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Ärger für die Barrierefreiheits-Globoli
Ausgabe 8-2024
Mit Domingos de Oliveira (netz-barrierefrei.de):
If you're bored (or having trouble falling asleep) on your vacation, why not listen to the podcast on digital accessibility? The creators hope to double their listenership (from 1 to 2).
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Good news of the month
The Indian Federal Government wants to make its applications and websites more accessible.
Govt Mulls Major Accessibility Upgrades For Its Websites, Digital Apps And Services
Die Stadt Boston ändert die Art der Daten-Erhebung. Statt nach Behinderung wird nach dem Bedarf nach speziellen Anpassungen (Accomodations) gefragt. Boston is changing how it collects data on disability
Mattel bringt eine blinde Barbie-Puppe heraus.
Interesting articles
The atlas of digital accessibility is currently causing a stir. It claims that all German municipalities were assessed for accessibility by people with disabilities. Unfortunately, as two articles demonstrate, the study's findings are not very conclusive.
A blog post deals with current trends in the assistive technology industry.
Tests auf digitale Barrierefreiheit können günstiger und zugleich aussagekräftiger sein, so ein aktueller Beitrag.
Is the current all-or-nothing approach to digital accessibility too restrictive? This article argues that it is.
Moving on to English: Overlay providers are increasingly under fire. You might recall: Overlay providers promise to automatically make websites accessible with just a few clicks. They are the homeopaths of digital accessibility. The parallels are self-explanatory, and they don't like being criticized.
This page summarizes guidelines for designing for neurodiversity.
There are several page builders available for WordPress. This Google Sheet summarizes the extent to which they can create accessible websites.
WCAG is known to be optimized for web content. There is a little-known guide for applying it to non-web content as well. This guide is currently being revised and is available as a likely final draft. Since it is purely informational, there's no reason not to use it now.
Guidance on Applying WCAG 2 to Non-Web Information and Communications Technologies (WCAG2ICT)
Adobe has apparently improved its automatic, cloud-based tagging features for PDFs. An assessment can be found in this article. Evaluating Adobe's new cloud-based auto-tagging feature for PDF accessibility
More articles
- Practical HTML, CSS, ARIA, & Javascript Tips for Accessible Mega Menus
- How the European Accessibility Act (EAA) will impact product accessibility
- DIGITAL TRUST INDEX 2024 - The State of Digital Accessibility in Europe
- Guidance: How to select, commission and use disability-smart images
- Peaky WCAG (Level AA) BANG for your APP A11Y BUCK
- How to transform your approach to digital accessibility from a reactive break-fix cycle to a
- Orozco v. Garland Establishes a New Pathway for Challenging Inaccessible Technology Beyond the
- Exploring the challenges in creating an accessible sortable list (drag-and-drop)
- Artificial Intelligence & Automated Hiring Practices
- Custom Accessibility Actions
- How People with Disabilities Use the Web
Statistics of the month
A study by BITKOM Research for Digital Day 2024. It's not about accessibility for people with disabilities, but about the digital participation of all people. The survey was conducted by telephone. 1004 people were interviewed.
- 85 percent agree that digital devices and services make life easier.
- 74 percent agree that digital technology makes access to information and education easier.
Aber:
- 62 Prozent sagen, dass reiche Menschen einen besseren Zugang haben.
- 44 Prozent haben Angst davor,der Entwicklung nicht folgen zu können.
- 34 Prozent sind wegen der Digitalisierung besorgt.
- Immerhin 33 Prozent der 30 49-jährigen fühlt sich regelmäßig überfordert. Über alle Altersgruppen hinweg sind es 49 Prozent
Accessibility and UX are also, incidentally, part of the Online Access Act.source