What is it like to use a screen reader on an inaccessible website? Navigating is like using a narrow-beamed flashlight in a dark, constantly changing room—you must carefully piece together a mental map while unseen changes make it harder to orient yourself. Dynamic content without clear cues, like vague "aria-live" alerts, can add confusion, but precise and context-aware descriptions can greatly improve navigation and understanding. A great analogy by Craig Abbott.
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What is it like to use a screen reader on an inaccessible website?
Behind the scenes, understanding how screen readers work.
Coding Font: compare coding fonts 2 by 2 in a couple of rounds until you find the one that you’ll love coding with. So, which one did you end up with? https://www.codingfont.com/ image
There's a lot of misconceptions about disabilities, and often underestimate how broad this spectrum is. Demelza Feltham (Tetralogical) offers an introduction to the different types of permanent, temporary and situational disability, organized in seeing, hearing, moving, thinking categories. A must-read to better understand how inaccessibility will impact all us, at some point. Foundations: types of disability (8min)
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Foundations: types of disability - TetraLogical
This post offers an overview of various disability types across four groups: seeing, hearing, moving, and thinking, and provides a brief exploratio...
TetraLogical
Foundations: types of disability - TetraLogical
This post offers an overview of various disability types across four groups: seeing, hearing, moving, and thinking, and provides a brief exploratio...
People think there's a secret sauce behind increasing visibility, especially on social media, where some gurus sell you tips and tricks. This article resonates a lot, because, I’ve mostly, the same strategy (even though I don’t like to call this a strategy to be honest). Just like Kent Dodds, I’m curious, share what I like, share what I learn, try to demystify things, and share often. That's it. Happy to see I’m not the only one with such a mindset!
How I increased my visibility
Someone asked me this and here's my answer.
So, I guess I now need to add a "don't edit my speaker shot photos with AI without my consent and running the result by me before publishing it first" addition to my speaker conditions? https://xcancel.com/elizlaraki/status/1846252781851890026