Michael Fairchild

I just launched an open source LLM evaluation tool/report for accessibility. microsoft.github.io/a11y-llm-eva...

I keep hearing that AI could eventually make assistive tech like screen readers obsolete. For example, the AI could generate an audio interface on the fly. I have my own thoughts on this, but I’d like to hear yours. Is there a nugget of truth to this? Risks? Is it a viable future?

I’ve updated it with some more models that are supposedly better at coding. Meh. github.com/mfairchild36...

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GitHub - mfairchild365/a11y-models-playground Contribute to mfairchild365/a11y-models-playground development by creating an account on GitHub.

Spent my friday making this. How good is AI at generating and fixing accessible code? github.com/mfairchild36...

Feel free to poke holes or contribute or just ignore and enjoy your life. Whateves.

Enjoy!

Just a video of my graceful cat falling from my second story balcony while trying to catch a bird. Zero brain cells. But, he is okay.

What in your life led you to this moment?

This has been a long time coming - but I'm glad to report that the vast majority of WCAG's Reflow Understanding document has been rewritten.

Lots of work and discussions in our attempt to make what Reflow actually requires more... well... understandable.
www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/U...

Click here to forget more!

Hmmm I wonder which session this was 🙃

Honestly, cute dogs are much better than web semantics.

I’ll be at CSUN - who else? #CSUN25

Unless I’m eating a runza

I’m embarrassed to live in Nebraska.

Factor in w3c process time and it’s more like 5 years worth of edits 🙃

Honestly, 1mil isn’t a whole lot here. That alone would just be a slap on the wrist. The more important aspects of this have to do with the FTC explicitly barring them from misrepresenting their product and its capabilities.

The State of this thread is just sad. It has questionable Value. My Role here is over. 🤣

Hah! Oh my… that’s a bad one. Give yourself a VPAT on the back.

Canned bread is the best thing since this TMNT episode.

What do #a11y pros do when they order a drink?

They put it on the tab.

… sorry 🙃

#a11yJokes

Anyone know of a good accessible “see more” implementation? You know, the kind that truncates content. Click it and it expands all of the content and the button either disappears or turns into “see less” now positioned at the end. So far, I’m convinced this is an anti-pattern.

Customers don’t want your product to be WCAG conformant. They want the damn thing to be usable! They want to have an efficient and effective experience. We put too much focus on minimal compliance for #a11y.

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Did you know that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has a 3 part episode that is essentially a spin off of Mad Max? It’s the best thing since sliced bread! turtlepedia.fandom.com/wiki/The_Was...

If I was a billionaire, I’d establish a trust fund to send everyone a free Runza on the regular. Not run for office and gut the government.

Yeah, I didn’t authorize that either 🤣

Pizza!? I did not authorize this.

Now you just need to reward yourself with a runza.

Soooo uhhh how’s the #a11y community round these parts?