auditing game? Join our Section 508 Trusted Tester study group hosted by GDG Vienna!

🗓 When: Every other Friday, at 4 PM CET
📅 Kick‑off: Feb 6 (6‑month journey)
🌐 Where:  gdg.community.dev/gdg‑vienna 
or search "Google Developer Group Vienna"
this is session1
https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-vienna-presents-dhs-trusted-tester-study-group-1-what-is-section-508-functional-performance-criteria-and-testing-tools/

curriculum
🔹 Session 1 February 6: Section 508 basics & testing tools
🔹 Session 2 March 6: Auto‑playing, auto‑updating & flashing content
🔹 Session 3 March 12 (attention: Thursday 6 pm instead of Friday 4pm): Keyboard access & focus management
🔹 Session 4 March 20: Forms & validation
🔹 Session 5 April 3: Links, images & adjustable time limits
🔹 Session 6 April 17: Repetitive content & structure
🔹 Session 7 May 1: Language, page titles, frames & iFrames
🔹 Session 8 May 15: Sensory contrast & tables
🔹 Session 9 May 29: CSS positioning, audio‑only & video‑only animations
🔹 Session 10 June 12: Synchronized media
🔹 Session 11 June 26: Resizable text, multiple ways & parsing
🔹 Session 12 (final session) July 10: Alternate versions, non‑interference, reporting & Q&A

all the recordings and transcripts are provided.
go here for session 1https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-vienna-presents-dhs-trusted-tester-study-group-1-what-is-section-508-functional-performance-criteria-and-testing-tools/
and Here's Laura Wissiak's substack https://substack.com/@a11ynews

Session 1 of the dhs trusted tester study group on YouTube https://youtu.be/NzBo3sU0ki8?si=cSkEJXCRzUdE7Qli

#wcag #dhs #accessibility #Blind #disability #DigitalAccessibility #WebAccessibility #oer #DHSTrustedTester #a11y #OpenEducation #OnlineLearning #Learning #WebDevelopment#HTML #css #JavaScript #WebDesign #section508 #curriculum #trustedTester

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I am now officially a Certified Accessibility Tester (CAT) and Trusted Tester (TT), just in case this is relevant to anyone in my “network” on here… 😉 👍🏼 #CertifiedAccessibilityTester #CAT #TrustedTester #TT #a11y #accessibility #A11yJobs #jobs
Weekly Notes: Getting Started

A look at this week in my life. Let's see if this format helps get me blogging regularly again.

Eclecticism

Just received my certification as a "Trusted Tester" from the US Department of Homeland Security.

I've been certifiable for a while, but now it's official...

#a11y #accessibility #TrustedTester #section508

Another thing I see far too often in #accessibility testing is the inappropriate use of screen readers (NVDA Speech Viewer) without actually experiencing the speech output as a real user would. This is another thing that just seems fundamentally wrong, as how are you doing valid testing without that experience? #TrustedTester #DHS #Section508
Look, everyone... The trouble with #accessibility testing tools like #ANDI is that a person can end up performing accessibility testing without experiencing content as an actual #disabled user. It insulates them from using keyboard-only navigation, screen readers, screen magnification, etc. This just seems fundamentally wrong to me. #TrustedTester #DHS #Section508
I am working through the #Section508 #DHS #TrustedTester course. Does anyone know if there's a nonvisual way of testing color contrast? #accessibility