All you WCAG nuts this is the place for you: how to make Drupal more accessible. Hints, tips, discussion and patch proposals.
A11Y Talks (January 2019): Witness its Speed & Accuracy: Live Demo of Auto-Captioning in Presentations!
Date: January 30, 2019 (12pm ET)
Topic: Witness its Speed & Accuracy: Live Demo of Auto-Captioning in Presentations!
Speaker: Catharine McNally - Front-End Developer at Message Agency (https://twitter.com/cmcnally)
YouTube recording: https://youtu.be/IfWgSs4__oU
Accessibility of Layout Builder - Design Review with the UC Berkeley Web Access Team
Yesterday, Ted Bowman (Acquia), David Snopek (Panopoly distro maintainer) and I (core accessibility maintainer) met with the Web Access team at UC Berkeley for a detailed accessibility review of the new Layout Builder module in Drupal 8 core.
We looked in detail at various prototypes - some were pen-and-paper concepts, others were working code. In particular we discussed various ways to re-order blocks without a pointer device. This is the biggest single challenge, how to help users with lots of different input devices without over-complicating the UI.
Read moreContribute to Accessibility during Drupal Global Contribution Weekend (January 25-27, 2019)
Last updated by andrewmacpherson on Wed, 2019-01-16 19:24
Each year, the Drupal community holds a Global Contribution Day, and the next one will be 25-27 January 2019. This is a good opportunity to get involved in making Drupal more accessible to everyone.
Read moreProblems with weight range in book module
Hi,
I'm Germano from Italy.
I'm a blind developer and I use drupal 7 for my website.
I have a problem with book weight range: in drag & drop mode, I can write all chapters I want and reorder it by dragging. So, Drag & drop is not accessible for screen reading software. Therefore I use weight combobox to reorder book items. Unfortunately, book weight range is -15...15, so, only 31 items can be reordered.
There is an other way to perform this action? Or a module?
I would like to have a module that is compatible with drupal 8 also, 'cause I will migrate my website to drupal 8 as soon.
A11Y Talks (December 2018) - Inclusive Digital Products: Why Web Accessibility Matters
Date: December 18th, 2018 (12pm ET)
Topic: Inclusive Digital Products: Why Web Accessibility Matters
Speaker: Kara Gaulrapp - Front-End Developer at Message Agency (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kara-gaulrapp-045b7047)
YouTube recording: https://youtu.be/qwEQtRpxpd4
Does your website create an inclusive or exclusive environment for users? Does your digital strategy incorporate web accessibility standards? Are you not sure? Let's have a conversation and find out!
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A11Y Talks (November 2018) - Practical Ways to Include People with Disabilities
Date: November 14th, 2018 (1pm ET)
Topic: Practical Ways to Include People with Disabilities
Speaker: Liz Davis (https://twitter.com/lizdavis__)
YouTube recording: https://youtu.be/hueXHhOYFaI
Often it feels overwhelming to know how to find people with disabilities for your accessible research. This walk will provide a few practical ways to navigate the disability community and recruit people with disabilities in studies.
About our speaker:
Read moreA11Y Talks (October 2018) - Getting started with Pa11y, an Accessibility Compliance Dashboard
Date: October 30, 2018 (12pm ET)
Topic: Getting started with Pa11y, an Accessibility Compliance Dashboard
Speaker: Jason Cortes (https://twitter.com/_J_Cortes_)
YouTube recording: https://youtu.be/bUuRwD8EBdY
A11Y Talks (September 2018) - Love thy Keyboard
Date: September 25, 2018 (12pm ET)
Topic: Love thy Keyboard
Speaker: Sarbbottam Bandyopadhyay (https://twitter.com/sarbbottam)
YouTube recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNHwmuCIMl0
Sarbbottam is a frontend engineer, working in the web space for more than 14 years, currently at LinkedIn. He had been part of LinkedIn's core accessibility team, focusing primarily on web accessibility.
He has been involved with web accessibility since his Yahoo days.
Read moreA11Y Talks (August 2018) - A11Y Meetups, Camps, & Beyond
Date: August 14, 2018 (1pm ET)
Topic: A11Y Meetups, Camps and Beyond
Speaker: Dennis Deacon (https://twitter.com/deconspray)
YouTube recording: https://youtu.be/GZU8IAQPNoE
Dennis Deacon has been involved in digital accessibility for the past four years, most recently as an Accessibility Engineer with The Paciello Group.
He has led the Chicago Digital Accessibility & Inclusive Design Meetup since December 2014 and is organizing Chicago's first Accessibility Camp later this year. Dennis also leads the curation of the 24 Accessibility article series.
