Digital accessibility monitoring June-July 2022

We're talking about Domino again (the pizzas not the game!), spoiler alert: they lost and bingo, headshot: https://www.adatitleiii.com/2022/06/robles-v-dominos-settles-after-six-years-of-litigation/.
As I always say (warning: assertion by old a11y expert), the problem in accessibility is that we're doing our best, we spare the goat and the cabbage, another very good example https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2022/06/voice-control-usability-considerations-partially-visually-hidden-link-names/
Well, again and again, we talk about overlays, a point of view that has consensus in the a11y community: https://karlgroves.com/overlays-are-here-to-stay-so-are-male-enhancement-pills/ to go further, a list of best practices: https://convergeaccessibility.com/2022/06/20/best-practices-for-overlays-part-2/
Great news, official release of the translation of WCAG 2.1 in French (fr): https://www.w3.org/Translations/WCAG21-fr/) including yours truly and member of the translation committee.
And finally, my quick editorial, latest WCAG 2.2 news (publication still scheduled for September, we're getting ready) and 3: https://whollyaccessible.org/2022/06/02/wcag-2-2-and-wcag-3-status-updates/.

accessibility in laws and standards #

• Image alternatives and Twitter https://www.lireo.com/what-to-know-twitter-alternative-text-images/
• A questionnaire to improve the W3c document "Making Content Usable for People with Cognitive and Learning Disabilities": https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczlviGQgUNfdo9WXjK4qkY-liq9_gnlt4s76ho-4xhXYSJpg/viewform
• Announcement of the publication of the document Synchronization Accessibility User Requirements by W3C/WAI Group: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wai-announce/2022JulSep/0001.html

Feedback and accessibility #

• Disabled user test feedback and article tile, super interesting, to be implemented: https://tetralogical.com/blog/2022/07/21/research-insight-accessibility-of-images/
• Shoemakers, always the worst shod... : https://jpdev.pro/jpdev/blog/entries/0008/index.html
• Super testimony of a unknown disorder, a must to consider more broadly what digital disabilities can be: https://www.theverge.com/23191768/animation-accessibility-neurodivergence
• Drag-&-drop, there will be a more, educational: https://www.darins.page/articles/screen-readers-drag-drop-1
• The mismanaged CSS display property because it breaks the semantics: https://adrianroselli.com/2022/07/its-mid-2022-and-browsers-mostly-safari-still-break-accessibility-via-display-properties.html
• More fieldset/legend issues: https://adrianroselli.com/2022/07/use-legend-and-fieldset.html
• Rex on writing image alt, to think about: https://adactio.com/journal/19106
• Practical methods for a11y in a company / organization, part 2, good recommendations: https://mn.gov/mnit/media/blog/#/detail/appId/1/id/530635
• Visual affordance, be consistent in placing your interface components: https://tink.uk/perceived-affordances-and-the-functionality-mismatch/
• A coding idea for an exclusive button group, to be tested: https://lea.verou.me/2022/07/button-group/

Accessibility strategy #

• Great background article on Captcha and a11y, a must: https://holistica11y.com/definitive-guide-to-captcha-accessibility/#second-analysis-captcha-and-security
• Strategy for maintaining a11y: https://matthewdeeprose.github.io/objectives
• the basics of the report of bug a11y of an AT, good checklist: https://giovanicamara.com/blog/ultimate-guide-to-debugging-accessibility-issues/
• One or zero, the a11y is not binary but...: https://hidde.blog/accessibility-objectivity/
• Variable size of the alternative to an image: https://css-tricks.com/just-how-long-should-alt-text-be/
• Base for writing user stories a11y: dhttps://tetralogical.com/blog/2022/05/26/how-to-write-user-stories-for-accessibility/
• Change the management method for the a11y, to read:
  • part 1: https://www.deque.com/blog/change-management-for-accessibility-part-1/
  • part 2: https://www.deque.com/blog/change-management-for-accessibility-lewins-three-stage-model/
  • part 3: https://www.deque.com/blog/change-management-for-accessibility-plan-do-check-act-pcda-model/
• An accessible design system, the advantages: https://tetralogical.com/blog/2022/06/24/accessible-design-systems/
• Some ideas for a hitch-free accessibility plan, a checklist: https://meiert.com/en/blog/accessibility-get-well-plan/
• Basic advice for new a11y developers: https://dev.to/eevajonnapanula/my-advice-to-a-developer-new-to-accessibility-a5i
• Doing AAA level is possible and sometimes easy, well thought out: https://www.tempertemper.net/blog/bag-some-aaa-wins-where-you-can
• Accessible social media campaign strategy: https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/guidance/digital-communication/planning-creating-and-publishing-accessible-social-media-campaigns/

