What makes a video element accessible is captions, descriptions, and a transcript. When those are out of reach, what are the remaining options for giving a video element an accessible name?
React component for screen reader accessibility • Josh W. Comeau
A convenient component for contextualizing visual content for screen readers
Digital accessibility is real and tangible
A workshop using real-life examples and first-hand experience of how assistive technology works can result in a deeper understanding of accessibility needs
lukeslp/awesome-accessibility
Curated list of accessibility resources, tools, and best practices for creating inclusive digital experiences
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Accessibility Research Symposium 2023
Accessibility resources free online from the international standards organization: W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).
A Deep Dive into Accessibility APIs, Part 1 — Knowbility
In this first Deep Dive into Accessibility APIs installment, we'll start from absolute scratch and recount the widely available basic story. It's written for beginners, but the fact that I describe web accessibility in the broader context of software accessibility might offer a different twist for current practitioners as well. Parts 2 and 3, on the other hand, are more technical. Although those discussions may largely be of interest only to "inquiring minds that want to know", understanding the history and variety of the specialized protocols at the heart of this process sheds light on why screen readers sometimes perform differently in the same application or on the same web site while also providing a glimpse of a likely future.
Apple’s accessibility features add more AI-powered processing
Apple’s adding AI-generated subtitling for any video.
brief history of browser accessibility support
Author: steve faulkner The Paciello Group contact: [email protected]
recommended techniques for accessibility champions - A11y Toolkit
An open-source library of techniques to avoid the most common accessibility failures.
Fact Sheet: New Rule on the Accessibility of Web Content and Mobile Apps Provided by State and Local Governments
The Department of Justice published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on July 20, 2023 explaining how we propose updating the regulations for Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to add more specific requirements about web and mobile application accessibility. This fact sheet gives a plain language summary of the technical standards that state and local governments would have to follow to meet their existing obligations under Title II of the ADA.
Inclusive Design for a Digital World
In this book, readers will learn the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 requirements, emerging technologies such as VR and AR, best practices for web development, and implementation of inclusive design. Begin understanding the immense opportunities in designing for accessibility.
HTMLMediaElement: mediaKeys property - Web APIs | MDN
The read-only HTMLMediaElement.mediaKeys property returns a MediaKeys object, that is a set of keys that the element can use for decryption of media data during playback.
A threat model for accessibility on the web - Alice
A explanation of the primary threat to accessibility on the web, and a call to action for the web standards community
UI/UX Guidelines - User Experience Design & Technology
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are a set of internationally recognized standards for making web content accessible to people with disabilities. Created by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), WCAG provides a framework for designing inclusive digital platforms that cater to diverse user needs, including those with visual, auditory, cognitive, and physical impairments.
NASA Image and Video Library
NASA Image and Video Library, serving up consolidated imagery and videos in one searchable location. Users can download content in multiple sizes and resolutions and see the metadata associated with images, including EXIF/camera data on many images.
A plugin that lets Claude Code watch videos; image + audio
177 votes, 67 comments. Claude doesn't natively accept video or audio input, so every time I wanted it to "look at a video" I'd have to screenshot…
To elaborate, assistive technology tend to necessitate rich and open representations to capture authorial intent that can be interacted with in multimodal ways. HTML is the canonical example. For example, every application having to manually script with a screen reader doesn't scale.
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The intersection between accessibility technology and malleable software seems under explored.