Marian Avery

disabled. You want to know if they use any adaptations to access digital information, and what those are.

For me, the most important thing is the human interaction after the form is complete. Avoid words like 'suffer' at all costs. 3/3

first language, some don't include neurodivergence in disability, some don't include being d/Deaf or hard of hearing in disability, some people use assistive tech or adaptations, some don't. It could end up being a very long form.

It sounds like what you really want to know isn't if someone's 2/3

I could talk at length about being on the receiving end of bad versions. The main thing is to frame this question as wanting everyone to be able to use a product or service, before you ask it. Include many options. Some disabled people prefer disability first language, some prefer person 1/n

VoiceOver on iOS doesn't have a Welsh voice synthesiser, so Welsh content is announced in English, making it completely inaccessible to Welsh screen reader users. Essentially, Welsh screen reader users who do not speak English will not be able to use any iOS apps. Are there any workarounds?

I'm going to call all instances of AI 'Clippy' from now on to save time. Follow me for more tips.

#AI
#ItLooksLikeYoureWritingALetter

And the number of books on design available as human-narrated audiobooks? There might be a couple, out of the thousands available to people who can read print or process digital voices.

Thanks so much for sharing this @priyanca.bsky.social

We're really excited to share this course. It's been 8 months of development, but it's finally here!

Come and learn about accessible content design 🙂

Having a little sulk. I was looking for very bad examples of tables, but all the ones I knew about have been fixed. I can't complain - all of my recommendations were taken seriously.

Does anyone know of any rubbish HTML tables? (I'm particularly looking for 'too wide' /horizontal scroll issues.)

Thanks, Matt! And yes. It has been my favourite since Nick Colley built it.

Is the netlify.app version safe (and probably what I should have been using all this time)?

Today I read a worrying motice on glitch which suggests my favourite colour contrast checker might disappear. Any news on the glitch contrast checker @timpaul.co.uk ?

I've got an invisible disability. I don't tell people about it anymore. It's hindered me from having jobs because they don't believe I have it. Bosses want me to go to the doctor and get extensive tests to prove I have nerve damage. It flares up when standing or walking for long periods of time.

A small fluffy brown and white cat lies in a donut bed. She is mostly curled up, but her back legs are out straight.

Excellent work! This is Teacake in full shrimp.

This is brilliant! I'm not in GB so can't check, but have passed it onto a couple of friends who will use it. I've asked them to let you know because you're still testing it. Hope that's ok!

YouTube video by TheLexikitty Blind People Tech | Lexplanations

Found an excellent tech reviewer who's also blind. This is such a good intro to assistive tech for VIPs (visually impaired people). Also I am now pretty jealous and need something to properly display fonts the size of Texas. Thanks @thelexikitty.bsky.social

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Here's why referring to locations on a page is bad for accessibility, and what you can do instead
#Accessibility
#ContentDesign
#UX
#A11y

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People trust you more if you work in the open.

That goes for #Accessibility, too.

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We're live! More details about our accessible content design training and consultancy services very soon: www.contentdesignireland.ie

I have really, really got to have an assessment. Unfortunately my epilepsy meds mean I metabolise all other meds so fast they become ineffective, but it would be good to get confirmation of the thing I've suspected for most of my life.

Chant "shame shame shame" as long as you can. You may have to do it in shifts for 4 years.

Please bookmark this link for when the site is back up. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

That's Ecosia now my browser and search engine. And I'm really regretting buying a Pixel.

And note that's from the perspective of 2 magnification users. Digital whiteboards block screenreader users out completely. (Nobody come at me with "but there's a downloadable tagged pdf of the output" - that is not the same experience, and have you ever tested those pdfs' accessibility?)

YouTube video by Magnify conference How can we make design and research processes more inclusive by Marian Avery and Kevin McLaughlin

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Do you have a link to the talk Kevin and I did on why they are terrible? If not I will find it for you.

Good luck. I hope you get the results quickly.

I had a gastro appointment on 14 feb once. The consultant did not appreciate me wishing him a happy Valentine's day as he put his finger where the sun don't shine. Give 'happy new year' at an opportune moment a go.

Juat one more weird accessibility workaround in my life.

I know I could use a VM or an emulator. I don't want to. This is more accessible to me. Every iteration of windows after 7 got worse scaling and resolution options. They'll say it's better, but I need very low resolution plus scaling. I won't use windows magnifier because it's absolute shite.