Bob Dodd (he/him)

@accessBob
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I do stuff involving digital accessibility at CNIB Access Labs (Canadian National Institute for the Blind) and some of it is even a good idea.

You should probably come and take a look:
https://cnib-accesslabs.ca
https://www.cnib.ca

Opinions are my own.

The CISNA model of accessible adaptive hypermediahttps://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1368044.1368052
User capability in an adaptive worldhttps://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1631097.1631110
20 years on: the Dexter Model of Hypertext and its impact on web accessibilityhttps://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1340779.1340780
Websitehttps://accessbob.com/mastodon
Show threadBob Dodd (he/him)Jan 3, 2025

@aardrian Looking at the image, it's a good thing it was a Tesla.

Notice that the sides of the vehicle are intact, the majority of the energy went through the glass sunroof and not sideways into bystanders.

Something I learnt back in the early 90s when my Polytechnic built a new chemical engineering lab with thick walls and a very thin roof.

Show threadBob Dodd (he/him)Dec 8, 2024

@stvfrnzl @tink Just tried the same query on Claude 3.5 (anthropic).

It got the button type correct, added a focus outline offset from the button, used the forced-colors media query (but not prefers-contrast), and then unnecessarily added an aria-label to submit button with different text compared to the button text.

Just when you think that maybe this time...

Bob Dodd (he/him)May 28, 2024
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No lie detected 👏🏼

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Bob Dodd (he/him)May 22, 2024

The latest WCAG 3 draft was released a few days ago. Having read it, I do have some general comments. Mostly I miss the obvious traceability from the POUR principles through to success criteria, at least based on what was in the draft I read.

What is there, reads like a cookbook for designers and developers, rather than requirements centred on the user. I like cookbooks but I'm not sure they make good standards.

A longer consideration:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/robert-dodd-54981159_the-latest-draft-of-wcag-3-w3c-accessibility-activity-7199037446301384705-FCfW

Robert Dodd on LinkedIn: The latest draft of WCAG 3 (W3C Accessibility Guidelines) was recently…

The latest draft of WCAG 3 (W3C Accessibility Guidelines) was recently released for comment. I'm still considering what specific issues, if any, I should…

Bob Dodd (he/him)May 19, 2024

Last week I shared a small accessibility overlay, my own, on Github. I wanted to show what they can and more importantly, can't do.

Not talking about the sales and marketing approaches of overlay vendors, an entire circle of hell already awaits. Just technical aspects.

I also kind of want to reclaim the term, overlay, from the snake oilers.

Full article over on Linked In.

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7197241204416163841?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

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Bob Dodd (he/him)Apr 5, 2024
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I hope it's going to be "solved' by a little Accessibe stick person in the bottom left corner.
Bob Dodd (he/him)Mar 30, 2024

A big thank you to all the people that came to hear my talk "Roll your own test automation" at the #a11yTO meetup on the Thursday before Easter. That was above and beyond the call of duty.

I'll also be talking about automation at the Toronto #a11yTO accessibility Camp, a free one day conference on April 6. Focus will be slightly different as I'll be talking about how I use AI and automation in lived experience testing. Hope to see you there.

https://camp.a11yto.com/

#a11yTO Camp

Camp is about making friends, sharing ideas, and growing our community, and we're back for 2025!

Show threadBob Dodd (he/him)Mar 25, 2024

@aardrian @yatil

Regardless of CSUN and their questionable choices, I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation thank you!

I would like to put in a good word for swamps though. They're wetlands and an important part of the ecosystem. Disclaimer, I own several acres of swamp, photo attached.

Bob Dodd (he/him)Feb 5, 2024
Adrian Roselli, pH0Feb 5, 2024

Let’s remember #AudioEye is a bully:
https://adrianroselli.com/2022/04/my-cease-desist-from-audioeye.html

Its #overlay (still) does not work:
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/02/audioeye-will-get-you-sued.html

It SLAPPs critics (I am not the only one):
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/05/audioeye-is-suing-me.html

…and in the end harms users and #accessibility industry as a whole:
https://adrianroselli.com/2024/01/audioeye-has-dropped-its-suit-against-me.html

Throwing investor money at a clear PR ploy is not a fix (didn’t help #accessiBe). If anything, it highlights the scam.

Reputation washing works both ways. I feel bad for its new CAO who likely had good intentions.

My Cease & Desist from AudioEye

On Tuesday April 5, 2022, a FedEx driver dropped off an overnight envelope from Manhattan. It contained a three page Cease & Desist letter from Cozen O’Connor, the law firm representing AudioEye, Inc. On Thursday April 14, 2022, I received a follow-up letter by the same delivery method. I scanned…

Adrian Roselli
Bob Dodd (he/him)Oct 18, 2023
Show threadHiddeOct 18, 2023
I'm mostly very worried. Bias, energy consumption and floods of nonsense are very real risks. We should not large scale deploy code/text/image generators without assessing those risks, especially not if we haven't clearly defined problems that would be worth solving given those risks.