Source: Make WordPress: Accessibility

Authoring Tool AccessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) Guidelines Testing Jeanne Spellman (http://www.w3.org/People/jeanne/), W3C,…

Team Member Thanks Thanks all the other teams who participated in making WordPress 3.9 happen and who reached out to the accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access”…

We’re gradually working the kinks out of the process. There was an oversight in the automated process that added the accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning…

Meeting Time Change We will be going back to a meeting time of 19:00 UTC next Wednesday, April 2. Progress The meeting this past Wednesday was interesting. Now we’re getting to the heart of the matter. So far, we have compiled a keyboard-only report on most of 3.8 and have some data to rely on.…

Howdy, accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) team! Currently, WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized…

Third post about a recent visit I made to Digital Accessibility Centre in Neath with Siobhan Bamber. The trip enabled us to get some feedback on using WordPress admin screens directly from users with impairments. This post covers our time with Carly, who is blind and uses a screen reader.

Second (of three) post about a recent visit I made to Digital Accessibility Centre in Neath with Siobhan Bamber. The trip enabled us to get some feedback on using WordPress admin screens directly from users with impairments. This post covers our time with Gary who has poor vision.

The first part of my write-up from my recent visit to Digital Accessibility Centre in Neath. This section concerns keyboard operability and testing with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.

Hey guys… I have posted my WordPress 3.8 Keyboard Screen testing results for the Users, Tools, and Settings sections.

Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/ Activities We discussed activities…