Read moreA11Y Talks (June 2018) - What’s new with WCAG 2.1
Date: June 27, 2018 (11 am ET)
Topic: What’s new with WCAG 2.1
Speaker: Andrew Macpherson (https://twitter.com/MartianWebDev)
YouTube recording: https://youtu.be/6uCCDTwpIlo
The long-awaited updates to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) were released in early June - but what does that mean for you and your organization?
Join us to hear about the new guidelines, who they help the most, and how you can incorporate these changes into your next website design or development project!
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Keyboard Navigation
Hi, can anyone suggest resources of where to look on how to implement keyboard navigation? Certainly this must exist, but I've, as yet, been unsuccessful locating a tutorial. Thanks.
Read moreA11Y Talks (April 2018) - Building Inclusivity into the Drupal Project
Date: April 25th, 2018 (12pm ET)
Topic: Building Inclusivity into the Drupal Project
Speakers: Carie Fisher (https://twitter.com/cariefisher), Helena McCabe (https://twitter.com/misshelenasue), Catharine McNally (https://twitter.com/cmcnally)
YouTube recording: https://youtu.be/DGQwQ8pGBt4
Drupal has come a long way in terms of accessibility over the years. In Drupal core specifically, we have been making good strides incorporating accessibility best practices into the UX and markup, but there is a lot we can still do!
Read moreAccessibility Vetting
As part of my work, I often find myself spending significant amounts of time trying to determine whether a given module meets all the accessibility criteria. More often than not, flaws are discovered, which leads to more work in order to make the module usable. Many times this is not an easy process, as it involves a lot of research.
I can't help but think that a lot of people go through this process, yet I cannot seem to find a good source of information on which modules might already have been vetted by someone else concerned with accessibility.
Read moreA11Y Talks - March 2018
Date: March 28, 2018 (12pm ET)
Topic: Ambitious Accessibility
Speaker: Melanie Sumner (https://twitter.com/melaniersumner)
YouTube recording: https://youtu.be/TRUdhbQyXes
Ember, the original JS Framework, is "the framework for building ambitious applications." But what happens when that ambition leaves some users behind?
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2018 Twin Cities Drupal Camp
Twin Cities Drupal Camp is a four-day conference, held annually in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area. Every Drupal Camp features keynote speakers, sessions, code sprints, great parties, and lots of networking.
Registration has opened - https://2018.tcdrupal.org/register
Early bird registration (till May 1) $35.
In addition to amazing camp content, registration comes with the following perks:
- Ability to register for a Thursday all-day training, at no extra cost
- Lunch provided on Friday and Saturday
- Invitation to our Friday and Saturday evening parties
A11Y Talks - February 2018
Date: February 28th, 2018 (12pm ET)
Topic: Creating Accessible React Apps
Speaker: Scott Vinkle (https://twitter.com/svinkle)
YouTube recording: https://youtu.be/-Twm-cq_E2A
The React JavaScript library is a great way to create reusable modular components that can be shared among projects. But how do you ensure your React apps are usable by all kinds of people? Scott Vinkle will share tips on how to build your React apps with accessibility baked-in!
Read moreA11Y Talks - January 2018
Date: January 24th, 2018 (12pm ET)
Topic: Embracing Plain Language for Better Accessibility
Speaker: Ashley Bischoff (https://twitter.com/handcoding)
YouTube recording: https://youtu.be/X7bUvAzpNjo
Writing reports and documentation is nothing new for many of us — we write them all the time. But even though we may do our best write clearly, those who receive our reports and documentation might not be as familiar with accessibility as we are.
Read moreA11Y Talks - December 2017
Date: December 20th, 2017 (12pm ET)
Topic: Prioritizing Accessibility
Speaker: Heydon Pickering (https://twitter.com/heydonworks)
YouTube recording: https://youtu.be/B-TW_kbkzo0
TRUE/FALSE: "Open source is not accessible compliant."
Recently, the Chief Information Officer for the Government of Canada - Alex Benay - posted on LinkedIn, seeking input on the following:
"Open source is not accessible compliant."
I'm writing a formal response and wanted to get feedback from the community, specifically the working group on Drupal accessibility.
While we can only speak to accessibility in Drupal, I think it's important to have well-formed arguments that disprove this statement. This is definitely the best place to get those from.
Looking forward to your responses.
Read moreA11Y Talks - November 2017
Date: November 29th, 2017 (12pm ET)
Topic: Panel Discussion on All Things A11Y
Speakers:
Eric Bailey (https://twitter.com/ericwbailey)
Helena McCabe (https://twitter.com/misshelenasue)
Scott O'Hara (https://twitter.com/scottohara)
Scott Vinkle (https://twitter.com/svinkle)
YouTube recording: https://youtu.be/7t6r00Kbu-0
Join us for something a little bit different this month...a panel discussion on all things accessibility with four accessibility experts! There will be a few questions queued up including:
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