All you WCAG nuts this is the place for you: how to make Drupal more accessible. Hints, tips, discussion and patch proposals.
Text Resize: A Discussion
This is a reaction to NonProfit's awesome and most useful post on modules pertaining to accessibility. Wiki pages don't have comments, so I thought we could track discussion here.
Read moreDrupal Modules that Improve Accessibility
A list of modules that you can use to enhance the accessibility of your Drupal site. If you know of other Drupal modules that enhance accessibility, please add them to this list. There's an overview also here http://drupal.org/node/394252
This information is current as of 18 April 2013.
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September IRC Meeting 9/7 2pm ET
Join the #drupal-accessibility IRC Group now and meet with us on Tuesday, September 7th.
We'll review our progress on the #D7AX pledge, announce what is up for DrupalCon-Copenhagen, talk about our commits and the work that remains to be done for Drupal 7, and then develop our plans for Drupal 8.
For the latest agenda, read the full version of this item. To add an item to this agenda, either comment below or contact one of our group organizers — Cliff, mgifford, or brandonojc.
If you missed August's meeting, read the logs to find out what we got done then.
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August IRC Meeting 8/3 2pmET
Join the #drupal-accessibility IRC Group now and join us on Tuesday, August 3rd.
The agenda will include:
- Agenda Review
- Accessibility statement status
- #D7AX pledge progress
- Drupal 7 remaining accessibility items
- Drupal 8 approaches and collaboration
- Next Meeting
Accessible theme suggestions needed
For most of the new D7 book that I'm working on I'll be using Bartik for screen shots. The theming chapter will include instructions on how to re-colour Bartik and Garland as well as give some good alternate themes. There will be little (if any) information on how to manipulate .tpl.php files. This is a pointy-clicky site building beginner book. (Yes, Front End Drupal will be updated for v7 next year.)
Read moreReview of book chapter needed
I'm in the mad dash to the finish on my new book, "Drupal: A User's Guide." I have an entire chapter dedicated to accessibility. I'm an author so I like to pretend it's a pretty awesome chapter (it helps me sleep at night). I could really use a second or fourth set of eyes on the content though. The book is D7 and the chapter includes information on WCAG 1/2, Section 508 compliance. If you have some time this weekend to review the chapter I would be very appreciative.
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accessibility definition could include situational dissabiities
Just a thought that occurred while browsing around; the accessibility definition could be extended to include situational disability - e.g bright light, noisy, small screen etc. http://ow.ly/29Om5
What Summary Tables Should Be Included in Core?
Hey Folks,
I was just looking at evaluating the forum pages for accessibility:
http://drupal.org/node/821672
And noticed that there was no summary for the table here:
http://drupal7.dev.openconcept.ca/forum/1
I think that there should be a summary for this table as defined here:
http://www.dhs.state.il.us/IITAA/IITAAWebImplementationGuidelines.html#w...
But thought we should look & talk a bit more about where to insert these in core and how to approach it.
Any ideas.
July Drupal Accessibility IRC Discussion
Drupal Accessibility IRC chat, we're setting up another one for July.
Join the #drupal-accessibility IRC Group now and make sure to be there on Tuesday, July 6th
The agenda is still being formed but will likely include:
- Agenda Review
- Drupal's Accessibility Statement
- #D7AX pledge progress
- Remaining items for D7
- Approaches for D8, especially in collaboration with usability team
- Setting the time for the next meeting
Tools and Resources for Accessibility
We have a number of tools mentioned in various discussions on our site already, and I'm about to add another. So I thought I would put it in this wiki, where we can start linking to all these tools. It's also a workspace for refining our presentation of them until it's ready for prime time.
Read moreNext #a11y chat is Tuesday June 1st at 2pm on IRC
So given the interest and levels of participation in the May Drupal Accessibility IRC chat, we're setting up another one for June.
Join the #drupal-accessibility IRC Group now and make sure to be there on Tuesday, June 1st
The agenda is still being formed but will likely include:
- Drupal's Accessibility Statement
- #D7AX pledge progress
- Approaches for D8, especially in collaboration with usability team
- Remaining items for D7
GSoC Accessibility Project
Hey y'all. My Google Summer of Code proposal (see Drupal for All) has been accepted, so I will be working on improving the accessibility of Drupal 7 in a few areas this summer. Mainly I plan on making accessible sub-themes of the core themes, accessible content creation (through a wysywig editor), and making Views more accessible (or at least the output). I probably will not start the actual coding until the program officially begins (May 28).
Read moreAccessibility pledge modules/themes
This is just a list of modules that would be good to pledge to do more on accessibility in Drupal 7. If we can get 10-20 of these central contrib modules & themes to sign on it will be much easier to get others to follow. The modules we want to pledge were originally taken from April's usage stats. This is largely a #D6 list and although I've eliminated some, there is more that should happen to whittle this list down.
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Accessibility tag:
#D7AX - Drupal 7 Accessibility eXperience
Wording of accessibility tag:
#D7AX - I pledge to make this [module or theme] as accessible as it can be. If you find any flaws, please submit an issue [link to issue queue]. Help me fix them if you can.
Copy and paste the following to your project page:
Accessibility pledge
Accessibility tag: #DAX or similar?
Wording of accessibility tag: “I pledge to make [this module or theme] as accessible as it can be.” With a link to a drupal.org page on accessibility.
What the pledge means: The developer commits to evaluating their module or theme; fixing critical issues found during evaluation; adding accessibility improvements into future development; and responding to accessibility issues if they are filed. The developer should consider the user experience of administrators, content creators, and site visitors.
Read moreReworking of Accessible Helper Module
I reworked the accessible helper module into an api and a fix and help module. The documentation is below and does an ok job of showing what I am going for. Its more of a proof of concept than an alpha version, but I think it works. I'm definatley looking for feedback. I made an short video also. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZkccMbt7CQ The module is at http://johnbarclay.com/accessible.zip until I get it checked in.
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Accessibility review of Bartik
Most of you know that a couple of new themes are proposed for Drupal 7 core - at the moment the only real contender at this stage is Bartik and we have a deadline looming on the 17th May.
Right now we really need some help in the issue queue not least of which is a comprehensive accessibility review of work-to-date and ongoing as there are many changes to come.
Read moreThe Limited Vision Accessabilty Problem -- The Majority of the Accessiblity Problem
Between 12 and 16 percent of all adults (in America and Canada) are not blind but have difficulty seeing small objects especailly type. They are the readers of the large type book editions. The great majority of the people who have visual accessiblity problems with computers are NOT blind. The majority simply have what the medical profession describes as "low vision" or "limited vision." This is typically the situation where the individual has sight, but cannot discern small details or discriminate between letters of small fonts.
Read moreAdd an accessibility list to lists.drupal.org
Just a quick FYI that I have opened a new Drupal.org Infrastructure issue at http://drupal.org/node/784376 to request an accessibility list be added to lists.drupal.org. If you think this is a good or bad idea then I'd encourage you to leave a comment on the issue.
- Questions about the accessibility of Core, contributed modules, and contributed themes.
- Ideas for enhancing the accessibility of Core, contributed modules, and contributed themes.
- Questions about how to do X accessibly with a Drupal implementation.
ARIA's current developmental status & Drupal accessibility
while i am biased towards early ARIA adaptation, having worked on the ARIA spec for longer than i'd care to remember, i would counsel both early adaptation AND redundancy for graceful degredation, for, as everett has consitently and correctly pointed out, implementation of ARIA is incomplete and inconsistent...
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