Source: Make WordPress: Accessibility

Just published a new page of Useful Tools. If you know of any plugins or development tools that can help to raise 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…

We now have a form that allows assistive technologyAssistive technology Assistive technology is an umbrella term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and also includes the process used in selecting, locating, and using them. Assistive technology promotes greater independence by enabling people to perform tasks that they were formerly unable…

Stumbled across the Accessibility Widget plugin last night which looks very interesting. I intend to test it out as soon as I have some free time but has anyone else used it on a live site? I was thinking that we could have a page here listing similar useful plugins and tools. #plugin

Has anyone had a chance to test 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 compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility)…

Graham Armfield has asked for the Menu UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface – the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing. to receive some accessibility attention. Associated Trac link. #core-2

The CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. team are about to start looking at some improvements around the Post/Page revisionsRevisions The WordPress revisions system stores a record of each saved draft or published update. The revision system allows you to see what changes were…

Since the news that some WordPress teams are to be merged, I’ve been thinking (a lot) about this group might move forward. First off, I need to say that I do understand why it might be necessary to merge some groups. Too much fragmentation is as bad as an overly centralised system when trying to…

When only one active team member votes, it’s tough to think there’s much interest in team repping. 🙂 So, here are the results, but the low turnout begs the question of if this is an active team, or if we should be thinking about rolling in to existing groups (like UIUI UI is an acronym…

Hello, 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! It’s time to vote for team reps…

Just updated the WP Accessibility plug-in page to provide extensive information about what problems the plug-in solves and why. I also included links to important relevant documents on each item.