Test accessibility #

• Another Vallydette?: https://not-checklist.intopia.digital/
• Do we need a screen reader for accessibility testing: https://www.digitala11y.com/do-we-need-screen-reader-for-accessibility-testing/
• A11y and acceptance, the keyboard nav, fine: https://dev.to/steady5063/keyboard-testing-the-a11y-enhancement-to-your-definition-of-done-2n7c
• WCAG 1.14.10 reflow and 1.4.4 text resize criteria, how to test: https://yatil.net/blog/resize-text-reflow
• The main problems of a blind a11y tester: https://equalentry.com/accessibility-problems-blind-testers/
• Pa11y as a nifty multi-page test reporting tool: https://matthiasott.com/notes/generating-accessibility-test-results-with-pa11y-ci
• Use the Wave plugin well: https://webaim.org/blog/tips-for-getting-the-most-out-of-wave/
• A test on the a11y of emails, to read: https://emailmarkup.org/en/reports/accessibility/2022-07/

Technical points in accessibility #

• Reminder, do not prevent mobile zoom in the meta, overview of the concern: https://www.matuzo.at/blog/2022/please-stop-disabling-zoom/
• Focus-visible, where are we?: https://hidde.blog/focus-visible-more-than-keyboard/
• Text-overflow in CSS and a11y: https://www.tpgi.com/the-ballad-of-text-overflow/
• Errors that are easy to correct but very present: https://hidde.blog/more-common-a11y-issues/
• Article or section in html, exciting: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2022/07/article-section-elements-accessibility/
• Reminder on SPAs and a11y: https://www.tpgi.com/single-page-applications/
• Relevant reflection on the scrollable areas of a page and their usability on the keyboard: https://adrianroselli.com/2022/06/keyboard-only-scrolling-areas.html
• Human/Automatic captions, the comparison: https://equalentry.com/caption-videos-human-vs-automatic-captions/
• Secondary titles, slogans, their semantics, to read: https://www.tpgi.com/subheadings-subtitles-alternative-titles-and-taglines-in-html/
• The accessibility problems caused by ARIA, good intro: https://blog.pope.tech/2022/07/12/what-you-need-to-know-about-aria-and-how-to-fix-common-mistakes/

Mobile app, mobile web #

• Intro on why develop accessible: https://www.devopsdigest.com/prioritize-mobile-accessibility-or-face-an-uncertain-future
• The a11y values ​​in Ios: https://mobilea11y.com/blog/accessibility-values/
• A11y Android: talkback and roles: https://tetralogical.com/blog/2022/07/07/android-accessibility-roles-and-talkback/

Ergonomics, UI & UX #

• Absolutely essential toolbox for interface design: https://www.digitala11y.com/accessibility-tools-and-resources-for-designers/
• 3 fundamentals of a11y to know for any good UX/UI designer: https://uxdesign.cc/3-accessibility-basics-you-need-to-know-as-a-designer-5e5ea2195738

Resources #

• Semantics, contrast and anxiety, to read: https://sarajw.hashnode.dev/aspects-of-accessibility-a11y-semantics-contrast-and-anxiety
• From the excellent a11y team at the BBC, a11y recommendations for HTML products: https://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/forproducts/guides/html/
• Lots of great articles on testing in a11y d: https://testingaccessibility.com/articles
• Make your podcasts a11y, serious: https://podcast-accessibility.com/
• Basic recommendations in a11y by profile, not bad: https://accessibility-for-teams.com/
• Recommendations for accessible social media, lots of good info: https://www.accessible-social.com/
• Publication of a document on recommendations for accessible virtual meetings: https://www.w3.org/blog/2022/07/accessibility-of-remote-meetings-published-as-w3c-group-note/
• 10 positive affirmations on the a11y, wep, not agree on everything: https://www.deque.com/blog/10-affirmations-good-digital-accessibility/

Others #

• A jeopardy from a11y, great (eny): https://jeopardylabs.com/play/wcag-21-aa