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Why Accessibility Overlays Fall Short - and What to Do Instead
Accessibility overlays offer quick fixes but fail to deliver true inclusivity or reduce legal risks. Accessibility is not just about avoiding lawsuits - it’s about creating a better experience for all users. Let us help you do it the right way.
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Canberra’s New Ticketing System MyWay+: A Step Forward, But Not for Everyone
A government digital accessibility policy should mean all digital services built are accessible. Unfortunately for Canberra’s new ticketing system MyWay+ it means people with disabilities are once again forgotten, and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government's own digital accessibility policy ignored.
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Mastering Accessibility Acceptance Criteria for better user stories
Our recorded presentation for ID24 where we explained how the challenge of including accessibility guidance in user story developement can be helped with Accessibility Acceptance Criteria.
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Spies, Screen readers and Semantic HTML
Our recorded presentation for SSW TV where we explained how Australia's spy agency Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) used semantic HTML to describe the features of a commemorate coin on an image without using text.
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Google I/O 2024 conference
Our pick of the accessibility highlights from Google's I/O 2024 conference. The Android 15 update includes better control of assistive technology, image descriptions get a boost with Gemini, new APIs to better describe collections and updated developer guidance focusing on semantics.
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Improving product tile navigation using landmarks
According to WebAIM's latest screen reader survey, after years in decline, the use of landmarks is increasing. But can these seldom used elements become more useful?.
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Australia's Digital Service Standard gets an update
The Australian Government's Digital Service Standard (DSS) has been updated. Gone is the dedicated criterion to make a service accessible and in it's place are accessibility requirements spread across many of the new criteria.
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Uninterrupted keyboard focus: conquer popups, cookie consents, and overlays
WCAG success criterion 2.4.11 stresses keeping keyboard focus visible, despite common popup and overlay content. While partially hidden controls are allowed, it's better to ensure their focus remains identifiable.
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WebAIM's 10th screen reader user survey
The results from WebAIM’s most recent screen reader user survey have been published. There are no surprises with the perennial CAPTCHA shown to be the most problematic of web content.
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WCAG 2.2 is finally here!
After a long wait and several false starts WCAG 2.2 is now a W3C recommendation.
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