December 2023 Newsletter
Features
WebAIM Screen Reader User Survey
The 10th WebAIM Screen Reader User Survey is now available for responses. This survey is supported in part by BrowserStack.
Word and PowerPoint 365 Accessibility Evaluation Guide
This guide combines automated checks from the Accessibility Checker in Microsoft Office 365 with a series of manual checks to help you evaluate and repair common accessibility issues in Word and PowerPoint.
Upcoming WebAIM Events
- Document Accessibility Course - January cohort is now open for registrations
- Virtual Web Accessibility Training - January 9-10
- Virtual Strategic Web Accessibility Workshop - January 10-11 & 17-18
Resources
Blind Leader Wins $2 Million Settlement Over Inaccessible California Parks Website
Settlement ranks as one of the largest resolutions of web access litigation in the U.S.
Burnout in the digital accessibility field
There's often discussion about burn out for folks working in digital accessibility. It is indeed a thing. I've flirted with it, and managed to mostly avoid it.
Potential problems with accessibility audits and what to do about them
Don't think accessibility audit alone will help making things accessible. It can even mean ineffective use of resources as there are several things you need to consider before just auditing.
It depends, indeed.
We're partners in making a product accessible, and when we say "it depends", we don't mean "it is impossible to know", but "let's figure out how we can fix this most efficient, together".
Keyboard accessibility myths and WCAG
The scope of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) in relation to keyboard accessibility is often misunderstood.
How To Avoid Breaking Web Pages For Keyboard Users
Two key factors to consider for keyboard users are the predictability of focus management and how perceivable the focus indicator is.
How to use Chrome's accessibility tree
Chrome's accessibility tree can help developers debug issues and quickly check custom widgets for accessibility.
"An accessible website won’t be beautiful"... really?!
Fortunately, accessibility has been discussed a lot lately, but evidently, some biases and myths are still to be debunked.
Quick Tip: PowerPoint Slide Titles
When creating a PowerPoint presentation, give your slides descriptive, unique titles. This will allow screen readers to easily navigate through the presentation and will create an appropriate heading structure when converting to PDF.
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