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Setting up a screen reader testing environment on your computer
12.12.2022
Sara Soueidan with everything you need, from what screen reading options are out there all the way to setting up virtual machines for them, installing them, and confguring keyboard options. It’s truly a one-stop reference that pulls together disparate …
Setting up a screen reader...
Apple Messages & Color Contrast
23.11.2022
Well, color me this! I was griping to myself last night about just how gosh dang hard it is to read text messages in Apple Messages. You know, not the blue bubbles that you get when messaging other iPhone users. …
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Metaverse graphics aim for community and accessibility — Not realism
22.9.2022
Metaverse graphics have been questioned in terms of quality, but industry experts explain that images appear certain ways for a reason
Somnium Space WEB WORLDs Launched to Boost Metaverse Accessibility
19.9.2022
The very launch of Somnium Space WEB WORLDs and dedicating a custom game engine scene to it will ensure a radical shift in matters of approach and connectivity issues with the Metaverse. This will enable users to improve just about any Somnium Space Web parcel in unending detail, upscaling,...
CV Summit 2022 panel: The importance of accessibility and community education
14.9.2022
Cointelegraph’s editor-in-chief Kristina Cornèr moderated a panel discussion revolving around accessibility and education in the blockchain sector
Before You Start: Five Settings To Change In The Last Of Us Part I
2.9.2022
At this rate, we’ll never see the last of The Last of Us. Ahead of a high-profile HBO adaptation, Naughty Dog released a top-to-bottom remake, called The Last of Us Part I, for PlayStation 5.Read more
Comparing JAWS, NVDA, and VoiceOver
1.9.2022
A screen reader is an important accessibility tool for people with no or limited vision. People who are blind or those with low vision can use a screen reader to navigate the computer. Screen readers will read contents on the …
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WDRL — Edition 302: Digital accessibility, learning modern CSS, UI tricks, serving images the right way, and proper waiting in JavaScript.
31.8.2022
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Let's build websites for every one of us: »At the end of 2021, approximately 7.8 million severely disabled people were living in Germany. […] The percentage of severely disabled people in the total population in Germany stood at 9.4%.« – Statistisches Bundesamt
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Meta-Funka Accessibility Hackathon 2022: k účasti zveme studenty z celé Evropy se zájmem o přístupnost
29.7.2022
Meta a Funka v letošním roce opět společně organizují virtuální hackathon zaměřený na přístupnost a inkluzi, který se bude konat v rámci Evropského týdne osob se zdravotním postižením. Studenti a čerství absolventi z celé Evropy jsou zváni, aby se zúčastnili…
Roundup of Recent Document Outline Chatter
21.7.2022
It’s not everyday that HTML headings are the topic de jour, but my folder of saved links is accumulating articles about the recently merged removal of the document outline algorithm in the WHATWG Living Standard.
First off, you should know …
Roundup of Recent Document Outline Chatter...
Opera Crypto Browser integrates Coin98 to bolster Web3 accessibility in Southeast Asia
7.7.2022
Opera's Crypto Browser will allow users to access Coin98's collection of multichain NFTs, DEXs, cross-chain bridges, asset swaps and the ability to stake and lend their crypto
Report: Globant Finds 73% of Tech Professionals Believe Metaverse Is Accessible to Them
16.6.2022
A report issued by Globant, an Argentinian software company, has discovered that people feel the metaverse is close and accessible to them. The report, titled “How the metaverse is transcending digital limits and reinventing our place in the physical world,” found that the metaverse...
God Of War Ragnarök Will Fix The First Game’s Biggest Smallest Problem
19.5.2022
People widely hailed 2018’s God of War as a near-perfect action game. But it stumbled in one way: Its text was too damn small! Even a post-release patch, intended specifically to increase the font size, didn’t really do much. Thankfully, that issue won’t be the case with its sequel, God of...
Accessibility is the main barrier to crypto adoption — Here are the solutions
15.5.2022
Cryptocurrency accessibility is inhibited by a lack of financial and crypto literacy created in part by the wealth gap, technostress and overuse of jargon
Harmony Joins Forces with Covalent for Improved Data Accessibility
8.4.2022
Harmony, a proof-of-stake blockchain, was released in June 2019 with its mainnet. Since then, the network has grown its community to over 500,000 active platform users on multiple cross-chain ecosystems. Some of these platforms are Aave, Curve, and Sushi, showing Harmony’s substantial growth over...
Study: 77% of Saudis Aware of Cryptocurrencies, Only 18% Currently Buying and Selling
3.3.2022
More than three-quarters of Saudi Arabian residents are aware of cryptocurrencies, a new Yougov survey has found. However, the study also found that only 18% of those surveyed are presently buying and selling cryptocurrencies. Easy Accessibility of Virtual Coins According to the findings of...
5 Accessibility Quick Wins You Can Implement Today
23.2.2022
Let’s face it: building an AA or AAA-accessible product can be quite daunting. Luckily, having an accessible product isn’t all-or-nothing. Even seemingly small improvements can have nice quality of life benefits for many people.
In that spirit, here are five …
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Before You Start: Five Settings To Change In Horizon Forbidden West
18.2.2022
The only thing bigger than Horizon Forbidden West’s open-world is its suite of options. Guerrilla’s splashy PlayStation action-adventure game features dozens of settings, some of which—difficulty sliders, controller presets, visual modes—are par for the course. But others, like the ability to slow...
ECB Chief Lagarde Says Digital Euro Will Not Replace Cash — But Could Offer Convenient, Cost-Free Means of Payment
15.2.2022
The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, says that a digital euro will not replace cash but would complement it. “A digital euro would give you an additional choice about how to pay and make it easier to do so, contributing to accessibility and inclusion,”...
Report: IGDA Failed To Act On Internal Harassment Claims
9.2.2022
The International Game Developers Association has been an outspoken critic of the culture at companies like Ubisoft and Activision Blizzard that has led to so many lawsuits, departures and firings over the last few years. Yet a report today by GI.Biz says that the group has failed to act on its...